Pick a Bigger Weapon

Pick a Bigger Weapon
File:TheCoupCover.Pickabiggerweapon.jpg
Studio album by The Coup
Released	April 25, 2006 (United States) April 24, 2006 (United Kingdom)
Recorded	2005−2006
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	65:13
Label	Epitaph Records
Producer	Boots Riley, Organized Elements
The Coup chronology
Party Music (2001)Party Music2001 Pick a Bigger Weapon (2006) Sorry to Bother You (2012)Sorry to Bother You2012

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
AllHipHop.com
HipHopDX.com
PopMatters	(8/10)
RapReviews.com
Robert Christgau	(A)
Rolling Stone
Tiny Mix Tapes

Pick a Bigger Weapon is the fifth studio album by American rap group The Coup, released April 25, 2006 on Epitaph Records. Rolling Stone included the album at 49 in its list of the top 50 albums of 2006 [1] and about.com listed the album at 9 in its Best Rap Albums of 2006 list. The album illustrations is created by new media artist Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung.

Track listing

1. "Bullets and Love (Introduction)"
2. "We Are the Ones"
3. "Laugh/Love/Fuck"
4. "My Favorite Mutiny" (featuring Black Thought and Talib Kweli)
5. "IJustWannaLayAroundAllDayInBedWithYou"
6. "Head (of State)"
7. "ShoYoAss"
8. "Yes 'Em to Death"
9. "Ass-Breath Killers"
10. "Get That Monkey off Your Back"
11. "MindFuck (A New Equation)"
12. "Two Enthusiastic Thumbs Down"
13. "I Love Boosters!"
14. "Tiffany Hall"
15. "BabyLet'sHaveABabyBeforeBushDoSomethin'Crazy" (featuring Sylk-E. Fyne)
16. "Captain Sterling's Little Problem" (featuring Tom Morello)
17. "The Stand"

Samples

• "My Favorite Mutiny"
  • "Half Past Love" by Lenny Williams

Chart history

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	24
U.S. Independent Albums	35

Personnel

• All songs produced by Boots Riley except "The Stand", produced by Organized Elements.

Boots Riley - vocals, lyrics, claps, drum programming, mixing
Pam The Funkstress - turntables
Matt Kelley - mixing

External links

• Pick a Bigger Weapon at Discogs