20/20 (Dilated Peoples album)

Critical reception

20/20 was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 63, based on fourteen reviews.

NOW magazine reviewer praised the album calling it "rife with brow-raising darts and the mindblowing beats to match, outstripping the last two Dilated records and threatening the alignment of your neck vertebrae in the process". Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews stated that "that will serve their core audience well". Spin critic marked "DJ Babu's soulful, pyrotechnic turntablism straddles the indie-mainstream divide". Michael Frauenhofer of PopMatters found the album "essentially front-loaded, packing its most powerful punch in the first few tracks and then simmering to a lower level of heat".

In mixed reviews, AllMusic's David Jeffries wrote: "while 20/20 might be a shade too unambitious for casual listeners expecting another Expansion Team, DP heads looking to kick back and listen get plenty of pure underground to devour". Peter Relic of Rolling Stone found it "less a great album than a group of scattershot bangers". Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club wrote: "Dilated Peoples' orthodox appeal has always been its aversion to gimmicks and flash, but on this underwhelming album the venerable trio offer little in the way of humor or excitement, either".

In a negative review, David Peschek of The Guardian wrote: "what 20/20 does best is portentousness and the empty brag - essentially male traits that make listening rather like being hectored by the pub bore".

Track listing

;Sample credits

• Track 3 contains a sample from "Send Me" written by Charles McCloud and performed by Roslyn and Charles.
• Track 4 contains a sample from "Goodbye Surprise" written and performed by Brian Protheroe.
• Track 6 contains a sample from "Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness" written by James Banks, Eddie Marion, Henderson Thigpen and William Toles and performed by the Soul Children.

Personnel

• Michael "Evidence" Peretta – vocals, producer (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11), recording (tracks: 1–6, 8–11, 13), mixing (track 1), executive producer
• Rakaa "Iriscience" Taylor – vocals, recording (tracks: 1–6, 8–11, 13), mixing (track 1), executive producer
• Chris "DJ Babu" Oroc – scratches, producer (tracks: 4, 9, 11, 12), recording (tracks: 1–6, 8–13), mixing (track 1), executive producer
• Dodee Westbeach – vocals (track 1)
• Kenny Morrison – vocals (track 1)
• Simon "Dirt Nasty" Rex – additional vocals (track 1)
• Duane A. "Defari" Johnson Jr. – vocals (track 5)
• Talib Kweli – vocals (track 6)
• Marvin "Krondon" Jones – vocals (track 8)
• Jason "Phil Da Agony" Smith – additional vocals (track 8)
• Noelle Scaggs – additional vocals (track 8)
• Clifton "Capleton" Bailey – vocals (track 11)
• Jeff Babko – keyboards (tracks: 3, 8, 12), bass (track 8)
• Alan "The Alchemist" Maman – producer (tracks: 2, 13)
• Joey Chavez – producer (tracks: 5, 7)
• Tavish "Bravo" Graham – producer (tracks: 5, 7)
• David "Porse" Straume – producer (track 11)
• Richard "Segal" Huredia – mixing (track: 2, 3, 5–7, 9, 13)
• Troy Staton – mixing (tracks: 4, 10–12), recording (track 11)
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (track 8)
• Michael "Mixing Finga" Stewart – recording (track 11)
• Scott Elgin – engineering assistant (tracks: 5–7, 9)
• Jared Robbins – engineering assistant (track 8)
• Ian Suddarth – engineering assistant (track 10)
• Rob Montes – engineering assistant (track 11)
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
• Ben "Beni B" Nickleberry Jr. – executive producer
• Brent Rollins – art direction
• Nabil Elderkin – photography

Charts

References

References

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