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Hope in Dirt City

Hope in Dirt City
Studio album by Cadence Weapon
Released May 29, 2012
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 38:13
Label Upper Class Recordings
Producer Cadence Weapon
Cadence Weapon chronology
Afterparty Babies
(2008)Afterparty Babies2008
Hope in Dirt City
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars
Consequence of Sound 3/5 stars
Tiny Mix Tapes 3/5 stars
Toronto Star 3/4 stars
Pitchfork Media 6.0/10.0
Prefix favorable

Hope in Dirt City is the third album by Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon. It was released on May 29, 2012 on Upper Class Recordings.

The music video for the first single "Conditioning" was released in April 2012.

The whole album can be streamed on the Exclaim! website since May 22, 2012.

The album was named as a shortlisted nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize, the second time a Cadence Weapon album has been on the Polaris shortlist. He was previously nominated in 2006 for his debut album Breaking Kayfabe. The 2012 winner is to be announced on September 24, 2012.


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