This article is about the album by Dilated Peoples. For web media delivery software company, see thePlatform. For other uses, see Platform (disambiguation).
The album debuted at number 74 on the Billboard 200 and number 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It also made it to number 89 on the UK Albums Chart and number 14 on the UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart. The album's self-titled single, "The Platform", peaked at number 81 on the UK Singles Chart.
The Platform was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 69, based on eleven reviews.[1]
AllMusic's Steve Huey praised the album, saying "the most alluring aspect of The Platform is the array of finely-crafted beats".[2] Frank Tope of Q gave the album mixed review: "their debut album sits comfortably between the party-heart, old skool shape-throwing of Jurassic Five and the darker weedscapes of Cypress Hill".[3]Rob Sheffield for Rolling Stone gave the album 2 out of 5 possible stars, saying "Dilated Peoples are still painfully tame on the mike, especially Evidence, who hits a dubious milestone in The Platform by becoming the first rapper ever to utter the words "between you and I". The vocals sink the music: This is the kind of hip-hop album where the MC compares himself to Steve Howe, and while you hope he means the baseball player, you know in your heart he really means the guitarist from Yes".[5] Veteran critic Robert Christgau picked out two songs—"The Platform" and "Triple Optics"—as choice cuts at his Consumer Guide column for The Village Voice.[6]
MTV named the album "one of those timeless long-players, like Run-DMC's Raising Hell or EPMD's Strictly Business, where you'll want to commit every track to memory". CDNow description was "the most alluring aspect of The Platform is the array of finely-crafted beats assembled by Evidence and DJ Premier protégé The Alchemist, which are in turn juggled and sliced at will by the hands of DJ Babu, the oft-forgotten man in the hip-hop equation". Billboard called it "a balanced, lyrically inspiring collection of songs". Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club wrote that the album "would benefit from greater lyrical diversity, and it suffers from moments of monotony and inertia, but it's a promising debut from a group that should only improve with time".[7]Wall of Sound reviewer found the album "for all its individual strengths, never hits any kind of synergy as an album".
^ abChristgau, Robert (June 27, 2000). "Robert Christgau: CG: Dilated Peoples". Village Voice. Retrieved September 7, 2023 – via www.robertchristgau.com.
Dilated Peoples – The Platform at Discogs (list of releases)
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This article is about the album by Dilated Peoples For web media delivery software company see thePlatform For other uses see Platform disambiguation The Platform is the debut studio album by American hip hop trio Dilated Peoples It was released on May 23 2000 through Capitol Records Recording sessions took place at Audio X in Burbank D amp D Studios in New York Can Am Studios in Tarzana and Threshold Studios in Santa Monica Production was handled by members Evidence and DJ Babu as well as Alchemist Joey Chavez E Swift KutMasta Kurt and T Ray It features guest appearances from Aceyalone B Real Everlast and Likwit Crew members Defari Phil Da Agony Planet Asia and Tha Alkaholiks The album represents a movement of several California underground hip hop artists away from the violence and misogyny of gangsta rap towards a more traditional conscious form of rap The PlatformStudio album by Dilated PeoplesReleasedMay 23 2000 2000 05 23 StudioAudio X Burbank CA D amp D Studios New York NY Can Am Studios Tarzana CA Threshold Studios Santa Monica CA GenreHip hopLength1 04 20LabelCapitolProducerAlchemistDJ BabuE SwiftEvidenceJoey ChavezKutMasta KurtT RayDilated Peoples chronologyThe Platform 2000 Expansion Team 2001 Singles from The Platform Work the Angles Released 1998 The Platform Released February 29 2000 The album debuted at number 74 on the Billboard 200 and number 30 on the Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums in the United States It also made it to number 89 on the UK Albums Chart and number 14 on the UK Hip Hop and R amp B Albums Chart The album s self titled single The Platform peaked at number 81 on the UK Singles Chart Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 References 6 External linksCritical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic69 100 1 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 RapReviews8 10 4 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 The Village Voice nbsp 6 The Platform was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 69 based on eleven reviews 1 AllMusic s Steve Huey praised the album saying the most alluring aspect of The Platform is the array of finely crafted beats 2 Frank Tope of Q gave the album mixed review their debut album sits comfortably between the party heart old skool shape throwing of Jurassic Five and the darker weedscapes of Cypress Hill 3 Rob Sheffield for Rolling Stone gave the album 2 out of 5 possible stars saying Dilated Peoples are still painfully tame on the mike especially Evidence who hits a dubious milestone in The Platform by becoming the first rapper ever to utter the words between you and I The vocals sink the music This is the kind of hip hop album where the MC compares himself to Steve Howe and while you hope he means the baseball player you know in your heart he really means the guitarist from Yes 5 Veteran critic Robert Christgau picked out two songs The Platform and Triple Optics as choice cuts at his Consumer Guide column for The Village Voice 6 MTV named the album one of those timeless long players like Run DMC s Raising Hell or EPMD s Strictly Business where