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  1. Background

  2. Recording and production

  3. Reception

      Critical reception  

  4. Track listing

  5. Charts

  6. References

{{About|the album by Ab-Soul|a set of devices to manage|Control system|other uses|Control system (disambiguation)}}{{Infobox album
| name = Control System
| type = studio
| artist = Ab-Soul
| cover = ControlSystem-Ab-Soul.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 11, 2012
| recorded = TDE Recording Studio: House of Pain
(Carson, California)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 71:44
| label = Top Dawg Entertainment
| producer = {{flatlist|
  • Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith (exec.)
  • Punch (co-exec.)
  • Dave Free (also co-exec.)
  • AAhyasis
  • Curtiss King
  • King Blue
  • Nez & Rio
  • Skhye Hutch
  • Sounwave
  • Tae Beast
  • Tommy Black
  • Willie B.

}}
| prev_title = Longterm Mentality
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = These Days…
| next_year = 2014
}}Control System is the second studio album by American rapper Ab-Soul. It was released on May 11, 2012, by Top Dawg Entertainment. The album features guest appearances from Jhené Aiko, Danny Brown, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, BJ the Chicago Kid, Kendrick Lamar, JaVonte, Punch, Ashtrobot and vocals from the late Alori Joh. The album's production was handled by Digi+Phonics, King Blue, Nez & Rio, Skhye Hutch, Curtiss King, Aahyasis, and Tommy Black.[1]

Background

The album is Ab-Soul's fourth full-length project, which was preceded by numerous promotional singles, the first being "Black Lip Bastard" on January 17, 2012. The song was produced by Willie B.[2] On February 28, 2012, Ab-Soul, along with Schoolboy Q, appeared on Sway Calloway's #SwayInTheMorning radio show, where Ab-Soul called "Black Lip Bastard": "pretty much one of the title tracks",[3] the song, however, failed to make the album's final track listing. The first song that appears on the album, to be released was "Showin' Love", also produced by Willie B.[4] On April 6, 2012, Ab-Soul released the track, titled "Terrorist Threats". The song features frequent collaborator Jhené Aiko and Danny Brown, who proclaimed on Twitter that "Black Hippy the new Beatles and I'm Harry Nilsson".[5]

On April 17, 2012, Ab-Soul revealed the album's title to be Control System and unveiled the release date to be May 11, 2012. That same day he also released a music video for "Pineal Gland", a song inspired by the psychedelic drug DMT and of course the pineal gland, a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain theorized to store natural reserves of DMT in mammals.[6][7] On April 24, 2012, another single, by the title of "SOPA" was released. The song, produced by Nez & Rio, references Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a United States bill introduced by US Representative Lamar S. Smith, that would've allowed the US government controversial control over the internet.[8]

On May 1, 2012, Ab-Soul released another music video for a song titled "Empathy"; the song features vocals from JaVonte and his late friend and girlfriend Alori Joh, who committed suicide in February 2012.[9] On May 4, 2012, it was revealed "Black Lip Bastard" was remixed and will feature his Black Hippy cohorts, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q.[10] On May 8, 2012, his collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, titled "Illuminate" was released. The music video would be released on January 15, 2013.[11] The day before the album's release Ab-Soul revealed the track listing and released snippets from the album. The album, as written on the back cover, is "Dedicated to the beautiful soul of Loriana Angel Johnson aka Alori Joh"[12]

Recording and production

Throughout 2011 and 2012, Ab-Soul was working on his second album. He had recorded the songs "Empathy" and "A Rebellion" with Alori Joh. On February 7, 2012, it was reported a young woman committed suicide by leaping from a radio tower; the woman was later identified as Loriana Johnson, also known as Alori Joh. In a June 2012 interview with HipHopDX, Ab-Soul publicly spoke on Joh's death and how it impacted him and the album: "I was actually pretty much done with the project before that happened. Luckily for me and all of us cause I definitely don’t think I would have been able to put it out in the time that I did. It was difficult. It’s still very difficult. She helps me out with all of my projects. It’s a very difficult thing to get over but at the same time this is what we’ve been – we, me and her, were working on for the majority of the time I’ve known her. She was one of my biggest supporters so I feel like I owe her and I owe everybody else that’s taken a liking to what we’re doing." "The Book of Soul" was of the last tracks that he recorded on the project, he touches on a couple topics throughout his life, with Alori Joh being the main subject over a jazzy instrumental produced by Tommy Black.[13]

