Lucacentric

Lucacentric
Lucacentric by Lucas Secon
Studio album by
Lucas
ReleasedOctober 4, 1994
GenresHip-hop, dance, pop
Length55:24
LabelBig Beat[1]
ProducerLucas
Lucas chronology
To Rap My World Around You
(1991) 		Lucacentric
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC[4]

Lucacentric is a 1994 album by hip-hop musician Lucas.[5][6]

The album peaked at #183 on the Billboard 200.[7] The lead single, "Lucas with the Lid Off," reached the top 30 on four separate Billboard charts, including the Mainstream Top 40 and Hot 100 charts. Michel Gondry directed a Grammy Award-nominated music video for the single.

The album was released on Big Beat Records, the East Coast hip-hop and dance music record label owned by Warner Music Group and operated as a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. It was the follow-up to Lucas Secon's debut album, To Rap My World Around You.

Production

Lucas wrote and produced the album. He used more than 60 samples on the track "Spin the Globe."[5]

Critical reception

The Baltimore Sun wrote: "Whether it's a matter of building a groove around a swing band sample and a ragga chant (as on 'Lucas with the Lid Off') or putting a jagged, asymmetrical rap over a smooth, jazzy rhythm bed (as on 'Wau Wau Wau'), the music Lucas makes is as distinctive as it is catchy."[1] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Lucas’ lyrics aren’t up to the speed of his delivery; unfortunately, neither is his hip-hop up to the ambition of what he’s trying to say."[4] Trouser Press wrote that "the giddy wordplay ... is every bit as freeing as the rhymes proclaim themselves to be."[8]

Track listing

  1. "The Statusphere, Pt. 1" – 1:29
  2. "Lucas with the Lid Off" – 4:01
  3. "City Zen" – 4:03
  4. "Inflatable People" – 4:16
  5. "Red White and Blues" – 3:33
  6. "Wau Wau Wau" – 4:10
  7. "Spin the Globe" – 4:34
  8. "Born" – 5:26
  9. "Work in Progress" – 5:02
  10. "The Muted Trumpet" – 3:17
  11. "Livin' in a Silicone Dream" - 3:52
  12. "Pendulum Swings" - 4:36
  13. "The Statusphere, Pt. 2" - 2:56
  14. "In It for the Lifelong" - 4:09

References

  1. ^ a b Considine, J. D. "Lucas gives rap a worldwide spin". baltimoresun.com.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 360.
  4. ^ a b "Album Review: 'Lucacentric'". EW.com.
  5. ^ a b "Cool Hand Lucas : On a path that led from Copenhagen to New York's Lower East Side, newcomer Lucas is proving the rap may have been born in the 'hood, but its got a global appeal". Los Angeles Times. October 30, 1994.
  6. ^ "Lucas | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ "Lucas". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Lucas". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 November 2020.



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