Pick a Bigger Weapon

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78 based on 25 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Rolling Stone named it the 49th best album of 2006. ThoughtCo placed it at number 9 on the "Best Rap Albums of 2006" list.

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

The Coup

• Boots Riley – vocals, claps, drum programming, production, recording, mixing
• Pam the Funkstress – turntables

Additional musicians

• Michael Aaberg – synthesizer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), piano (4, 5, 7, 11, 16, 17), clavinet (7, 10), organ (10, 17)
• Steve Wyreman – guitar (1)
• IRS – vocals (2)
• Moses Kremer – guitar (2)
• Uriah Duffy – bass guitar (2, 11, 15)
• Oslem Asina – vocals (3)
• Silk E – vocals (3, 15)
• Reginald Brown – vocals (3)
• Dawn-Elissa Fischer – vocals (3, 5)
• Dave Council – bass guitar (3, 4, 10, 14), piano (13, 14), synthesizer (14)
• James Henry – congas (3), percussion (4)
• Black Thought – vocals (4)
• Talib Kweli – vocals (4)
• Rod Gadson – vocals (4)
• Viveca Hawkins – vocals (4, 9)
• Eric McFadden – guitar (4, 9, 10, 11)
• David James – guitar (5, 11, 14)
• Damion Gallegos – guitar (5), claps (5), recording
• John Payne – bass guitar (5)
• Damion Masterson – harmonica (5)
• Ben Barnes – viola (5, 14, 15), violin (5, 14, 15), cello (14)
• Rebekah Raff – harp (5)
• Brian Collier – drums (5)
• Degi Simmons – congas (5, 10)
• Kween – vocals (6, 17)
• Lawrence "L" Wiley – vocals (6, 16)
• Elijah Baker – bass guitar (6, 7, 13, 17)
• Reggie B. – vocals (7)
• B'nai Rebelfront – guitar (7)
• Dawud Allah – vocals (8)
• Jordan Rode – vocals (8)
• Butch – vocals (9)
• Alina Hubbard-Riley – vocals (10)
• stic.man – vocals (10)
• Dawud Allah – vocals (12)
• Jordan Rode – vocals (12), recording
• Jello Biafra – vocals (12)
• Jubu Smith – guitar (13, 14, 16)
• Myron Glasper – vocals (13, 14)
• D'wayne Wiggins – guitar (15)
• Reginald Brown – vocals (16)
• Tom Morello – guitar (16)
• Vernon Hall – bass guitar (16)
• Q Jackson – cymbal (17)
• Cameron Hunt – guitar (17)
• Pete Ortega – saxophone (17)
• Isaac Tena – trumpet (17)
• Organized Elements – drum programming (17), production (17)

Technical personnel

• Matt Kelley – recording, mixing
• Kenneth Hung – cover art

Charts

References

References

1. "Pick A Bigger Weapon by The Coup". [[CBS Interactive]].
2. Kellman, Andy. "Pick a Bigger Weapon - The Coup". [[AllMusic]].
3. Rabin, Nathan. (April 26, 2006). "The Coup: Pick A Bigger Weapon". [[The A.V. Club]].
4. Christgau, Robert. "The Coup". [[Christgau's Consumer Guide]].
5. Hermes, Will. (April 24, 2006). "Pick a Bigger Weapon".
6. Macia, Peter. (May 17, 2006). "The Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon". [[Pitchfork (website).
7. Heaton, Dave. (April 24, 2006). "The Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon". [[PopMatters]].
8. Newlin, Jimmy. (April 23, 2006). "The Coup: Pick a Bigger Weapon". [[Slant Magazine]].
9. Gaerig, Andrew. (April 26, 2006). "The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon". [[Stylus Magazine]].
10. (December 14, 2006). "Rolling Stone's Best Albums Of '06". [[Stereogum]].
11. (June 18, 2017). "The 100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 2000s". [[ThoughtCo]].
12. "The Coup: Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)".
13. "The Coup: Chart History (Independent Albums)".