The Liberation Of...

The Liberation Of... is the second album by Christchurch-born singer-songwriter/rapper Ladi6, released in November 2010.^[1] It was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Urban/Hip Hop Album at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards.^[2] It also won the 2011 Taite Music Prize^[3] and Best Urban Album at the 2011 Pacific Music Awards.^[4]

The Liberation Of...
Studio album by Ladi6
Released	November 2010 (2010-11)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	37:56
Label	Question Music
Producer	Parks and Sebastian Weiss
Ladi6 chronology
Time Is Not Much (2008) The Liberation Of... (2010) Automatic (2013)

The same year Ladi6 won Best Female Solo Artist and was nominated in a total of six categories at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards.^[2] She also won Best Female Artist at the 2011 Pacific Music Awards.^[4]

The Liberation Of... was co-produced by Parks and Sebastian Weiss (a.k.a. DJ Sepalot) of the German hip hop group Blumentopf and features Myele Manzanza of Electric Wire Hustle, Toby Laing of Fat Freddy's Drop and German singer Esther Adams.^[4][5][6] It was released independently in New Zealand, where it debuted at number six on the NZ Top 40 Album Chart. It spent 34 weeks in the top 40^[1] and was certified gold in July 2011.^[7][8] The single "Like Water" from this album peaked at number 9 on the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, spent 22 weeks on the charts^[9] and was certified platinum in June 2011.^[10]

The Liberation Of... was released in Europe on German label Eskapaden Records in May 2011.^[11][12] The song "Jazmine D.L." is a tribute to her cousin, who died.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Bang Bang" – 3:38
2. "Koln" – 4:04
3. "Jazmine D.L" – 2:35
4. "98 Til Now" – 2:40
5. "Like Water" – 3:10
6. "Norwest" – 4:03
7. "Burn with Me" – 4:31
8. "Goodday" – 5:55
9. "Let It Go" – 3:27
10. "Squid" – 3:53

Charts

Chart performance for The Liberation Of...

Chart (2010)	Peak position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13]	6

Certifications

Certifications for The Liberation Of...

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[14]	Gold	7,500^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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2. "2011 Winners". Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
3. "Taite Music Prize 2011". IMNZ. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
4. Anderson, Vicki (28 October 2011). "Triumphant homecoming for Ladi6". The Press. Christchurch, New Zealand.
5. Jenkin, Lydia (October–November 2010). "Ladi6 – Liberation and the Berlin Effect". NZ Musician. 15 (9). Retrieved 15 November 2011.
6. "Talking to Ladi6". The Press. Christchurch, New Zealand. 15 November 2010.
7. Fenton, Jamie (28 October 2010). "Ladi6 coming back for summer". Taranaki Daily News. New Plymouth, New Zealand.
8. "Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". Radioscope. 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
9. "Like Water – Ladi6 – Top 40 Singles". Muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
10. "Latest Gold / Platinum singles". Radioscope. 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
11. "The Liberation of...: Ladi6". amazon.de (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2011.
12. "Ladi 6 – The Liberation Of... (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.
13. "Charts.nz – Ladi6 – The Liberation Of...". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
14. "New Zealand album certifications – Ladi6 – The Liberation Of..." Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.