Malibu Ken (album)

In 2007, Tobacco's band Black Moth Super Rainbow opened for part of a North American tour headlined by Aesop Rock. According to Aesop, he and Tobacco had wanted to work together on a project since their meeting during this tour, with Aesop calling Tobacco's production "something special". In November 2018, the pair announced that they were releasing their debut album under the moniker Malibu Ken in January 2019, and released the album's first single "Acid King" and its accompanying music video at the same time. The second single, "Corn Maze", released the following month, also with a music video. On January 18, 2019, Malibu Ken was released by Rhymesayers Entertainment. ==Critical reception==

Malibu Ken received generally positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on seven reviews. ==Track listing==

Malibu Ken • Aesop Rock – vocals, executive production • Tobacco – production, mixing Additional contributors • Joe LaPorta – mastering • Joey Raia – mixing • GUNSHO – artwork, layout • Sean Daley – executive production • Brent Sayers – executive production == Charts ==