1992 Deluxe is the second studio album by Princess Nokia.[2] It was released on September 8, 2017.[3] It is an expanded version of her 2016 mixtape, 1992.[4] The title derives from her birth year.[5] It peaked at number 25 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[6]

1992 Deluxe
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2017 (2017-09-08)
Recorded2016–2017[1]
StudioLetter Racer Studio[1]
GenreHip hop
Length49:42
LabelRough Trade Records
Princess Nokia chronology
Metallic Butterfly
(2014)
1992 Deluxe
(2017)
A Girl Cried Red
(2018)
Singles from 1992 Deluxe
  1. "G.O.A.T."
    Released: June 28, 2017
  2. "Tomboy"
    Released: July 14, 2017
  3. "Brujas"
    Released: August 18, 2017
  4. "Kitana"
    Released: August 25, 2017

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound9/10[8]
Exclaim!6/10[9]
The Guardian     [10]
The Observer     [11]
Pitchfork6.2/10[12]
Q     [13]
The Skinny     [14]
Vice (Expert Witness)A[15]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, 1992 Deluxe received an average score of 77% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Her flow has the freewheeling energy of the battle freestyle, and often forgoes narrative in favour of a stream of boastful non-sequiturs about Mortal Kombat and Blue's Clues, but, through sheer force of charisma, her blunt edges still cause major damage."[10] Writing for Noisey, Robert Christgau gave the album a grade of "A", calling Princess Nokia "the most complete New Yorker to hit hip-hop since Heems if not Nas."[15]

NME listed it as the 32nd best album of 2017.[16]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bart Simpson"Destiny FrasqueriBobby Johnson3:35
2."Tomboy"
  • Frasqueri
  • Gilberto Ramírez
Saint3:37
3."Kitana"3:17
4."Brujas"
  • Frasqueri
  • Reynaldo Hernandez
  • Christian Vargas
  • DJ Bass Bear
  • Blanco
2:59
5."Mine"
  • Frasqueri
  • Samuel Burgess
Sammy3:25
6."Excellent"
  • Frasqueri
  • ETRNL
ETRNL2:43
7."Saggy Denim" (featuring Wiki)Sound M.O.B.3:13
8."Green Line"
  • Frasqueri
  • David A. Doman
  • Alex Brofsky
Doman3:50
9."ABCs of New York"
  • Frasqueri
  • James Richardson III
HelloMyFuture3:25
10."Goth Kid"
  • Frasqueri
  • Richardson
  • HelloMyFuture
  • Benamin[a]
3:56
11."Receipts"
  • Frasqueri
  • Richardson
  • HelloMyFuture
  • Benamin[a]
3:23
12."G.O.A.T."
  • Frasqueri
  • William Herrera Jr.
OG Wally West2:43
13."Brick City"
  • Frasqueri
  • Ravi Ollivierre
Ralz Beats2:38
14."Flava"
  • Frasqueri
  • Bakari Chioke Cunningham
Kadi Haze2:04
15."Different"
  • Frasqueri
  • Christopher Lare
OWWWLS2:38
16."Chinese Slippers"
  • Frasqueri
  • Danny Guerrero
Mistah Mota2:26
Total length:49:42

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer.

Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6] 25

References

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  1. ^ a b "1992 Deluxe - Princess Nokia". AllMusic. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Darville, Jordan (September 8, 2017). "Listen To Princess Nokia's New Project 1992 Deluxe". The Fader. Retrieved January 12, 2018. The New York rapper considers this new release to be her debut LP.
  3. ^ Berry, Peter A. (August 28, 2017). "Princess Nokia Shares '1992 Deluxe' Album Release Date". XXL. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  4. ^ Geslani, Michelle (September 9, 2017). "Princess Nokia releases 1992 Deluxe album: Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  5. ^ Madden, Joe (November 10, 2017). "Princess Nokia: the modern pop icon talks politics, female empowerment and debut album '1992 Deluxe'". NME. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Princess Nokia - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Reviews and Tracks for 1992 Deluxe by Princess Nokia". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  8. ^ Doherty, Jack (November 6, 2017). "Album Review: Princess Nokia – 1992 Deluxe". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  9. ^ Harmony, A. (September 8, 2017). "Princess Nokia: 1992 Deluxe". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  10. ^ a b Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (September 7, 2017). "Princess Nokia: 1992 Deluxe review – freewheeling MC asserts ownership". The Guardian. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  11. ^ Joshi, Tara (September 17, 2017). "Princess Nokia: 1992 Deluxe review – confident and exciting hip-hop". The Observer. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  12. ^ Lobenfeld, Claire (September 12, 2017). "Princess Nokia: 1992 Deluxe". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  13. ^ Solomon, Kate (January 2018). "Princess Nokia: 1992 Deluxe". Q (380): 113.
  14. ^ Devlin, Ross (November 6, 2017). "Princess Nokia – 1992 Deluxe". The Skinny. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  15. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (January 6, 2018). "Robert Christgau on Hip-Hop's Most Complete New Yorker Since Heems (or Nas)". Vice. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  16. ^ "NME's Albums of The Year 2017". NME. December 27, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
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