Gutter Tactics

Gutter Tactics
Studio album by dälek
Released	January 27, 2009[1]
Recorded	deadverse studios, Union City, New Jersey, US[2]
Genre	Alternative hip hop, experimental hip hop, shoegazing, industrial hip hop
Length	50:24
Label	Ipecac (IPC-084)
Producer	MC Dälek, Oktopus
dälek chronology
Abandoned Language (2007) Gutter Tactics (2009) Untitled (2010)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10)[5]
Slant Magazine	Critical[6]
Spin Magazine	(6/10)[7]
Prefix Magazine	(7/10)[8]

Gutter Tactics is an album by alternative hip hop duo dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in January 2009.

The intro track samples a controversial speech by Pastor Jeremiah Wright.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by dälek.

1. "Blessed Are They Who Bash Your Children's Heads Against a Rock" – 1:24
2. "No Question" – 4:40
3. "Armed with Krylon" – 5:11
4. "Who Medgar Evers Was..." – 8:03
5. "Street Diction" – 5:28
6. "A Collection of Miserable Thoughts Laced with Wit" – 3:21
7. "Los Macheteros/Spear of a Nation" – 3:15
8. "We Lost Sight" – 4:32
9. "Gutter Tactics" – 4:38
10. "2012 (The Pillage)" – 3:30
11. "Atypical Stereotype" – 6:22
12. "Son Of Concrete"† – 3:43

† = Japanese bonus track

Personnel

Band members^[2]

• MC Dälek – lead vocals, production and songwriting
• Oktopus – production and songwriting

Other personnel^[2]

• Joshua Booth – songwriting and live overdubs
• Destructo Swarmbots – live overdubs
• Joe Kostroun – live overdubs
• Johnny Vignault – live overdubs
• Dean Rispler – live overdubs
• Dev-One – additional vocals on "Atyical Stereotype"

Album art^[2]

• Paul Romano – art direction, artwork, design and Gutter Tactics Graffiti piece
• Marco Burbano – Gutter Tag
• Opiem – dälek graffiti piece
• Alexandra Momin – New York City photos

References