Reception

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
| MC = 83/100[14]
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating | 4|5}}
| rev2 = Robert Christgau
| rev2Score = A–[15]
| rev3 = DJBooth.net
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[16]
| rev4 = Exclaim!
| rev4Score = 8/10[17]
| rev5 = HipHopDX
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[18]
| rev6 = Pitchfork Media
| rev6Score = 8.1/10[19]
| rev7 = Spin
| rev7Score = 8/10[20]
| rev8 = XXL
| rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}} (XL)[21]
}}

Upon its release, Control System received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim."[14] The album was named the 20th best of 2012 by Complex Magazine.[22] Spin Magazine named the album the twelfth best hip hop album of 2012.[23] Robert Christgau ranked the album 46th on his 2012 "Dean's List".[24]

Track listing

{{track listing
| total_length = 71:44
| extra_column = Producer
| title1 = Soulo Ho3
| note1 = featuring Jhené Aiko
| extra1 = {{hlist|Sounwave|Dave Free (of Digi+Phonics)}}
| writer1 = {{hlist|Herbert Stevens IV|Jhené Efuru Chilombo|Mark Spears|David Friley}}
| length1 = 3:57
| title2 = Track Two
| extra2 = Tae Beast (of Digi+Phonics)
| writer2 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Donté Perkins|Jeff Lynne}}
| length2 = 4:03
| title3 = Bohemian Grove
| extra3 = {{hlist|Tae Beast|Dave Free}}
| writer3 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Perkins|Friley|Aretha Franklin}}
| length3 = 4:23
| title4 = Terrorist Threats
| note4 = featuring Jhené Aiko & Danny Brown
| writer4 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Chilombo|Daniel Dewan Sewell|Friley|Darren Korb|Shawn Carter|Jonathan Burks|Timothy Mosley}}
| extra4 = Dave Free
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Pineal Gland
| writer5 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Perkins|Bo Hansson}}
| extra5 = Tae Beast
| length5 = 3:52
| title6 = Double Standards
| extra6 = Sounwave (of Digi+Phonics)
| note6 = featuring Anna Wise
| writer6 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Anna Wise|Spears|Peter Sinfield|Robert Fripp}}
| length6 = 4:21
| title7 = Mixed Emotions
| extra7 = King Blue (of Sore Losers)
| writer7 = {{hlist|Stevens IV}}
| length7 = 4:08
| title8 = SOPA
| note8 = featuring ScHoolboy Q
| extra8 = Nez & Rio
| writer8 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Quincy Hanley|Nesbitt Wesonga|Mario Loving}}
| length8 = 4:09
| title9 = Lust Demons
| note9 = featuring Jay Rock & BJ the Chicago Kid
| writer9 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Johnny Reed McKinzie, Jr.|Bryan James Sledge|Perkins|Isaac Hayes}}
| extra9 = Tae Beast
| length9 = 3:41
| title10 = ILLuminate
| note10 = featuring Kendrick Lamar
| writer10 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Kendrick Lamar Duckworth|Derrick Hutchins|Spears|Madonna Louise Ciccone|Patrick Leonard}}
| extra10 = Skhye Hutch
| length10 = 5:07
| title11 = A Rebellion
| note11 = featuring Alori Joh
| writer11 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Alori Joh|Dwan Howard|Paul Simon|Will Adams|Jaime Gomez|Allan Pineda|Paul Poli|Greg Phillinganes|B. Gibb|T. Smith}}
| extra11 = Curtiss King
