Magickal Weirdness
| Magickal Weirdness | ||||
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| Released | July 17, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 56:45 | |||
| Labels | Urbnet Records Beautiful Records | |||
| Producer | Moka Only | |||
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Magickal Weirdness is a studio album by Canadian rapper, singer and producer Moka Only. It was released by Urbnet Records and Beautiful Records on July 17, 2015. The album was entirely self-produced, and features one guest appearance from Grand Puba.[1]
Coinciding with the album's release, a limited edition signature skateboard deck was released by the brand Skull Skates.[2] Six music videos were released, for the songs "No",[3] "Do You Know How To Rock",[4] "Nothing To Me",[5] "Chicanery",[6] "Delux Edition",[7] and "Starting Out".[8] In June and July of 2015, he toured the album through Ontario and New England.[9] The album reached number 3 on !earshot's hip-hop chart in August of 2015.[10]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| RapReviews | 8/10[11] |
Gregory Adams of Exclaim! noted the tracks range from "smooth and jazzy" to "90s throwback-styled" to "space age keyboard groove".[12]
Ryan Prado of Portland Mercury called the album a "time machine to the seminal days of hip-hop when anything went".[13]
Steve Juon of RapReviews stated "it has a very Tribe-like quality from start to finish, or perhaps a Dilla-esque one. Given the short length of the tracks it could be argued it’s the best of both".[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No" | 2:36 |
| 2. | "Light of Your Life" | 1:41 |
| 3. | "I Got Shit to Do" | 2:40 |
| 4. | "Something or Nothin’" | 1:31 |
| 5. | "Say a Little Somethin" | 1:17 |
| 6. | "Movin" | 1:02 |
| 7. | "Um Yeah Hey" | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Ain't It Somethin' Doe" | 1:09 |
| 9. | "Chicanery" | 1:17 |
| 10. | "We Never Think" | 2:30 |
| 11. | "Startin' Out." | 1:15 |
| 12. | "Don’t Worry." | 1:24 |
| 13. | "Away To You." | 2:49 |
| 14. | "Speak My Spell" | 1:08 |
| 15. | "Do You Know How to Rock" | 1:19 |
| 16. | "Delux Edition" | 1:27 |
| 17. | "More rugged" (featuring Grand Puba) | 2:51 |
| 18. | "Just Dwell" | 1:28 |
| 19. | "Hit the Nail" | 2:42 |
| 20. | "Fishin" | 1:02 |
| 21. | "Lemmee Haz" | 2:21 |
| 22. | "Make It Last" | 1:18 |
| 23. | "Its Practice" | 1:30 |
| 24. | "Cosmology" | 2:00 |
| 25. | "The Path Is Pivotal" | 1:30 |
| 26. | "The Only One" | 1:02 |
| 27. | "Watch Us Go" | 2:12 |
| 28. | "Nothin to Me" | 1:03 |
| 29. | "Steppin In the Sunset" | 2:42 |
| 30. | "Holy Shit" | 1:25 |
| 31. | "Lettuce" | 1:19 |
| 32. | "Like..Totally" | 2:59 |
| Total length: | 56:45 | |
References
- ↑ Adams, Gregory (2015-06-15). "Moka Only Unveils 'Magickal Weirdness' for New Beautiful Records Imprint". Exclaim!.
- ↑ "Skull Skates Blog Archive » Moka Only Skull Skates Collab". www.skullskates.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
- ↑ URBNET (2015-06-20). Moka Only - No – via YouTube.
- ↑ Beautiful Records / Bamnation (2015-07-09). Moka Only - Do You Know How To Rock – via YouTube.
- ↑ Beautiful Records / Bamnation (2015-07-17). Moka Only - Nothing To Me – via YouTube.
- ↑ URBNET (2015-07-18). Moka Only - Chicanery – via YouTube.
- ↑ URBNET (2015-07-26). Moka Only - Deluxe Edition – via YouTube.
- ↑ Beautiful Records / Bamnation (2018-08-04). Moka Only - Starting Out – via YouTube.
- ↑ Zorgel, Aaron (2015-06-18). "Premiere: Watch Moka Only's Video For "No"". Complex.
- ↑ "Hip-hop chart : August 2015". earshot-online.
- 1 2 Juon, Steve (2015-08-04). "Magickal Weirdness". RapReviews.
- ↑ Adams, Gregory (2015-07-16). "Moka Only 'Magickal Weirdness' (album stream)". Exclaim!.
- ↑ Lannamann, Ned (2015-08-17). "Tonight in Music: Moka Only". Portland Mercury.
External links
- Magickal Weirdness at Discogs (list of releases)
- Magickal Weirdness at Bandcamp
- BamNation Campaign