''Resolution'' is the second studio album by American hip hop group

The Perceptionists The Perceptionists is an American hip hop group from Boston, Massachusetts. The group initially had three members: Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, and DJ Fakts One. The group was signed to the Definitive Jux label. In 2005, the trio released a studio albu ...

. It was released on

Mello Music Group Mello Music Group (MMG) is an American independent record label based in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 2007, Mello Music has released hip hop compilations and albums by producers and rappers such as Oddisee, Apollo Brown, Mr. Lif, Ghostface Killah ...

on July 28, 2017. Music videos were created for "Hose Down" and "Free at Last".

Background

Shortly after the release of

' debut studio album, ''

Black Dialogue ''Black Dialogue'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop group The Perceptionists. It was released on Definitive Jux on March 22, 2005. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from m ...

'', on

Definitive Jux Definitive Jux was a record label based in New York City. It was co-founded in 1999 by El-P and Amaechi Uzoigwe. History Definitive Jux was initially known as Def Jux. However, popular hip hop label Def Jam Recordings sued Def Jux over the nam ...

in 2005,

DJ Fakts One Fakts One (born April 6, 1977) is an American hip hop DJ & producer from Boston, Massachusetts. Fakts One was a founding member of the hip hop group The Perceptionists with long-time collaborators Akrobatik and Mr. Lif but left the group shortly ...

left the group. The group's remaining members,

Mr. Lif Jeffrey Haynes (born December 28, 1977), better known by his stage name Mr. Lif, is an American rapper from Boston, Massachusetts. While being praised because of his political lyrics, he has released two studio albums on Definitive Jux and one ...

and

Akrobatik Jared Bridgeman, better known by his stage name Akrobatik, is an American rapper from the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He is also a part of the hip hop collective named The Perceptionists with Mr. Lif and DJ Fakts One, which ...

, subsequently released solo material and collaborative material with other artists. In 2017, the two got signed to

and returned with a studio album, titled ''Resolution''.

Critical reception

Paul Simpson of

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gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, stating: "Like the first Perceptionists album, ''Resolution'' maintains a heavy focus on socially conscious lyrics, calling out injustice and lamenting the disappointing state of the world." Scott Glaysher of ''

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'' gave the album a 3.4 out of 5, commenting that "Lif and Ak tackle a plethora of topics on the 11-track LP, including police, politics and big Pharma" and "the album has the tendency to come across as a conspiracy theorist's guide to 2017."

Track listing

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2017 albums Mello Music Group albums Mr. Lif albums Akrobatik albums