title: The No Music
text: # The No Music
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Dusted Magazine | favorable |
  | Exclaim! | unfavorable |
  | Mute | favorable |
  | Pitchfork | 4.5/10 |
  | RapReviews.com | 5/10 |
  | SF Weekly | favorable |
  | Stylus Magazine | B+ |
  | Tiny Mix Tapes | |
  
  The No Music (stylized as The No Music.) is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Themselves. It was released on Anticon in 2002. It peaked at number 183 on the CMJ Radio 200 chart, as well as number 13 on CMJ's Hip-Hop chart. A remix version of the album, The No Music of AIFFs, was released in 2003.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Ed Howard of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of B+, saying, "It's far from perfect, and there are still moments where the experiments fall short, but overall this represents the fulfillment of the substantial promise made by Circle and cLOUDDEAD". Daniel Thomas-Glass of Dusted Magazine called it "a masterful piece of work".
  
  Meanwhile, Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! said, "it turns out to be another Anticon disappointment, although it's still better than the last few". Sam Chennault of Pitchfork gave the album a 4.5 out of 10, saying, "It's a horribly pointless and boring album that will only satisfy those who equate progress with soulless beats and abstract mic theatrics."
  
  Neil Strauss of The New York Times placed the album at number 9 on his year-end list.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Credits adapted from liner notes.
  
  Themselves
  
  * Doseone – vocals, production
  * Jel – vocals, production
  
  Additional musicians
  
  * Dax Pierson – keyboard bass (3, 11), electric piano (3), sampler (11)
  * Alexander Kort – electric cello (5, 11)
  * Alias – sampler (5)
  * Why? – keyboard drums (6), keyboards (7), organ (7), drums (7), vocals (8)
  * Alex Oropeza – final freak (7)
  * Xopher D – final freak (7)
  * Sole – vocals (8)
  * John Herndon – drums (9, 11)
  * Alexander Ito-Maitland – drums (10)
  
  Technical personnel
  
  * Alex Oropeza – mixing
  * Xopher D – mixing, mastering
  * Doseone – artwork
  * Jel – artwork
  * Odd Nosdam – layout, additional fingerprints
  