Buckshot LeFonque (album)

Buckshot LeFonque
Studio album by
Buckshot LeFonque (Branford Marsalis)
ReleasedAugust 1994
Recorded1994
GenreJazz Rap / R&B
Length41:47
LabelSony Music
ProducerBranford Marsalis, DJ Premier, Blackheart
Branford Marsalis chronology
Bloomington
(1993) 		Buckshot LeFonque
(1994) 		Loved Ones
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[2]

Buckshot LeFonque is the debut album of Branford Marsalis's jazz/hip-hop/rock group. Creating a new hybrid sound, it peaked at number 38 on the Heatseekers Billboard chart and number 94 on the R&B Albums chart.[1]

In his AllMusic review, Richard Ginell calls the album "a breakthrough… a marvelously playful and, above all, musical fusion of the old jazz verities and newer currents swirling around the 1990s."[1] David Hajdu's Entertainment Weekly review was more harsh, saying, "The gimmick betrays a project of iffy conviction" and calling the project "old-fashioned," "uninspired," and "all too serious."[2] And People wrote, "Buckshot Lefonque goes from being a cool idea to be-coming cool music only when Branford and crew let hip hop's noise erupt."[3]

  1. ^ a b c Ginell, Richard S. "Buckshot LeFonque". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  2. ^ a b Hajdu, David (1994-07-15). "Buckshot LeFonque". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  3. ^ "Picks and Pans: Buckshot LeFonque Review". People. 1994-07-11. Retrieved 2014-10-21.