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Tragic Epilogue
Studio album by Antipop Consortium
Released	February 22, 2000 (2000-02-22)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	55:11
Label	75 Ark
Producer	High Priest Beans E. Blaize Sayyid
Antipop Consortium chronology
Tragic Epilogue (2000) Shopping Carts Crashing (2001)

Tragic Epilogue is the first studio album by American hip hop group Antipop Consortium. It was released on 75 Ark on February 22, 2000. The group's member Beans described it as "a eulogy to the end of hip-hop".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau
CMJ New Music Report	favorable
Entertainment Weekly	B+
Pitchfork	6.5/10

James P. Wisdom of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.5 out of 10, saying: "It's an auspicious debut, but one that's more likely to draw your attention to the band's future than to send you scattering for spare change to pick it up." Ron Hart of CMJ New Music Report called it "a disjointed mindfuck of a rap album that aims to completely throw off your equilibrium" and stated that "Tragic Epilogue will appeal to both street and experimental heads alike." Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic wrote: "Though the album wasn't quite as daring as Antipop Consortium's successive releases, it nonetheless garnered substantial acclaim, placing the group among similarly edgy New York underground rap artists such as Company Flow."

The Wire named it the record of the year in its annual critics poll. In 2015, Fact placed it at number 75 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Anti Pop Consortium

• High Priest – vocals, production (1, 3, 11, 16, 17, 19), synthesizer (9), executive production
• Beans – vocals, production (2, 8, 12, 14), drums (9)
• Sayyid – vocals, production (5, 6, 7, 13)
• E. Blaize – production (4, 15, 18), co-production, engineering, mixing

Additional musicians

• Electro Foetus – production (10)
• Aceyalone – vocals (17)
• Apany B-Fly MC – vocals (18)
• Pharoah Monch – vocals (19)
• L.I.F.E. – vocals (19)

Technical personnel

• Vassos – mastering

References

1. McElwaney, Scot (April 6, 2000). "Anti-Pop Consortium Take The Glitz Out Of Hip-Hop". MTV. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
2. Demby, Eric (April 2000). "See Hear Now – Anti-Pop Consortium: Hip-Hop's Mercy Killers". CMJ New Music Monthly (80): 41.
3. Bush, John. "Antipop Consortium – Tragic Epilogue". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
4. Christgau, Robert. "Anti-Pop Consortium". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
5. ^ Hart, Ron (February 28, 2000). "Anti-Pop Consortium – Tragic Epilogue (75Ark)". CMJ New Music Report (655): 22.
6. Hermes, Will (March 13, 2000). "Tragic Epilogue". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
7. ^ Wisdom, James P. (February 22, 2000). "Anti-Pop Consortium: Tragic Epilogue". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
8. Birchmeier, Jason. "Antipop Consortium - Biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
9. "Rewind 2000: 50 Records of the Year". The Wire. No. 203. London. January 2001. p. 34 – via Exact Editions.
10. "The 100 best indie hip-hop records of all time: 75. Antipop Consortium – Tragic Epilogue (75 Ark, 2000)". Fact. February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.

External links

• Tragic Epilogue at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2000 debut albums
• Antipop Consortium albums
• 75 Ark albums