Echo Chamber (MC Paul Barman album)

Echo Chamber
Studio album by
MC Paul Barman
ReleasedMay 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)
GenreHip-hop
Length48:13
LabelMello Music Group
Producers
MC Paul Barman chronology
Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud
(2009)		 Echo Chamber
(2018)		 Tectonic Texts
(2025)

Echo Chamber (stylized as (((echo chamber)))) is the third solo studio album by American rapper MC Paul Barman. It was released on May 18, 2018, via Mello Music Group. Production was handled by Questlove, Memory Man, MF Doom, James Poyser, Kenny Segal, Mark Ronson and Prince Paul. It features guest appearances from Open Mike Eagle and Masta Ace.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.7/10[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]
Pitchfork6/10[4]
Rolling StoneStarStarStar[5]
The Irish TimesStarStarStarStar[6]
Tom HullB+((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[7]

(((echo chamber))) was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At AnyDecentMusic?, which assigns a normalized rating out of 10 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 6.7, based on six reviews.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Paul Nathaniel Barman, except tracks 1 and 4 written with Michael W. Eagle II, and track 16 written with Duval Clear.

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Echo Chamber" (featuring Open Mike Eagle)?uestlove2:28
2."Youngman Speaks on Race"Prince Paul3:26
3."99.99999%"MF Doom4:16
4."Believe That" (featuring Open Mike Eagle)MF Doom3:12
5."Being Poor"
1:40
6."Art of War"?uestlove2:03
7."Tourette's"Memory Man1:41
8."Commandments"Memory Man2:48
9."Happy Holidays"Mark Ronson1:28
10."Oh Snap"?uestlove1:29
11."Meat n Bone"?uestlove6:21
12."Leapfrog"Memory Man2:43
13."Hairy Moth Owl 2"Memory Man2:55
14."Undoing Aloneness"Kenny Segal2:52
15."Age War"?uestlove3:54
16."Antennas" (featuring Masta Ace)Memory Man4:57
Total length:48:13

Personnel

  • MC Paul Barman – vocals
  • Michael "Open Mike Eagle" Eagle – vocals & recording (tracks: 1, 4)
  • Duval "Masta Ace" Clear – vocals & recording (track 16)
  • Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15)
  • "Prince Paul" Huston – producer (track 2)
  • Daniel "MF Doom" Dumile – producer (tracks: 3, 4)
  • James Poyser – producer (track 5)
  • Eli "Memory Man" Elkin – producer (tracks: 7, 8, 12, 13, 16), mixing
  • Mark Ronson – producer (track 9), recording (track 8)
  • Kenny "Syndakit" Segal – producer (track 14)
  • Joseph "Steel Tipped Dove" Fusaro – recording (tracks: 1, 3–5, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16)
  • Joshua Sadlier-Brown – recording (tracks: 2, 11, 14–16)
  • Casual-T – recording (track 7)
  • Chris Pummill – recording (track 11)
  • Mark Donahue – mastering

References

  1. 1 2 "(((echo chamber))) by MC Paul Barman reviews | Any Decent Music". www.anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "(((echo chamber))) - MC Paul Barman | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  3. ↑ Mullin, Kyle (May 17, 2018). "MC Paul Barman │ (((Echo Chamber)))". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  4. ↑ Rytlewski, Evan (May 25, 2018). "MC Paul Barman: (((echo chamber)))". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (May 22, 2018). "Review: MC Paul Barman's '(((Echo Chamber)))' Is Lovably Eccentric". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  6. ↑ Van Nguyen, Dean (May 18, 2018). "'Echo Chamber' by MC Paul Barman review: A wild ride". The Irish Times. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ Hull, Tom (May 21, 2018). "Tom Hull: Grade List: MC Paul Barman". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
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