Wanna Snuggle?


Wanna Snuggle? is the second solo studio album by American rapper and record producer Apathy. It was released on October 6, 2009, via Demigodz Enterprises. Recording sessions took place at The Sneakerbox Mansion, Temple Studios in Los Angeles, The Chrome Depot, Ducada Studios and Triple Threat Studios. Production was handled by Teddy Roxpin, Joey Doughnuts, Mike Shinoda, Smoke The World, and Apathy himself. It features guest appearances from Emilio Lopez, Skylar Grey, Blacastan, Blue Raspberry, B-Real, Celph Titled, Chip Fu, Dose, J-Live, King Magnetic, Mike Mass, Motive, Phonte, Ryu and Veze Skante.

Critical reception

Slava Kuperstein of HipHopDX praised the album, concluding "as it stands, Wanna Snuggle? falls short of spectacular, but it is a memorable addition to not only Apathy's catalog, but any head's collection as well". Aaron Matthews of Exclaim! stated: "the album's first half is excellent but Wanna Snuggle?'s back end is loaded with second-string guests and overwrought concept tracks". Andrew Martin of PopMatters wrote: "what's frustrating about this is Apathy made this album unreasonably long at 21 tracks that clock in at nearly 70 minutes. Take the editor's scissors to the tracklist, get rid of seven to eight tracks, and you would have what is close to a perfect album".

Personnel

  • Chad "Apathy" Bromley – vocals, producer, mixing
  • Emilio Lopez – vocals
  • Ira "Blacastan" Osu – vocals
  • Ryan Patrick "Ryu" Maginn – vocals
  • Richard "Veze Skante" Morales – vocals
  • Louis "B-Real" Freese – vocals
  • Vic "Celph Titled" Mercer – vocals
  • Phonte Coleman – vocals
  • Roderick "Chip Fu" Roachford – vocals
  • Jean-Jacques "J-Live" Cadet – vocals
  • Candi "Blue Raspberry" Lindsey – vocals
  • Jason "King Magnetic" Faust – vocals
  • Dose – vocals
  • Holly Brook "Skylar Grey" Hafermann – vocals
  • Mike Mass – vocals
  • Tim "Motive" Cook – vocals, additional vocals
  • Adam Mathiason – additional vocals, scratches
  • Edgar "Vertygo" Cruz – keyboards & bass
  • Joey Doughnuts – additional guitar & producer
  • Ed Briones – bass
  • Matthew "DJ Mekalek" Katz – scratches
  • Mike Shinoda – producer
  • Teddy "Roxpin" Rosenthal – producer
  • E. Michael "Smoke The World" Montavon – producer
  • Rod Duchaineau – illustration
  • Chris B. Murray – illustration
  • Mike LaRose – graphics, layout