So the Flies Don't Come

So the Flies Don't Come
Studio album by
Milo
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
GenreHip hop
Length32:44
Label
  • Ruby Yacht
  • The Order Label
ProducerKenny Segal
Milo chronology
A Toothpaste Suburb
(2014) 		So the Flies Don't Come
(2015) 		Who Told You to Think??!!?!?!?!
(2017)

So the Flies Don't Come is the second studio album by American hip hop musician Milo. It was released on September 25, 2015.[1] The production was handled by Kenny Segal.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.4/10[3]
The Quietusfavorable[4]
Spin8/10[5]

Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, calling it "[Milo's] most fascinating work to date, filling weird, side-winding productions that deflate and wheeze with tumbling lyricism delivered in near spoken word cadences."[3] Gary Suarez of The Quietus wrote, "producer Kenny Segal leans towards jazz abstractions, full of billowy smoke instead of the more typical boom bap dust."[4]

It was ranked at number 26 on Rolling Stone's "40 Best Rap Albums of 2015" list,[6] as well as number 37 on Spin's "50 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015" list.[7] The New York Observer named it the 5th best hip-hop album of 2015,[8] while The Boston Globe named it the 7th best hip-hop album of 2015.[9] Impose placed it at number 17 on the "Best Albums of 2015" list.[10]

"Souvenir" was included on RedEye's "20 Best Songs of 2015" list.[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Rabblerouse"1:10
2."Souvenir" (featuring Hemlock Ernst)3:45
3."Zen Scientist" (featuring Myka 9)3:50
4."Re: Animist"2:18
5."An Encyclopedia"4:53
6."Going No Place" (featuring Elucid)4:00
7."True Nen" (featuring Open Mike Eagle)2:28
8."Napping Under the Echo Tree"3:38
9."@yomilo"2:45
10."Song About a Raygunn (An Ode to Driver)"3:53

References

  1. ^ Sacher, Andrew (September 17, 2015). "milo releasing a new album, guests on Botany's new song "No Translator" (listen), playing Brooklyn". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  2. ^ Rytlewski, Evan (September 22, 2015). "Milo Channels Rage into Poetry on 'So The Flies Don't Come'". Shepherd Express. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Pearce, Sheldon (October 14, 2015). "milo: so the flies don't come". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Suarez, Gary (October 20, 2015). "Full Clip: October's Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez". The Quietus. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  5. ^ Thompson, Paul (October 16, 2015). "SPIN Rap Report: Young Thug Slimes Us, milo Takes Busdriver to School". Spin. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  6. ^ Lee, Christina (December 23, 2015). "40 Best Rap Albums of 2015 - 26: Milo, 'So The Flies Don't Come'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  7. ^ Thompson, Paul (December 16, 2015). "The 50 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015 (page 1 of 2)". Spin. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  8. ^ Hart, Ron (December 16, 2015). "The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015". The New York Observer. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  9. ^ Benbow, Julian (December 12, 2015). "The best hip-hop albums of 2015". The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  10. ^ "The Best Albums of 2015". Impose. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  11. ^ Terry, Josh (December 10, 2015). "The 20 best songs of 2015". RedEye. Retrieved December 29, 2015.