Fluorescent Black (album)

Fluorescent Black is a studio album by American hip hop group Anti-Pop Consortium. It was released on Big Dada on September 28, 2009.^[2][3]

Fluorescent Black
Studio album by Anti-Pop Consortium
Released	September 28, 2009 (2009-09-28)
Genre	Hip hop[1]
Length	55:10
Label	Big Dada
Producer	Beans High Priest M. Sayyid Earl Blaize Alter Ego MegMan
Anti-Pop Consortium chronology
Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp (2003) Fluorescent Black (2009)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
BBC	favorable[6]
Clash	8/10[7]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[8]
Exclaim!	favorable[9]
MusicOMH	[10]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[11]
PopMatters	[2]
Spin	favorable[12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[4]

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "one of the best rap records of the year."^[5] Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! said, "Fluorescent Black is an exciting, energetic return for a group long overdue for a new release, and it might just be the best Anti-Pop Consortium album to date."^[9] Adam Park of Clash gave the album an 8 out of 10, describing it as "a futuristic blueprint that will subtly define the coming decade's urban landscape."^[7]

Dan LeRoy of Dallas Observer included it on the "Best Hip-Hop of 2009" list.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lay Me Down"	3:52
2.	"New Jack Exterminator"	4:22
3.	"Reflections"	3:28
4.	"Shine"	2:27
5.	"C Thru U"	2:10
6.	"Volcano"	3:06
7.	"Timpani"	4:09
8.	"The Solution"	3:20
9.	"Get Lite"	3:28
10.	"NY to Tokyo" (featuring Roots Manuva)	3:26
11.	"Superunfrontable"	4:01
12.	"Born Electric"	3:00
13.	"Apparently"	2:28
14.	"End Game"	2:17
15.	"Capricorn One"	3:10
16.	"Dragunov"	1:28
17.	"Fluorescent Black"	4:56
Total length:		55:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Anti-Pop Consortium

• Beans – vocals, production
• High Priest – vocals, production
• M. Sayyid – vocals, production
• Earl Blaize – production, engineering, mixing

Additional musicians

• Dolphin – guitar (1, 3, 12)
• MegMan – bass guitar (1, 3, 4), synthesizer (1, 6), production (11)
• Alter Ego – production (4)
• Celina Gray – vocals (4)
• Leslie Klyachman – vocals (4)
• Kristina Zubkova – vocals (4)
• Michael Figaro – vocals (6)
• David Nelson – vocals (9)
• La Sonya Gunter – vocals (9, 11, 12)
• Roots Manuva – vocals (10)
• Shawn Keys – keyboards (12), strings (12)
• Mr Live – vocals (15)

Technical personnel

• Dan Huron – recording (12, 17)
• Tony Dawsey – mastering
• Ron Croudy – design
• Mark Evans – illustration
• Timothy Saccenti – photography