Echo Party
Mixtape by
Edan
ReleasedNovember 23, 2009 (2009-11-23)
Studio5L Studios, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
GenreHip hop
Length28:59
LabelFive Day Weekend
ProducerEdan
Edan chronology
Beauty and the Beat
(2005)		 Echo Party
(2009)		 Humble Pi
(2018)
Vinyl edition
Example of the vinyl cover

Echo Party is a mixtape by American hip hop musician Edan. It was released via Five Day Weekend on November 23, 2009.[1] It peaked at number 98 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[2]

Production

Edan was given access to the Traffic Entertainment Group vault of old school hip hop to create the album, resulting in a single 29-minute track two years later.[3] It was recorded using tape echo, guitar, and kazoo, among other instruments.[4]

Release

Echo Party was released on CD and vinyl.[5] The vinyl release comes in a white sleeve, each with unique stencil and stamp artwork handmade by Edan, and is limited to 1000 copies.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The A.V. ClubB+[8]
BBCfavorable[1]
The Phoenix[9]
Pitchfork6.8/10[3]
PopMatters[10]
Spin5/10[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Echo Party received an average score of 71, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

Rick Anderson of AllMusic said, "you'll hear vintage hip-hop basslines, 808 beats, and exuberant '80s-style rapping interspersed with weirdness like chopped-up Latin rhythms and shout-outs to New York boroughs and zodiac signs."[7] Adam Kennedy of BBC called it "a production album over mere mixtape, one for the breakdancers, as well as appreciators of both forward-thinking and back-in-the-day craft."[1] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork commented that "if you've ever wanted to hear classic cuts from the dawn of hip hop turned into hallucinogenic setpieces that knock and clang like glitched-up King Tubby, Echo Party should justify whatever the hell it is Edan's been doing with his time over the past four years."[3]

Dave Segal of The Stranger included it on the "2009's Top Overlooked Releases" list.[12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Echo Party"28:59

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Edan – recording, mixing, concept, art direction, design
  • Mark Donahue – mastering
  • Trevor "Karma" Gendron – layout
  • Matt Welch – executive production

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[2] 98

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kennedy, Adam (2009). "Edan - Echo Party - Review". BBC. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Week of December 5, 2009". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Patrin, Nate (December 1, 2009). "Edan: Echo Party". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Tardio, Andres (October 27, 2009). "Edan's Album Features Hand Drawn Covers To LP Version". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Hughes, Josiah (October 28, 2009). "Edan Returns with New Limited LP". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Echo Party by Edan". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  7. 1 2 Anderson, Rick. "Echo Party - Edan". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (December 1, 2009). "Edan: Echo Party". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 23, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ Faraone, Chris (November 10, 2009). "Edan | Echo Party". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  10. ↑ Martin, Andrew (January 14, 2010). "Edan: Echo Party". PopMatters. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  11. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (November 17, 2009). "Review: Edan, 'Echo Party'". Spin. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  12. ↑ Segal, Dave (December 24, 2009). "Data Breaker - 2009's Top Overlooked Releases". The Stranger. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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