Sprain Your Tapedeck is the first EP by American hip hop musician Edan. It was released via Lewis Recordings on October 14, 2001.[1]

Sprain Your Tapedeck
EP by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2001 (2001-10-14)
GenreHip hop
Length19:44
LabelLewis Recordings
ProducerEdan
Edan chronology
Fast Rap
(2001)
Sprain Your Tapedeck
(2001)
Primitive Plus
(2002)

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Pitchfork7.4/10[3]

Matt Kallman of Pitchfork wrote, "Combining the hilarity of his Biscuithead 12-inch debut (1999's 'Sing It, Shitface') with the nostalgia of the recent Critical Beatdown-era tribute track 'Ultra 88', this record is a retardedly good time."[3] Stanton Swihart of AllMusic called the EP "a continuation of the Edan aesthetic, part wild-style throwback and part future Dada, where old-school 808 drum loops mingle with the rapper's one-of-a-kind b-boy world view."[2]

The Wire included it on the "2003 Rewind" list.[4]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Let's Be Friends"2:33
2."MC's Smoke Crack"3:42
3."Beautiful Food"2:23
4."Run That Shit!"4:14
5."Clinical Rhymes" (featuring Skillz Ferguson)3:19
6."Schooly D Knew the Time"3:34
Total length:19:44

References edit

  1. ^ "Sprain Your Tapedeck - EP by Edan". iTunes. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Swihart, Stanton. "Sprain Your Tape Deck - Edan". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Kallman, Matt (May 13, 2002). "Edan: Sprain Your Tapedeck". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  4. ^ "2003 Rewind". The Wire. January 2004. Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.

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