''The Music Scene'' is the fourth solo studio album by American hip hop producer

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. It was released on

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on November 3, 2009. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Critical reception

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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Rick Anderson of

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commented that "Everyone makes sample-based music these days, but very few people use found sounds and prefab musical snippets as creatively and thoughtfully as Blockhead does." Sarah Ferguson of ''

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'' said, "The music found on ''The Music Scene'' broadcasts a place for explorative musical journeying much greater than one found on pop radio." Ben Hogwood of ''

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'' wrote, "For Blockhead, this album would seem to open up a whole new realm of possibilities, showing as it does an ability to break out of the confines of hip hop, which he had already mastered."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD liner notes. *

– production *

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– co-production (11), turntables (1, 12) * Damien Paris – guitar (7, 9), bass guitar (3, 7, 8, 10) * Wilder Zoby – vocoder (9) *

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– mixing * Kevin Metcalfe – mastering * Owen Brozman – artwork * Matt Rota – color, design

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Music Scene, The 2009 albums Blockhead (music producer) albums Ninja Tune albums