''Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop'' is a compilation album released by American hip hop record label

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in 1999. The album collects tracks by members of the label's core crew.

Critical reception

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gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "if you want to hear some abstract hip hop from a variety of different artists this may be the album for you." Jon Caramanica of ''

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'' called it "the Anticon collective's breakthrough release". Ian S. Port of ''

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'' said: "It featured left-field DJ textures, boom-bap beats, insanely acrobatic rapping, and stilted, stumbling rhythms." In 2015, ''

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'' placed it at number 100 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.

Track listing

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1999 compilation albums Anticon albums Record label compilation albums