Audition is the second album from Minneapolis hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 artist P.O.S, following his first album Ipecac Neat

Ipecac Neat

-Track listing:#"Gimme Gimme Gunshots" – 4:04#"Meth-head vs. McNugget" – 3:48#"Hunger Pains Three" – 3:42#"That One" – 4:30#"Sarah Silverman" – 1:46#"Music for Shoplifting" – 3:21#"Kicking Knowledge in the Face" – 4:38#"Ants" – 3:53#"Kidney Thief" – 4:13...

, and is likewise heavily punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

-inspired. It includes guest appearances from pop-punk singers, as well as production and vocals from Doomtree

Doomtree

Doomtree is a hip hop collective based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Members of Doomtree bring various bases of knowledge and musical backgrounds together to create alternative-influenced rap and hip-hop music. Nearly as prominent as the influence of hip-hop in their music is that of punk, and their...

 members, and two songs featuring fellow Minnesota natives Slug

Atmosphere (music group)

Atmosphere is an American hip hop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group is composed of rapper Slug and DJ/Producer Ant...

 of Atmosphere

Atmosphere

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 and Craig Finn

Craig Finn

Craig Finn is an American singer and guitarist. He is best known as the front man for bands Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady. He currently lives in New York City...

 of The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2004. The band consists of Craig Finn , Tad Kubler , Galen Polivka , Bobby Drake , and Steve Selvidge...

, as well as Greg Attonito of The Bouncing Souls

The Bouncing Souls

The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local...

.

Track listing

#	Title	Time	Performer(s)
1	Audition Ipecac	0:12	P.O.S
2	Half-Cocked Concepts	3:47	P.O.S, Samples from Nervous Creatures by Kill Sadie Kill Sadie Kill Sadie was a Minneapolis-based post-hardcore band who formed in 1997 and eventually split in 2001 after a large number of line-up changes. It proved to be a launching ground for several influential modern emo, hardcore, and indie musicians, who found larger success in other outfits such as...
3	De La Souls	3:47	P.O.S, Greg Attonito
4	Stand Up (Let's Get Murdered)	3:18	P.O.S
5	Bush League Psyche-Out Stuff	4:20	P.O.S, Slug Slug (rapper) Sean Michael Daley, better known by his stage name Slug or "'Sep Seven'", is an American rapper. He is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one fourth of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner...
6	Paul Kersey Death Wish (film) Death Wish is a 1974 crime thriller film loosely based on the novel Death Wish by Brian Garfield. The film was directed by Michael Winner and stars Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, a man who becomes a vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter is sexually assaulted by muggers.The film was...  to Jack Kimball	2:59	P.O.S, Sample from Couleur Cafe by Serge Gainsbourg
7	Safety in Speed (Heavy Metal)	4:19	P.O.S, Craig Finn Craig Finn Craig Finn is an American singer and guitarist. He is best known as the front man for bands Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady. He currently lives in New York City...
8	The Kill in Me	3:24	P.O.S, Maggie
9	Yeah Right (Science, Science)	1:38	P.O.S, Samples from Science, Science by Song of Zarathustra
10	Audition M.D.	0:26	P.O.S
11	P.O.S Is Ruining My Life	3:19	P.O.S, Samples from It's Dangerous Business Walking out Your Front Door by Underoath Underoath Underoath is an American Christian metalcore band from Tampa, Florida. Founded by Dallas Taylor and Luke Morton on November 30, 1997 in Ocala, Florida, subsequently its additional members were from Tampa, Florida...
12	Living Slightly Larger	3:30	P.O.S, Mictlan Doomtree Doomtree is a hip hop collective based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Members of Doomtree bring various bases of knowledge and musical backgrounds together to create alternative-influenced rap and hip-hop music. Nearly as prominent as the influence of hip-hop in their music is that of punk, and their...
13	Suicide Uma Schrantz	0:31	P.O.S
14	Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter)	3:20	P.O.S, Slug
15	A Teddy Bear Teddy bear The teddy bear is a stuffed toy bear. They are usually stuffed with soft, white cotton and have smooth and soft fur. It is an enduring form of a stuffed animal in many countries, often serving the purpose of entertaining children. In recent times, some teddy bears have become collector's items...  and a Tazer	3:42	P.O.S
16	Audition Mantra	3:19	P.O.S
17	Crispin Glover* (B-Side on "P.O.S Is Ruining My Life" single)	2:33	P.O.S
18	What's That Buzing?* (B-Side on "Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter)" single)	1:45	P.O.S

Samples and References

• De La Souls modifies the lyrics from "I Am I Be" from the album Buhloone Mindstate
  Buhloone Mindstate
  Buhloone Mindstate is De La Soul's third full-length album. It was the last De La Soul album to be produced with Prince Paul. Comedian Chris Rock ranked it 10th in his list of the top 25 hip-hop albums of all time that was published in Rolling Stone in 2005.- Title significance :The title refers...
  
   by De La Soul
  De La Soul
  De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres...
  
  
• De La Souls as bases a lot of lyrical content on "Argyle" by Bouncing Souls from the album Maniacal Laughter
  Maniacal Laughter
  This article is about the Studio Album. For information about the act by a villain in fiction, see evil laughter.Maniacal Laughter is The Bouncing Souls' second full-length album, which includes "The Ballad Of Johnny X," and "Here We Go," the latter of which was featured prominently in the...