A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure

A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure
Studio album by
Kwamé
ReleasedMay 22, 1990
GenreHip-hop, teen rap
LabelAtlantic
ProducerKwamé, the Brothers Grimm
Kwamé chronology
Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning
(1989) 		A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure
(1990) 		Nastee
(1992)

A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure is the second album by the American musician Kwamé, released on May 22, 1990.[1][2] He is credited with his group, a New Beginning. The first single was "Ownlee Eue".[3] The album peaked at No. 113 on the Billboard 200.[4] Kwamé supported it with a North American tour.[5]

Production

Kwamé intended A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure to be hip-hop's first concept album; he described his world as the "Bone Age".[5][6] It covers two days in Kwamé's life, with each track beginning with a snippet of one of his answering machine messages.[5][7] Kwamé made little use of sampling, preferring to play many of the instruments on the tracks.[5] The album title refers to Kwamé's penchant for wearing polka dots.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All Music Guide to Hip-hop[9]
Chicago Tribune[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[11]
Los Angeles Times[7]
RapReviews8/10[12]
Reno Gazette-Journal[13]

The Los Angeles Times said, "Seemingly hellbent on being this year's De La Soul, Kwame has a calculatingly quirky delivery that's largely hit-and-miss for most of this album".[7] The Chicago Tribune opined that the album "offers no evidence that he will rise out of mediocrity to take a place among hip hop's creative elite."[10] The Reno Gazette-Journal labeled it "teeny-rap", similar to the music of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince.[13] The Boston Globe said that Kwamé "has a good rhythmic delivery, but little verbal dexterity—he uses fundamental rhymes that quickly wear thin."[14]

The Trouser Press Record Guide called A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure "a colorful and musically diverse self-willed world of polka-dots in the freewheeling 'Bone Age'."[6]

Track listing

Prologue

  1. "Da' Man" – 4:15
  2. "Skinee Muva" – 4:44
  3. "Yes Yes Yall" – 4:27

Intro 1

  2. "A Day in the Life" – 4:12
  3. "Itz Oh Kay" – 4:04
  4. "Therez a Partee Goinz On" – 4:53
  5. "Oneovdabigboiz" – 4:45

Intro 2

  2. "Hai ♥" – 4:02

Intro 3

  2. "Whoz Dat Guy" – 4:18
  3. "Doin' Ma Thang" – 3:42

Epilogue

  2. "Ownlee Eue" – 5:20
  3. "Ownlee Eue" (Reprise) – 2:19

References

  1. ^ Gettelman, Parry (May 25, 1990). "In the Bins". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 21.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Gail (June 25, 2005). "Kwamé Flips MC Dots to Studio Stripes". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 26. p. 43.
  3. ^ Stancell, Steve. Rap Whoz Who: The World of Rap Music. Schirmer Books. p. 169.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 475.
  5. ^ a b c d Jackson, Kirk Beldon (April 26, 1991). "Kwame Introduces the Bone Age". The Morning Call. p. D8.
  6. ^ a b The Trouser Press Record Guide (4th ed.). Collier Books. 1991. p. 373.
  7. ^ a b c Johnson, Connie (July 28, 1990). "Pop Beat: Soul". Los Angeles Times. p. F20.
  8. ^ Romero, Elena (2012). Free Stylin': How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry. ABC-CLIO. p. 31.
  9. ^ All Music Guide to Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. 2003. p. 273.
  10. ^ a b Tanzilo, Robert (July 19, 1990). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  11. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 42.
  12. ^ Juon, Steve "Flash". "Kwamé: A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure". RapReviews. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
  13. ^ a b McClary, Eric (June 8, 1990). "Reviews". Reno Gazette-Journal. p. 5C.
  14. ^ Capabianco, Ken (September 20, 1990). "Recordings". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 7.
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