| length11 = 3:48
| title12 = Showin' Love
| extra12 = Willie B. (of Digi+Phonics)
| writer12 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|William Thomas Trenell Brown|Frederick Russell Jones}}
| length12 = 4:57
| title13 = Empathy
| note13 = featuring Alori Joh & JaVonté
| writer13 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Joh|Hutchins}}
| extra13 = Skhye Hutch
| length13 = 3:01
| title14 = Nothing's Something
| writer14 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Kanye West|Richard Rodgers|Lorenz Hart}}
| extra14 = AAhyasis
| length14 = 2:30
| title15 = Beautiful Death
| note15 = featuring Punch & Ashtrobot
| writer15 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Ash Riser|Hutchins|Rico Wade|Ray Murray|Patrick Brown|Joi Gilliam|Myrna Crenshaw}}
| extra15 = Skhye Hutch
| length15 = 4:30
| title16 = The Book of Soul
| writer16 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Fredrik Halldin|Jones|George Ivan Morrison}}
| extra16 = Tommy Black
| length16 = 5:11
| title17 = Black Lip Bastard (Remix)
| note17 = Black Hippy) (Bonus Track
| writer17 = {{hlist|Stevens IV|Hanley|Duckworth|McKinzie|Brown|Leon Russell}}
| extra17 = Willie B.
| length17 = 5:49
}}
Sample credits
  • "Track Two" contains a sample of "Tightrope", as performed by Electric Light Orchestra.[25]
  • "Bohemian Grove" contains a sample of "Day Dreaming" by Aretha Franklin and "Elegant People" by Weather Report.
  • "Terrorist Threats" contains a sample of "The Bottom Feeders" as composed by Darren Korb (from the Bastion soundtrack)[26] and interpolates "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)", written by Shawn Carter, Jonathan Burks and Timothy Mosley.[27]
  • "Pineal Gland" contains a sample of "Attic Thoughts", as performed by Bo Hansson.[28]
  • "Double Standards" contains material sampled from "Islands", as performed by King Crimson.
  • "Lust Demons" contains a sample of "Aruba", as performed by Isaac Hayes.[29]
  • "Illuminate" contains a sample from "Live to Tell" by Madonna, and an interpolation of "A.D.H.D.", written by Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Mark Spears.[30]
  • "A Rebellion" contains a sample of "Follow the Path", as performed by Midnight Star,[31] "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" as performed by Paul Simon, and contains an interpolation of "Joints & Jam", written by Black Eyed Peas featuring Kim Hill & Ingrid Dupree.
  • "Showin' Love" contains a sample of "Swahililand", as performed by Ahmad Jamal.[32]
  • "Nothing's Something" contains an interpolation of "Addiction", written by Kanye West, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
  • "Beautiful Death" contains a sample of "You May Die (Intro)", as performed by OutKast.[33]
  • "The Book of Soul" contains a sample of "Swahililand", as performed by Ahmad Jamal[34] and "Moondance", as performed by Bobby McFerrin.[35]
  • "Black Lip Bastard (Remix)" contains a sample of "A Song for You", as performed by Donny Hathaway.[36]

Charts

Chart (2012)[37] Peak
position
US Billboard 20091
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)12
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)9
US Top Independent Albums (Billboard)13