you ll want to commit every track to memory CDNow description was the most alluring aspect of The Platform is the array of finely crafted beats assembled by Evidence and DJ Premier protege The Alchemist which are in turn juggled and sliced at will by the hands of DJ Babu the oft forgotten man in the hip hop equation Billboard called it a balanced lyrically inspiring collection of songs Nathan Rabin of The A V Club wrote that the album would benefit from greater lyrical diversity and it suffers from moments of monotony and inertia but it s a promising debut from a group that should only improve with time 7 Wall of Sound reviewer found the album for all its individual strengths never hits any kind of synergy as an album Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 So May I Introduce to You Michael PerrettaEvidence0 472 The Platform PerrettaRakaa TaylorAlan MamanThe Alchemist4 373 No Retreat featuring B Real PerrettaTaylorLouis FreeseTodd RayT Ray5 214 Guaranteed PerrettaTaylorMamanThe Alchemist3 525 Right On featuring Tha Alkaholiks PerrettaTaylorRico SmithJames RobinsonEric BrooksE Swift4 566 The Main Event PerrettaMamanErick SermonParrish SmithThe Alchemist2 347 Service PerrettaTaylorChris OrocDJ Babu3 168 Ear Drums Pop PerrettaTaylorEvidence4 089 Years in the Making PerrettaJoey ChavezJoey Chavez3 1110 Annihilation PerrettaTaylorMamanPhillip BlenmanTariq TrotterKarl JenkinsKenyatta WilliamsMalik SmartJohn SebastianMark SebastianSteve BooneThe Alchemist3 5811 Expanding Man PerrettaTaylorEvidence2 5212 The Last Line of Defense PerrettaMamanPeter PhillipsJames BrownThe Alchemist4 4213 Triple Optics PerrettaTaylorBen Nickleberry JrEvidenceBeni B co 4 1414 The Shape of Things to Come featuring Aceyalone PerrettaTaylorEdwin HayesChavezEvidenceJoey Chavez5 0415 Work the Angles PerrettaTaylorKurt MatlinStefan Kendal GordyAli Shaheed MuhammadJonathan DavisMalik TaylorKutMasta Kurt4 0116 Ear Drums Pop Remix featuring Planet Asia Defari Everlast and Phil Da Agony PerrettaTaylorJason GreenDuane A Johnson Jr Erik SchrodyJason SmithChavezJoey Chavez5 05Total length 1 04 20 Sample credits Track 6 contains a sample from Strictly Snappin Necks written by Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith as performed by EPMD Track 10 contains an element from Clones written by Phillip Blenman Tariq Trotter Karl Jenkins Kenyatta Williams Malik Smart John Sebastian Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone as performed by The Roots Track 12 contains element from Tru Master written by Peter Phillips and James Brown as performed by Pete Rock Track 15 contains a portion of God Lives Through written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad Jonathan Davis and Malik Taylor as performed by A Tribe Called Quest Personnel editMichael Evidence Peretta vocals producer amp mixing tracks 1 8 11 13 14 executive producer Rakaa Iriscience Taylor vocals executive producer Chris DJ Babu Oroc scratches tracks 1 5 7 11 13 14 16 producer amp mixing track 7 executive producer Louis B Real Freese vocals track 3 Rico Tash Smith vocals track 5 James J Ro Robinson vocals track 5 Edwin Aceyalone Hayes Jr vocals track 14 Jason Planet Asia Green vocals track 16 Duane A Defari Johnson Jr vocals track 16 Erik Everlast Schrody vocals track 16 Jason Phil Da Agony Smith vocals track 16 Alan The Alchemist Maman scratches tracks 6 12 producer amp mixing tracks 2 4 6 10 12 Kurt DJ Revolution Hoffman scratches track 15 Todd T Ray Ray producer track 3 Eric E Swift Brooks producer track 5 Joey Chavez producer amp mixing track 9 14 16 recording tracks 9 16 KutMasta Kurt Matlin producer amp mixing track 15 engineering tracks 4 6 13 15 Ben Beni B Nickleberry Jr co producer track 13 Sean Freehill engineering tracks 1 5 7 8 11 14 recording tracks 9 10 16 mixing tracks 9 16 Kieran Walsh engineering tracks 2 10 Anton Pukshansky mixing track 3 Djinji Brown engineering track 12 Jesse Biz Stewart recording track 14 Tom Coyne mastering Brent Rollins art direction design Brian B Cross photography Block photography Pat Shannahan sample clearanceCharts editChart 2000 Peak position UK Albums OCC 8 89 UK R amp B Albums OCC 9 14 US Billboard 200 10 74 US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 11 30References edit a b Critic Reviews for The Platform Metacritic Metacritic Retrieved September 7 2023 a b Huey Steve Dilated Peoples The Platform Album Reviews Songs amp More AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved September 7 2023 a b Tope Frank August 2000 Refreshingly Gangsta free debut that shows California still knows how to party Q Retrieved September 7 2023 via Wayback Machine Juon Steve Flash May 28 2000 Dilated Peoples The Platform RapReviews www rapreviews com Retrieved September 7 2023 a b Sheffield Rob August 17 2000 Dilated Peoples The Platform Music Reviews Rolling Stone Rolling Stone Retrieved September 7 2023 via Wayback Machine a b Christgau Robert June 27 2000 Robert Christgau CG Dilated Peoples Village Voice Retrieved September 7 2023 via www robertchristgau com Rabin Nathan May 23 2000 Dilated Peoples The Platform The A V Club Retrieved September 7 2023 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved September 7 2023 Official R amp B Albums Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company Retrieved September 7 2023 The Billboard 200 Billboard Vol 112 no 24 Nielsen Business Media Inc June 10 2000 p 102 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved September 7 2023 Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Vol 112 no 24 Nielsen Business Media Inc June 10 2000 p 35 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved September 7 2023 External links editDilated Peoples The Platform at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Platform album amp oldid 1175640447, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
