{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Look Mom... No Hands | type = studio | artist = Vast Aire | cover = Look Mom... No Hands.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2004|04|27}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Hip-hop | length = {{Duration|m=71|s=57}} | label = Chocolate Industries | producer = {{hlist|Jest One|Camu Tao|T One|Nasa|Jake One|Blueprint|Cryptic One|MF Doom|Ayatollah|Madlib|RJD2|Da Beatminerz|Vast Aire}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = The Best Damn Rap Show | next_year = 2005 | misc = {{Singles | name = Look Mom... No Hands | type = studio | single1 = Elixir | single1date = 2004 | single2 = Look Mom... No Hands | single2date = 2004 | single3 = Pegasus | single3date = 2004 }} }} '''''Look Mom... No Hands''''' is the first solo studio album by American hip-hop musician Vast Aire, one half of the duo Cannibal Ox.<ref name=pitchfork/> It was released on Chocolate Industries on April 27, 2004.<ref name=popmatters/> It features contributions from MF Doom, RJD2, Madlib, Aesop Rock, and Sadat X.<ref name=popmatters/> It peaked at number 47 on the ''Billboard'' Independent Albums chart.<ref name=billboard/>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|first=John|last=Bush|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/look-mom-no-hands-mw0000331792|title=Look Mom... No Hands — Vast Aire|work=AllMusic|access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev2score = favorable<ref name=avclub>{{cite web|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/vast-aire-emlook-mom-no-handsem-11449|title=Vast Aire: Look Mom No Hands|work=The A.V. Club|date=May 24, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080820/http://www.avclub.com/review/vast-aire-emlook-mom-no-handsem-11449|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev3 = ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' | rev3score = favorable<ref name=cmj>{{cite journal|first=Christopher R.|last=Weingarten|title=Best New Music|journal=CMJ New Music Monthly|issue=122|page=33|date=2004}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev4score = mixed<ref name=exclaim>{{cite web|first=Thomas|last=Quinlan|url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/vast_aire-look_mom|title=Vast Aire — Look Mom... No Hands|work=Exclaim!|date=May 1, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev5score = 6.3/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web|first=Rollie|last=Pemberton|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8531-look-mom-no-hands/|title=Vast Aire: Look Mom... No Hands|work=Pitchfork|date=May 4, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref> | rev6 = ''PopMatters'' | rev6score = favorable<ref name=popmatters>{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Stelloh|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/vastaire-lookmom/|title=Vast Aire: Look Mom... No Hands|work=PopMatters|date=May 26, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Stylus Magazine'' | rev7score = D+<ref name=stylusmagazine>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/vast-aire/look-mom-no-hands.htm|title=Vast Aire — Look Mom ... No Hands|work=Stylus Magazine|first=David|last=Drake|date=May 6, 2004|access-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510110543/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/vast-aire/look-mom-no-hands.htm|archive-date=May 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, stating, "Vast's chillingly detached raps and delivery were a large part of Cannibal Ox's success, and there's much more in the same vein here."<ref name=allmusic/> Nathan Rabin of ''The A.V. Club'' described it as a "riveting combination of old school B-boy attitude and post-apocalyptic menace".<ref name=avclub/> Christopher R. Weingarten of ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' commented that "Vast's flow, while leisurely, still utilizes the most impossibly matter-of-fact delivery in the underground, which he uses for maximum effect."<ref name=cmj/>
Meanwhile, David Drake of ''Stylus Magazine'' gave the album a grade of D+, saying, "this album lacks the plaintive street poetry of ''The Cold Vein'', as well as that album's focus and consistent production aesthetic."<ref name=stylusmagazine/> Rollie Pemberton of ''Pitchfork'' gave the album a 6.3 out of 10, calling it "an awkward, inconsistent amalgam of wasted talent and musical apathy."<ref name=pitchfork/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Intro: His Majesty's Laughter | extra1 = Jest One | length1 = 2:10 | title2 = KRS-Lightly | note2 = featuring S.A. Smash | extra2 = Camu Tao | length2 = 4:03 | title3 = Pegasus | extra3 = T One | length3=3:19 | title4 = Candid Cam / Live Wetlands 1996 | extra4 = Nasa | length4 = 5:02 | title5 = Viewtiful Flow | extra5 = Jake One | length5 = 4:59 | title6 = Zenith | note6 = featuring Blueprint | extra6 = Blueprint | length6 = 4:33 | title7 = Why'sdaskyblue? | extra7 = Cryptic One | length7 = 4:33 | title8 = Da Supafriendz | note8 = featuring MF Doom | extra8 = MF Doom | length8 = 3:00 | title9 = Poverty Lane 16128 / Karaoke | extra9 = T One | length9 = 4:44 | title10 = Elixir | note10 = featuring Sadat X and Sinclair | extra10 = Ayatollah | length10 = 4:03 | title11 = Look Mom... No Hands / A.S.C.F.D. | extra11 = Madlib | length11 = 6:22 | title12 = 9 Lashes (When Michael Smacks Lucifer) | extra12 = RJD2 | length12 = 3:53 | title13 = Posse Slash | note13 = featuring Karniege, Breez Evahflowin', Poison Pen, and Aesop Rock | extra13 = Da Beatminerz | length13 = 3:41 | title14 = Could You Be? | extra14 = Madlib | length14 = 3:57 | title15 = Outro: 12 Noon | extra15 = Blueprint | length15 = 4:22 | title16 = Life's Ill Pt. II (The Empire Striketh) | note16 = featuring Breezly Brewin and Vordul Mega | extra16 = Madlib | length16 = 5:08 | title17 = My First Sony (Pegasus Remix) | extra17 = Vast Aire | length17 = 4:08 | total_length = 71:57 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.
{{Div col}} * Vast Aire – vocals, production (17), photography * Jest One – production (1), recording (1) * Bo Boddie – mixing (1–7, 9–12, 14–17) * S.A. Smash – vocals (2) * DJ Cip One – turntables (2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 17) * Camu Tao – production (2) * Nasa – recording (2), production (4) * T One – production (3, 9) * Nonezio – recording (3–5, 8–12, 14, 16, 17) * Karniege – vocals (4, 13), graffiti art * Nathaniel Roberts – vocals (5, 14), recording (11) * Jake One – production (5) * Blueprint – vocals (6), production (6, 15), recording (6, 15) * Metro – vocals (7) * Cryptic One – production (7), recording (7) * MF Doom – vocals (8), production (8), mixing (8) * Sadat X – vocals (10) * Sinclair – vocals (10), keyboards (14) * Ayatollah – production (10), turntables (10) * Madlib – production (11, 14, 16) * RJD2 – production (12) * Breez Evahflowin' – vocals (13) * Poison Pen – vocals (13) * Aesop Rock – vocals (13) * Da Beatminerz – production (13) * Evil D – recording (13), mixing (13) * Mr. Walt – recording (13), mixing (13) * Butta L – engineering assistance (13) * Simone Harrison – vocals (14) * Breezly Brewin – vocals (16) * Vordul Mega – vocals (16) * Chris Gehringer – mastering * Brent Rollins – art direction, design * Jon Breiner – cover illustration * Luke Barber Smith – photography * Sumkid – photography * Taku – photography * Kenshin Ichikawa – Vast Aire logo {{Div col end}}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"| US Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name=billboard>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2004-05-15|title=Independent Albums (The Week of May 15, 2004)|work=Billboard|access-date=September 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328123903/https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2004-05-15|archive-date=March 28, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 47 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|51135|Look Mom... No Hands}}
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