Neophyte Phenotype is a 2001 album by hip-hop artist Noah23

Noah23

Noah Raymond Brickley, better known by his stage name Noah23, is an alternative hip hop artist and founder of the Plague Language collective.- Biography :...

. It features dense wordplay over drum and bass

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

-influenced beats.

Reception

"The word association acrobatics of the Plague Language crew might remind some of the Shapeshifters' abstract alien paranoia and high-tech wordplay, but the techno-sorcery...is all their own." – Exclaim!

Exclaim!

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"[A] wonderful mix between technological hiphop lyrics and a hybrid of jungle/hiphop beats." – UGSMAG

"With his fast-paced style, Noah has fit more words than some emcees do in three albums, yet the
quality never drops. In my opinion Neotype Phenotype is the best underground hiphop to come out of Canada in 2001." – UKHH.com

"[Shows a] knack for offbeat rhymes and innovative beats" – URBNET Magazine

Track listing

1. "Mercury Retrograde"
2. "Insect Network"
3. "Eucalyptus"
4. "Spiral Knuckle"
5. "I Shot Andy Warhol"
6. "Tapeworm"
7. "Bank"
8. "Nemesis"
9. "Jellyfish" (ft. Treevortex)
10. "Psychic Biters"
11. "Qualude"
12. "Avoid"
13. "Cellular Automata" (ft. Livestock
    Livestock (rapper)
    Livestock is a rapper and hip-hop artist from Guelph, Ontario. He is a long-time member of the Plague Language collective founded by Noah23, with whom he collaborates in the group The Weird Apples, alongside producer Madadam. The trio have released one album together, and are working on a second...
    
    )
14. "Harvest"
15. "Zygote Nanobot"
16. "Oracle" (ft. Fourth Sight)
17. "Revolt" (ft. Modulok)
18. "Uncitely Growth"
19. "Kali Yantra"
20. "Delta Wing Commanders" (ft. Baracuda
    Baracuda (rapper)
    Baracuda is a rapper and hip-hop artist from Guelph, Ontario. He is an original member of the Plague Language collective founded by Noah23, with whom he collaborates under the name Bourgeois Cyborgs. The duo have released one album together...
    
    )
21. "Tertium Quid"
22. "Frequency"
23. "Hemoglobin"

Production credits

• Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10-12, 14, 19, 22 & 23 produced by Orphan
  Blue Sky Black Death
  Blue Sky Black Death is a production duo based in Seattle, Washington. The duo consists of Kingston and Young God . They are known principally for their hip hop and instrumental music, made with a mix of live instrumentation and sampling...
  
  
• Tracks 3 & 15 produced by Noah23
  Noah23
  Noah Raymond Brickley, better known by his stage name Noah23, is an alternative hip hop artist and founder of the Plague Language collective.- Biography :...
  
  (as Warhol)
• Tracks 5 & 20 produced by 3 Guts
• Tracks 9 & 21 produced by Toyeone
• Track 7 produced by Cloev
• Track 13 produced by Navigator
• Track 16 produced by Asterisk Autoharp
• Track 17 produced by Ricky Bionix
• Track 18 produced by Evan Gordon