''Bottle of Humans'' is the debut solo studio album by American hip hop artist
Sole. It was released on
Anticon
Anticon (often styled as anticon.) is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1998 by seven musicians and manager Baillie Parker. It is now collectively owned among six musicians, co-founder Parker, and ma ...
in 2000. It peaked at number 14 on
CMJ
CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events and online media company, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' and ''CMJ New Music Report''. Th ...
's Top 25 Hip-Hop chart.
Release
A dispute with Anticon's distributor caused the album to go out of print until it was remastered and reissued in 2003 with minor changes to the artwork and track listing.
"Nothing Fell Apart", "Understanding", and "MC Howard Hughes" were removed from the 2003 reissue. Also, on the cover art of the original issue, the words "sole" and "bottle of humans" appear to be pasted on. In the 2003 issue, the text is redone as it was meant to look, with no white border around the text.
Critical reception
Stanton Swihart of
AllMusic
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gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, stating that "At a diary-like 73 minutes, the album is too long to sustain the frequently gloomy psychological exploration, but this is maverick, outsider rap of a high quality."
[ Steve Juon of ''RapReviews.com'' gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying, "If you're looking for a rap album that bucks trends and still has heavy hip-hop beats though, this is a good start."][ In 2008, Chris Martins of '' LA Weekly'' called it one of the "bona fide classics" from Anticon.]
Track listing
References
External links
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2000 debut albums
Sole (hip hop artist) albums
Anticon albums
Albums produced by Jel (music producer)
Albums produced by Daddy Kev
Albums produced by Alias (musician)
Albums produced by Odd Nosdam