The Palm Wine Drinkard (album)
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| The Palm Wine Drinkard | ||||
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| Mixtape by | ||||
| Released | January 3, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, alternative hip hop, R&B | |||
| Length | 41:04 | |||
| Label | Greedhead | |||
| Kool A.D. chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork | (6.2/10)[1] |
| PopMatters | (6/10)[2] |
The Palm Wine Drinkard is the first solo mixtape by rapper Kool A.D., of the rap group Das Racist. Released in January 2012, it is the first of two mixtapes released by Kool A.D. that year, with 51 following in April. The mixtape takes its name from Amos Tutuola's novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard.
The title track of the mixtape features the full sample of OutKast's seven-minute song "SpottieOttieDopaliscious," from their 1998 album Aquemini[1] Two of the songs on the album, "Booty in the Air" and "You Can Sell Anything," are remixed versions of pre-existing Das Racist songs, from the albums Relax and Sit Down, Man, respectively. The track "A Ganglion of Lightnings" is a re-recorded version of a song by Kool A.D.'s previous band, Boy Crisis.
