Georgiavania

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Georgiavania
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 15, 2009
GenreHip hop
Length46:24
LabelLex
ProducerDr. Who Dat?
Khujo chronology
A.T.L. 2 (A-Town Legends 2)
(2008)
Georgiavania
(2009)
Age Against the Machine
(2013)
Jneiro Jarel chronology
Beyond 2morrow
(2009)
Georgiavania
(2009)
Fauna
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.9/10[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash8/10[2]
Cokemachineglow61%/100%[3]
HipHopDX3.5/5[4]
Pitchfork7.7/10[5]
Spin[6]

Georgiavania is the only studio album by American hip hop duo Willie Isz. It was released on June 15, 2009, via Lex Records. Production was entirely handled by member Jneiro Jarel (under his beatmaking alias Dr. Who Dat?). It features contributions from Gloria Ryann and Tunde Adebimpe.

At AnyDecentMusic?, which assigns a normalized rating out of 10 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 6.9, based on six reviews.[1]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Willie Intro"0:24
2."Blast Off"3:13
3."Georgiavania"4:05
4."Loner"4:00
5."Gawn Jet" (featuring Tunde Adebimpe)4:06
6."I Didn't Mean To"4:05
7."U Want Some" (featuring Gloria Ryann)2:46
8."Spiritual Gladiators"3:58
9."The Grussle"3:44
10."Violet Heart Box"5:38
11."Autopilot"4:00
12."Shine"1:34
13."In the Red"4:51
Total length:46:24

Personnel[edit]

  • Omar "Jneiro Jarel" Gilyard – rap vocals, backing vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 5-8, 10, 11, 13), synth guitar (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 12, 13), producer, recording, mixing
  • Willie Edward "Khujo" Knighton Jr. – rap vocals
  • Babatunde Omoroga Adebimpe – vocals (track 5)
  • Gloria Ryann – vocals (track 7)
  • Jake Morelli – additional guitar (tracks: 2, 5)
  • Lamont "Managan" Fountain – additional guitar (track 6), recording, mixing (tracks: 1-11, 13)
  • David "DJ Kiva" Luz – additional guitar (track 13)
  • Ray Murray – recording (tracks: 2-4, 7-11)
  • James Jarvis – artwork

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Georgiavania by Willie Isz reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Diver, Mike (2009). "Willie Isz - Georgiavania". CLASH. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  3. ^ McGowan, Colin (2009). "Willie Isz: Georgiavania (Lex; 2009)". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Tardio, Andres (July 31, 2009). "Willie Isz - Georgiavania". HipHopDX. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. ^ Patrin, Nate (July 22, 2009). "Willie Isz: Georgiavania". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  6. ^ Peisner, David (July 2009). "Reviews". SPIN. Vol. 25, no. 7. SPIN Media LLC. p. 86. ISSN 0886-3032. Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved February 25, 2023.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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