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1. ^http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19672/title.ab-soul-control-system-tracklist
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2012/01/17/ab-soul-black-lip-bastard-prod-willie-b-of-digi-phonics/ |title=Ab-Soul – Black Lip Bastard (prod. Willie B of Digi+Phonics) |publisher=2DopeBoyz |date=2012-01-17 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2012/02/28/schoolboy-q-ab-soul-5-fingers-of-death-freestyle-video/ |title=ScHoolboy Q & Ab-Soul – 5 Fingers Of Death Freestyle (Video) |publisher=2DopeBoyz |date=2012-02-28 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2012/03/02/ab-soul-showin-love-prod-willie-b-of-digiphonics/ |title=Ab-Soul – Showin’ Love (prod. Willie B of Digi+Phonics) |publisher=2DopeBoyz |date=2012-03-02 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}
5. ^{{cite web|last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13419-terrorist-threats-ft-danny-brown-and-jhene-aiko/|title=Ab-Soul: "Terrorist Threats" [ft. Danny Brown and Jhene Aiko]|work=|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=April 9, 2012|accessdate=2012-05-27|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605080937/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13419-terrorist-threats-ft-danny-brown-and-jhene-aiko/|archivedate=June 5, 2012|df=}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/ab-soul-pineal-gland/ |title=Ab-Soul - Pineal Gland Music Video |publisher=DJBooth.net |date=2012-04-17 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scoremoreshows.com/2012/04/ab-soul-%E2%80%93-pineal-gland-video/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130202003709/http://www.scoremoreshows.com/2012/04/ab-soul-%E2%80%93-pineal-gland-video/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-02-02 |title=Ab-Soul – Pineal Gland [video] |publisher=Scoremore |date=2012-04-19 |accessdate=2012-05-27 }}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2012/04/24/ab-soul-sopa-f-schoolboy-q-prod-nez-rio/ |title=Ab-Soul – SOPA f. ScHoolboy Q (prod. Nez & Rio) |publisher=2DopeBoyz |date=2012-04-24 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.beatsandrants.com/2012/05/new-video-ab-soul-empathy-featuring-alori-joh-and-javonte.html |title=New Video: Ab-Soul - "Empathy" (Featuring Alori Joh and jaVonté) |publisher=beatsandrants.com |date=2012-05-01 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2012/05/04/ab-soul-black-lip-bastard-black-hippy-remix-preview/ |title=Ab-Soul – Black Lip Bastard (Black Hippy Remix) (Preview) |publisher=2DopeBoyz |date=2012-05-04 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}
11. ^http://tdenation.com/2013/01/15/video-abdashsoul-feat-kendricklamar-illuminate/{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2012/05/10/ab-soul-controlsystem-artwork-x-tracklist-x-snippets/ |title=Ab-Soul – Control System (Tracklist x Snippets) |publisher=2DopeBoyz |date=2012-05-10 |accessdate=2012-05-27}}
13. ^http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.20101/title.ab-soul-credits-his-extensive-vocabulary-to-his-mom-speaks-on-alori-joh/
14. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/control-system|title=Metacritic: Control System|work=Metacritic|accessdate=2012-03-08}}
15. ^{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=August 28, 2012|url=http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=d62665cb-4d00-458b-ba4f-a5424a3e4e97|title=Ab-Soul/Kendrick Lamar|publisher=MSN Music. Microsoft|accessdate=2012-08-29|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912062415/http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=d62665cb-4d00-458b-ba4f-a5424a3e4e97|archivedate=September 12, 2012|df=}}
16. ^{{cite web|last=S.|first=Nathan|url=http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/ab-soul-control-system/|title=Ab-Soul - Control System - Hip Hop Album Review|work=Album Review|publisher=DJBooth.net|date= May 16, 2012|accessdate=2012-05-27}}
17. ^{{cite web|last=Marrack|first=Peter |url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/ab-soul-control_system|title=Ab-Soul - Control System Hip Hop Reviews|work=Album Review|publisher=Exclaim.ca|date= May 23, 2012|accessdate=2012-06-08}}
