Double Cup

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Double Cup
Studio album by
DJ Rashad
ReleasedOctober 22, 2013
Genre
Length56:24
LabelHyperdub
DJ Rashad chronology
Teklife Volume 1 – Welcome to the Chi
(2012) 		Double Cup
(2013) 		Afterlife
(2016)

Double Cup is the first studio album by footwork musician DJ Rashad, and the sole full-length released during his lifetime. It was released on October 22, 2013 via Hyperdub.[2] The cover features a nighttime aerial shot of Chicago, Rashad's hometown.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10[3]
Metacritic79/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Drowned in Sound8/10[6]
Exclaim!9/10[7]
Fact3/5[8]
Mixmag5/5[9]
NME8/10[10]
Pitchfork8.6/10[11]
Resident Advisor4.0/5[12]
Rolling Stone[13]
Time Out[14]

Double Cup has received some acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79 based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

Pitchfork placed "Double Cup" at number 35 on their 2014 list of "100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far"[15] and at number 20 on their 2019 list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s".[16]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by DJ Rashad

No.TitleFeatured artistsLength
1."Feelin"Spinn & Taso4:30
2."Show U How"Spinn3:27
3."Pass that Shit"Spinn & Taso4:18
4."She a Go"Spinn & Taso3:37
5."Only One"Spinn & Taso3:46
6."Everyday of my Life"DJ Phil3:16
7."I Don’t Give a Fuck" 2:37
8."Double Cup"Spinn4:09
9."Drank, Kush, Barz"Spinn3:36
10."Reggie" 3:38
11."Acid Bit"Addison Groove3:25
12."Leavin"Manny4:14
13."Let U No"Spinn4:11
14."I’m Too Hi"Earl3:00

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Pitchfork Staff (October 8, 2019). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 6, 2023. It melts the long history of Chicago house into the glossiest bits of pop-rap, the athletic feats of juke into the warmth and soul of the city's R&B.
  2. ^ "Footwork figurehead DJ Rashad announces new album for Hyperdub, Double Cup". Fact. August 15, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "Double Cup by DJ Rashad reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Reviews for Double Cup by DJ Rashad". Metacritic. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Jeffries, David. "Double Cup – DJ Rashad". AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  6. ^ Bass, George (October 21, 2013). "Album Review: DJ Rashad – Double Cup". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  7. ^ Williams, James (October 18, 2013). "DJ Rashad: Double Cup". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  8. ^ F, Christian (October 24, 2013). "Double Cup". Fact. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  9. ^ Wheeler, Seb (October 23, 2013). "DJ Rashad". Mixmag. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  10. ^ Calvert, John (October 18, 2013). "DJ Rashad – 'Double Cup'". NME. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  11. ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry (October 22, 2013). "DJ Rashad: Double Cup". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  12. ^ Ryce, Andrew (October 25, 2013). "DJ Rashad – Double Cup". Resident Advisor. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  13. ^ Powell, Mike (October 22, 2013). "Double Cup". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  14. ^ Parker, Tristan (October 10, 2013). "DJ Rashad – 'Double Cup' album review". Time Out. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  15. ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010–2014)". Pitchfork. August 19, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  16. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.



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