''Copper Gone '' is the fifth solo studio album by American rapper
Sage Francis
Paul William "Sage" Francis (born November 18, 1976) is an American independent underground rapper from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of Strange Famous Records.
Early life and education
Francis was born in Miami, Florida ...
. It was released on
Strange Famous Records on June 3, 2014. It is the first official studio album after Sage Francis announced his hiatus, which lasted for four years. It peaked at number 180 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart.
Critical reception
At
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc ...
, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Bram E. Gieben of '' The Skinny'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "On the evidence of ''Copper Gone'', Francis is back on top form, spitting the kind of melancholic, philosophical couplets which made him the go-to emcee for literate lyrics laced with dense, allusive layers of meaning."][
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Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Sage Francis
Paul William "Sage" Francis (born November 18, 1976) is an American independent underground rapper from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of Strange Famous Records.
Early life and education
Francis was born in Miami, Florida ...
– vocals
* Cecil Otter – production (1, 5)
* Alxndrbrwn – production (2)
* James Hancock – production (3)
* Poindexter – production (3)
* Reanimator – production (4, 11)
* Le Parasite – production (6)
* Buck 65
Richard Terfry (born March 4, 1972), better known by his stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian alternative hip hop artist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, countr ...
– production (7)
* Prolyphic
Alfred Schoeninger (born June 16, 1981), better known by his stage name Mopes, and formerly Prolyphic, is an American hip hop musician from Rhode Island. He is one half of the duo Stick Figures along with Robust and is currently signed to Stran ...
– production (8)
* Anders Parker – production (9)
* Alias
Alias may refer to:
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* ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film
* ''Alias'' (TV series), an American action thriller series 2001–2006
* ''Alias the ...
– production (10), mixing
* Dub Sonata – production (12)
* John Ash – production (13)
* Kurtis SP – production (14)
* Dilly Dilly – vocals
* Athena Hiotis – piano
* Joshua Trinidad – horns
* Daddy Kev
Kevin Marques Moo (born 1974), better known by his stage name Daddy Kev, is an American DJ, Grammy Award-winning audio engineer, record producer and executive from Los Angeles, California. He is the owner of Alpha Pup Records and the founder of Low ...
– mastering
* Jelena Bojanic – artwork
* Irena Mihalinec – graphic design
* Sarah "Inkymole" Coleman – illustration
* Prentice Danner – photography
* Davor Drokan – photography
Charts
References
External links
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2014 albums
Sage Francis albums
Strange Famous Records albums
Albums produced by Alias (musician)