Hive Mind (The Internet album)

Hive Mind is the fourth studio album by American R&B band the Internet, released on July 20, 2018 by Columbia Records. It was preceded by the singles "Roll (Burbank Funk)", "Come Over" and "La Di Da".

Hive Mind
Studio album by the Internet
Released	July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
Recorded	2017–18
Genre	R&B[1][2][3] funk[3][1] hip hop[3] jazz[3] quiet storm[1] blues[4]
Length	57:49
Label	Columbia
Producer	The Internet
The Internet chronology
Ego Death (2015) Hive Mind (2018)
Alternative cover
Vinyl release
Singles from Hive Mind
"Roll (Burbank Funk)" Released: April 27, 2018 "Come Over" Released: May 30, 2018 "La Di Da" Released: July 13, 2018

Release and promotion

On April 27, 2018 the band released the single "Roll (Burbank Funk)", accompanied by a music video.^[5] On May 30, the group announced Hive Mind, to be released by Columbia Records on July 20, with the announcement accompanied by the release of the album's second promotional single, "Come Over".^[6][7] A music video for "Come Over" was released on June 6, serving as lead singer Syd's directorial debut.^[8] "La Di Da" was released as the album's third single on July 13.^[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.9/10[10]
Metacritic	83/100[11]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[12]
The A.V. Club	B[13]
Entertainment Weekly	A[14]
The Guardian	[15]
The Independent	[16]
NME	[17]
The Observer	[2]
Pitchfork	8.3/10[4]
Rolling Stone	[1]
Vice (Expert Witness)	A−[18]

Hive Mind was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83 based on 24 reviews.^[11] Carl Anka of NME gave the album five-out-of-five stars, claiming it to be "a towering demonstration of the collective intelligence of five artists approaching their zenith".^[17] A. Harmony of Exclaim! wrote about the band's growth saying "there are no weak links on this album: from the production to the songwriting, each Internet bandmate brings a polished, more mature sound to the fore."^[19] Jon Pareles of The New York Times praised the band's fusion of digitally processed and hand-played music, stating that the band "imperceptibly melds hand-played parts with loops and samples; whether or not it actually is, the music feels analog. Even where the drums are looped, the bass lines often drag and pull against the beat, breaking away from vamps to improvise and loosen things up."^[20]

Year-end rankings

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
GQ (Russia)	The 20 Best Albums of 2018	8	[21]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal(s)	Length
1.	"Come Together"	Sydney Bennett Steve Lacy	Bennett Lacy	3:41
2.	"Roll (Burbank Funk)"	Bennett Lacy Patrick Paige II Thorir Baldursson Mats Bjoerklund Jurgen Korduletsch	Lacy Bennett	3:11
3.	"Come Over"	Bennett, Lacy, Martians, Federico Vindver	Bennett Lacy	5:22
4.	"La Di Da"	Bennett Lacy	Bennett Lacy	3:27
5.	"Stay the Night"	Bennett Lacy	Bennett	4:22
6.	"Bravo"	Bennett Christopher Smith	Bennett	3:26
7.	"Mood"	Bennett Lacy	Bennett	3:18
8.	"Next Time" / "Humble Pie"	Bennett Lacy Nick Green Iman	Bennett	5:41
9.	"It Gets Better (With Time)"	Bennett Lacy Smith	Bennett Ruben Bailey Paige II	5:27
10.	"Look What U Started"	Bennett Lacy Green	Bennett	4:31
11.	"Wanna Be"	Bennett Lacy	Bennett	4:27
12.	"Beat Goes On"	Matthew Martin Lacy	Lacy Martin	4:16
13.	"Hold On"	Bennett Lacy Smith Nicholas Bennett	Bennett	6:46
Total length:				57:49

Japan bonus track^[22]

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Roll (Burbank Funk)" (KAYTRANADA Remix)	4:04
Total length:		61:59

Sample credits

• "Roll (Burbank Funk)" contains a sample of "Sing Sing", written and performed by Gaz.

Personnel

The Internet

• Sydney Bennett – vocals (all tracks except for 12), drums (6)
• Steve Lacy – guitar (all tracks), bass (1, 3, 6–8, 10, 12, 13), background vocal (7, 8, 10–12), drums (1, 4), keyboards (8), synthesizer (8)
• Matthew Martin – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11–13), drums (3, 5, 7–9, 12, 13), synthesizer (3, 8, 12, 13), percussion (6), background vocal (12)
• Patrick Paige – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12), keyboards (2)
• Christopher Smith – drums (1, 11), percussion (5)

Additional musicians

• Moonchild – horn (1, 4, 7, 13)
• Ruben Bailey – vocal (9)
• Nick Green – background vocal (1, 2, 4)
• Durand Bernarr – background vocal (1)
• Marcus Lee – background vocal (12)
• Gaz – drums (2)
• Kari Faux – percussion (13)

Engineers

• Sydney Bennett – recording
• Simon Berckelman – recording (11–13)
• Jonny Firth – recording (1)
• Matthew Martin – recording (12)
• Jimmy Douglass – mixing
• Dave Kutch – mastering

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[24]	45
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25]	53
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[26]	86
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27]	86
UK Albums (OCC)[28]	39
US Billboard 200[29]	26
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30]	14