Information Age (album)

Information Age
Studio album by dead prez
Released	October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)
Recorded	2011–2012
Genre	Conscious hip hop
Length	1:00:44
Label	Krian Music Group Boss Up Inc. Sound Weapon
Producer	Bonnot Cylla Dirk Pate DJ Teknology Kaykat stic.man TR!X Ye-Yo
Dead prez chronology
RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta (2004) Information Age (2012)
Singles from Information Age
"Politrikkks" Released: November 4, 2008 "No Way As the Way" Released: March 19, 2013

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
HipHopDX	3.5/5
Pitchfork	3.4/10
XXL	3/5

Information Age is the third studio album by American conscious hip hop duo dead prez. It was released through Krian Music Group digitally on October 16, 2012 and physically on January 29, 2013.

Production was handled by Dirk Pate, Bonnot, Trx, Cylla, DJ Teknology, Kaykat, Ye-Yo, and member stic.man, who also served as executive producer together with his groupmate M-1. It features guest appearances from Anthony David, Martian Luther, Trx, Umar Bin Hassan, Gaby Duran, Bun B and Reek da Villian.

Track listing

Information Age Deluxe Edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Upload (Begin With)"	Clayton Gavin	stic.man	0:45
2.	"A New Beginning" (featuring Anthony David)	Gavin Lavonne Alford	Dirk Pate	3:10
3.	"What If the Lights Go Out?"	Gavin Alford	Dirk Pate	2:42
4.	"GHN: Global Hood News"	Alford	Bonnot	1:20
5.	"Dirty White Girl"	Gavin Alford	Dirk Pate stic.man (co.)	3:59
6.	"Intelligence Is Sexy" (featuring Gaby Duran)	Gavin Alford	Cylla	3:46
7.	"No Way as the Way"	Gavin Alford	Dirk Pate	3:55
8.	"Learning Growing Changing"	Gavin Alford	DJ Teknology	4:21
9.	"Time Travel" (featuring TR!X)	Gavin Alford Kishan Patel	TR!X	4:41
10.	"Take Me to the Future" (featuring Martian Luther)	Gavin Alford	Dirk Pate	4:43
11.	"GHN: Elections & Crisis"	Alford	Bonnot	1:07
12.	"The Awakening" (featuring Umar Bin Hassan)	Gavin Gilbert Jerome Huling	stic.man	4:51
13.	"Overstand" (featuring Gaby Duran)	Gavin Alford	Keykat	6:02
14.	"GHN: Wigs & Sports"	Alford	Bonnot	0:57
15.	"Scar Strangled Banner"	Gavin Alford	stic.man	3:44
16.	"Time Travel Remix" (featuring Bun B and Reek da Villian)	Gavin Alford Patel	TR!X	5:57
17.	"Politrikkks"	Gavin Alford	Ye-Yo	3:29
18.	"Download (Expand Beyond)"	Gavin	stic.man	1:15
Total length:				1:00:44

Notes

• Tracks 6, 13 to 17 are omitted from the standard edition.

Personnel

• Clayton "stic.man" Gavin – vocals, producer (tracks: 1, 12, 15, 18), co-producer (track 5), executive producer, art design, A&R
• Lavonne "M-1" Alford – vocals, executive producer, A&R
• Anthony David – vocals (track 2)
• Gaby Duran – vocals (tracks: 6, 13)
• Kishan "Trx" Patel – vocals & producer (tracks: 9, 16)
• Martin Luther McCoy – vocals (track 10), additional guitar (track 5)
• Umar Bin Hassan – vocals (track 12)
• Bernard "Bun B" Freeman – vocals (track 16)
• Rico "Reek da Villian" Pleasant – vocals (track 16)
• Charlton "Chip" Williams – additional guitar (track 12), mixing
• Bilal Abdulsamad – additional flute (track 12)
• Mikuak Rai – additional keyboards (track 12)
• Dirk Evan Chapman Pate – producer (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 10)
• Walter "Bonnot" Buonanno – producer (tracks: 4, 11, 14)
• Ayinde "Cylla" Thomas – producer (track 6)
• Benjamin "DJ Teknology" Cameron – producer (track 8)
• Keyon Harrold – producer (track 13)
• Yeyo – producer (track 17)
• TT Coles – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Edition(s)
United States	October 16, 2012	digital download	Krian Music Group, Boss Up Inc., Sound Weapon	Standard
	January 29, 2013	CD		Deluxe

External links

• Dead Prez – Information Age at Discogs (list of releases)