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| Released | April 12, 2004 (2004-04-12) | |||
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Crying Over Pros for No Reason is the debut studio album by American electronic music producer Edward Ma under the alias of edIT. It was released on April 12, 2004, through Planet Mu.
Background
Ma had been a producer for acts such as Sole and Busdriver under the alias Conartist. He was influenced by his roommate at the time, who had bought and played records from electronic artists such as Squarepusher, Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin, and who had introduced him to Planet Mu through other records that he had bought. Demos of the album were sent to various labels, including to Planet Mu, which Ma chose to release it with.
Ma made the album in the digital audio workstation Pro Tools, with all of its production done by hand without access to VST plugins. The title of the album, Crying Over Pros for No Reason, plays off of the word "hoes"—in an interview with UKF Music, Ma stated, "Back in those days the radio wouldn’t let you say hoes. So artists changed it to pros. It was a cool little riff on it – crying over girls for no reason."
Reception
| Retrospective reviews | |
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| Sputnikmusic |   |
Upon release, Crying Over Pros for No Reason received little to no attention other than from specialised magazines and blogs. Retrospective reviews of the album have been positive; Laurent Fintoni, in a feature for Fact, called the album "groundbreaking, and important," noting how the album was ahead of its time and praising it for its accessibility through its roots in hip-hop and describing it as "a blueprint for things to come". Rob Theakston of AllMusic acknowledged the album's similarities to artists such as Prefuse 73 and Telefon Tel Aviv, but called it "a strong debut". Former Sputnikmusic staff reviewer StrangerofSorts gave the album a 4.5 out of 5, comparing its production to that of DJ Shadow's and calling it "incredibly soulful".
A deluxe edition of Crying Over Pros for No Reason was released through The Glitch Mob's Glass Air Records imprint in December 2014. Talking about the possibility of a follow-up album, Ma stated, "I always felt that if I couldn't top it, or couldn't say anything more about it, then I wouldn't say anything...The amount of people who've hit me up about it over the years made me realise how cult the record was and how special it was to some people. If I couldn't hit a home run harder than that, then I wouldn't do it."
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Ashtray" | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Ants" | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Laundry" | 5:46 |
| 4. | "Situps Pullups" | 5:16 |
| 5. | "Dex" | 4:28 |
| 6. | "Twenty Minutes" | 4:43 |
| 7. | "Screening Phone Calls" | 2:48 |
| 8. | "Mop Head" | 3:23 |
| 9. | "Ltlp" | 3:16 |
| 10. | "Mildew" | 1:04 |
| Total length: | 38:58 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Spare Spork" | 4:58 |
| 12. | "Ceilings" | 5:06 |
| 13. | "Arbor" | 4:31 |
| 14. | "Crashes" | 3:15 |
| 15. | "Sometimes in September" | 1:31 |
| Total length: | 58:24 | |
Notes
- Sources vary on how the name is written; Reeves uses "Conartist", while Fintoni uses "the Con Artist".
Footnotes
- Planet Mu n.d.
- Reeves 2007.
- ^ Jenkins 2014.
- ^ Fintoni 2020, chpt. 17.
- ^ StrangerofSorts 2011.
- Fintoni 2013.
- Theakston n.d.
References
- Fintoni, Laurent (2013-11-28). "Lost and Found: edIT's Crying Over Pros For No Reason". Fact. Archived from the original on 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- Fintoni, Laurent (2020-09-04). Bedroom Beats and B-Sides: Instrumental Hip Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century. Velocity Press. ISBN 978-1-913231-04-0.
- Jenkins, Dave (2014-12-11). "#TBT: edIT – Crying Over Pros For No Reason". UKF Music. Archived from the original on 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- Reeves, Mosi (2007-11-01). "edIT Takes IDM to the Dancefloor". XLR8R. Archived from the original on 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- StrangerofSorts (2011-10-28). "edIT - Crying Over Pros For No Reason (album review)". Sputnikmusic. Archived from the original on 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- Theakston, Rob (n.d.). "Crying Over Pros For No Reason - edIT". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- "Crying Over Pros For No Reason". Planet Mu. n.d. Archived from the original on 2024-08-12. Retrieved 2024-08-11.