Black Ben Carson

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Black Ben Carson
JPEGMAFIA Black Ben Carson cover art.jpg
Studio album by
JPEGMafia
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)
Recorded2014–16[1]
Genre
  • Experimental hip hop
Length1:13:15
Producer
JPEGMafia chronology
Darkskin Manson
(2015) 		Black Ben Carson
(2016) 		The 2nd Amendment
(2016)

Black Ben Carson (stylized in all lowercase)[1] is the first studio album by American rapper JPEGMafia. It was self-released on February 15, 2016.[1][2] The album was supported by the three singles "You Think You Know",[3] "I Smell Crack"[4] and "Digital Blackface".[5] Black Ben Carson was named after the only black 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson, who was running Republican.[6]

The album is split into two sides; Side A being "hip hop in its rawest form – loud, angry, political, and self-aware" and Side B with a more introspective, mellow and calm sound.[2]

The album was originally released with a different cover art in 2016, but was later (2020) removed and replaced with a new mix of the album, with many differences from the original, a shorter runtime (original release ran for 75 minutes) and all the instrumentals for each track, making the re-release 38 tracks and 146 minutes long. These instrumental tracks had unusual titles, like “bbc” for the “Black Ben Carson” instrumental, and “uncured bacon” for the “I Just Killed A Cop Now I’m Horny” instrumental. These titles were then replaced with “*song title* (Instrumental)” in January 2021 on all streaming platforms.

Black Ben Carson was named the best Baltimore album of 2016 by the Baltimore City Paper.[7]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Drake Era"3:57
2."All Caps No Spaces"4:06
3."Digital Blackface"3:43
4."Cuck"2:48
5."I Smell Crack"2:23
6."You Think You Know"3:23
7."Motor Mouth"4:26
8."Black Ben Carson"4:02
9."Black Steve Austin"2:18
10."Black Stacey Dash"2:52
11."What's Crackin'"4:58
12."I Just Killed A Cop Now I'm Horny"5:53
13."Plastic"3:04
14."Boi" (featuring Butch Dawson)4:29
15."The 27 Club"3:56
16."Face Down Ass Up" (featuring Bito Sureiya, Kente of Nasa8 and Freaky)4:29
17."This That Shit Kid Cudi Coulda Been" (featuring Toyomansi)4:07
18."2015 Was a Great Year"2:50
19."Try Me"4:55
Total length:1:13:15

Notes

  • All song titles stylized in lowercase, except "All Caps No Spaces", stylized in all caps.

Notes[]

1.^ Except "The 27 Club", originally released in 2012 on his mixtape The Rockwood Escape Plan.[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "JPEGMAFIA – Black Ben Carson". Bandcamp. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Kramer, Kyle (15 February 2016). "JPEGMAFIA's New Album 'Black Ben Carson' Is Going to Heal, Inspire, and Revive America". Vice. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. ^ Weigel, Brandon (7 December 2015). "JPEGMAFIA releases video for 'You Think You Know'". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  4. ^ "JPEGMAFIA – I Smell Crack". YouTube. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  5. ^ "JPEGMAFIA – Digital Blackface". YouTube. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ^ Gillespie, Blake (2016). "JPEGMAFIA, Black Ben Carson (Interview)". Impose Magazine. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Ten Baltimore Albums of 2016". Baltimore Sun. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ^ "INTERVIEW: AFROPUNK contributor Lightning Pill virtually sits down with rapper/producer/beatmaker JPEGMAFIA". Afropunk. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Devon Hendryx - The Rockwood Escape Plan". Bandcamp. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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