Haiku d'Etat (album)

Haiku d'Etat is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Haiku d'Etat. It was released in 1999. In 2004, it was re-released with a different cover and a different track listing.

Haiku d'Etat
Reissue edition cover
Studio album by Haiku d'Etat
Released	1999 (1999)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	72:31
Label	Pure Hip Hop
Producer	Adrian Burley
Haiku d'Etat chronology
Haiku d'Etat (1999) Coup de Theatre (2004)
Singles from Haiku d'Etat
"Los Dangerous" Released: 1997

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A−[2]

Stanton Swihart of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, saying: "The musical backdrop actually maintains the same high standard as the rhyming, something that had occasionally plagued past efforts from the Project Blowed crew."^[1] He called it "one of those albums destined to go undeservedly neglected but deservedly revered."^[3] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club said: "Haiku D'Etat gets better with each listen, with every spin yielding a greater appreciation of the three MCs' chemistry and the surprising layers of subtlety and sophistication lurking beneath the deceptively simple production."^[4] Orlando Weekly called it "one of the most amazing hip-hop albums of the decade."^[5]

The album was placed at number 22 on Robert Christgau's "Pazz & Jop 2001: Dean's List".^[6]

Track listing

Original edition (1999)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Haiku d'Etat"	4:00
2.	"Non Compos Mentis"	4:19
3.	"Studio Street Stage"	4:52
4.	"Los Dangerous"	5:27
5.	"Pro Tool Robots"	3:13
6.	"Wants vs. Needs"	4:08
7.	"S.O.S."	4:29
8.	"Firecracker"	4:48
9.	"Still Rappin'"	4:53
10.	"Other MC's"	4:03
11.	"Untitled"	2:17
12.	"West Side Slip and Slide"	7:17
13.	"Kaya"	18:45

Reissue edition (2004)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Haiku D'Etat"	4:01
2.	"Non Compos Mentis"	4:11
3.	"Studio Street Stage"	4:48
4.	"Los Dangerous"	5:26
5.	"Pro Tool Robots"	3:13
6.	"Wants vs. Needs"	4:09
7.	"S.O.S."	4:29
8.	"Firecracker"	4:46
9.	"Still Rappin'"	4:53
10.	"Other MC's"	4:02
11.	"Slower Traffic to the Right"	4:49
12.	"Kaya"	3:56
13.	"Wo Wo Wo Yeah Yeah Yeah"	2:04