Time and Materials (album)

Time and Materials is the first collaborative studio album by Serengeti & Open Mike Eagle, released under the group moniker Cavanaugh. It was released on Mello Music Group on November 19, 2015.^[1] Entirely produced by Open Mike Eagle,^[2] it features guest appearances from P.O.S, Hemlock Ernst, and Busdriver.^[3] It is a concept album about "a couple of maintenance veterans named Dave and Mike who work in Cavanaugh, a fictional mixed-income housing unit in the also-fictional town of Detroit, Florida."^[4]

Time and Materials
Studio album by Cavanaugh (Serengeti & Open Mike Eagle)
Released	November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	25:57
Label	Mello Music Group
Producer	Open Mike Eagle
Cavanaugh (Serengeti & Open Mike Eagle) chronology
Time and Materials (2015) Quarantine Recordings (2020)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
HipHopDX	3.5/5[5]
Pitchfork	7.2/10[6]
RapReviews.com	8/10[7]
Vice	[8]

Nate Patrin of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.2 out of 10, writing, "for his first full-length production job, Mike sets a tone as raw-nerved and abrasively contemplative as the concept demands."^[6] Brett Uddenberg of San Diego Reader wrote, "this is a dense and diverse record that plays to the songwriting strengths of Mike and Serengeti and hints at greater things to come as their partnership evolves."^[9]

Spin placed it at number 44 on the "50 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015" list.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Zorak"	2:43
2.	"Screen Play"	3:03
3.	"Overland"	3:47
4.	"Typecast" (featuring P.O.S, Hemlock Ernst, and Busdriver)	4:20
5.	"Pinky"	3:44
6.	"Church"	2:06
7.	"Tar"	1:54
8.	"Wonder Girl"	1:33
9.	"Lemons" (featuring Hemlock Ernst)	2:47
Total length:		25:57

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.^[11]

• Open Mike Eagle – vocals, production
• Serengeti – vocals
• P.O.S – vocals (4)
• Busdriver – vocals (4)
• Hemlock Ernst – vocals (4, 9)
• Committee – mixing
• Daddy Kev – mastering
• Stephen Eichhorn – cover photography

References

1. Innis, Charles (November 18, 2015). "Cavanaugh – "Typecast" (Feat. P.O.S., Hemlock Ernst, & Busdriver) (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
2. Wilbur, Brock (November 25, 2015). "Alt-Rap Gets a Concept Album From Cavanaugh That Changes Everything". Inverse. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
3. "Stream Cavanaugh's (Open Mike Eagle & Serengeti) Time & Materials LP". Impose. November 19, 2015. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
4. Galil, Leor (2016). "Lizzo, Cavanaugh". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
5. Gillespie, Blake (December 8, 2015). "Cavanaugh - Time & Materials". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
6. Patrin, Nate (November 19, 2015). "Cavanaugh: Time & Materials". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
7. Juon, Steve (November 17, 2015). "Cavanaugh :: Time and Materials :: Mello Music Group". RapReviews.com. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
8. Christgau, Robert (May 6, 2016). "Alt-Rap Exemplars: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Vice. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
9. Uddenberg, Brett (January 8, 2016). "Open Mike Eagle and Serengeti join forces as Cavanaugh". San Diego Reader. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
10. "The 50 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015 (page 1 of 2)". Spin. December 16, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
11. Time and Materials (CD liner notes). Cavanaugh. Mello Music Group. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

• Time and Materials at Discogs (list of releases)