18. ^{{cite web|last=Fairfax|first=Jesse|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.1893/title.ab-soul-controlsystem|title=Ab-Soul - #controlsystem - Hip Hop Album Review|work=Album Review|publisher=HipHopDX.com|date= May 15, 2012|accessdate=2012-05-27}}
19. ^http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16784-control-system/
20. ^http://www.spin.com/reviews/ab-soul-control-system-self-released/
21. ^{{cite web|last=Mordi|first=Christian|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/reviews/2012/05/ab-soul-control-system/|title=Ab-Soul, Control System|work=Album Review|publisher=XXL|date= May 17, 2012|accessdate=2012-05-27}}
22. ^http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/2012-year-in-review-the-50-best-albums-of-2012/ab-soul-control-system
23. ^https://www.spin.com/2012/12/spin-40-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2012/121204-39-icp/9
24. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/deans12.php|title=Robert Christgau: 2012: Dean's List|website=www.robertchristgau.com|access-date=2017-09-03}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/152787/Ab-Soul-Track%20Two_Electric%20Light%20Orchestra-Tightrope/ |title=Ab-Soul's Track Two sample of Electric Light Orchestra's Tightrope |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2012}}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/153654/Ab-Soul%20feat.%20Danny%20Brown%20and%20Jhene%20Aiko-Terrorist%20Threats_Darren%20Korb-The%20Bottom%20Feeders/ |title=Ab-Soul's Terrorist Threats sample of Darren Korb's The Bottom Feeders |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=June 27, 2012}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/146173/Ab-Soul%20feat.%20Danny%20Brown%20and%20Jhene%20Aiko-Terrorist%20Threats_Jay-Z%20feat.%20Jaz%20and%20Amil-N*gga%20What,%20N*gga%20Who%20(Originator%2099)/ |title=Ab-Soul's Terrorist Threats sample of Jay-Z's Nigga What, Nigga Who |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/147929/Ab-Soul-Pineal%20Gland_Bo%20Hansson-Attic%20Thoughts/ |title=Ab-Soul's Pineal Gland sample of Bo Hansson's Attic Thoughts |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/152891/Ab-Soul%20feat.%20Jay%20Rock%20and%20BJ%20the%20Chicago%20Kid-Lust%20Demons_Isaac%20Hayes-Aruba/ |title=Ab-Soul's Lust Demons sample of Isaac Hayes' Aruba |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=May 24, 2012}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/151278/Ab-Soul%20feat.%20Kendrick%20Lamar-ILLuminate_Kendrick%20Lamar-A.D.H.D./ |title=Ab-Soul's ILLuminate sample of Kendrick Lamar's A.D.H.D. |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2012}}
31. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/152890/Ab-Soul%20feat.%20Alori%20Joh-A%20Rebellion_Midnight%20Star-Follow%20the%20Path/ |title=Ab-Soul's A Rebellion sample of Midnight Star's Follow the Path |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=May 20, 2012}}
32. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/156717/Ab-Soul-Showin'%20Love_Ahmad%20Jamal-Swahililand/ |title=Ab-Soul's Showin' Love sample of Ahmad Jamal's Swahililand |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2012}}
33. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/151702/Ab-Soul%20feat.%20Punch%20and%20Ashtrobot-Beautiful%20Death_OutKast-You%20May%20Die%20(Intro)/ |title=Ab-Soul's Beautiful Death sample of OutKast's You May Die (Intro) |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2012}}
34. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/151701/Ab-Soul-The%20Book%20of%20Soul_Ahmad%20Jamal-Swahililand/ |title=Ab-Soul's The Book of Soul sample of Ahmad Jamal's Swahililand |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2012}}
35. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/152888/Ab-Soul-The%20Book%20of%20Soul_Bobby%20McFerrin-Moondance/ |title=Ab-Soul's The Book of Soul sample of Bobby McFerrin's Moondance |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=May 20, 2012}}
36. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/152476/Ab-Soul,%20Kendrick%20Lamar,%20Schoolboy%20Q%20and%20Jay%20Rock-Black%20Lip%20Bastard%20(Rmx)_Donny%20Hathaway-A%20Song%20for%20You/ |title=Ab-Soul's Black Lip Bastard (Remix) sample of Donny Hathaway's A Song for You |publisher=WhoSampled |date= |accessdate=June 13, 2012}}
37. ^[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ab-soul|chart=Billboard 200}}]
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