{{Short description | Studio album by Cecil Otter of Doomtree}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Rebel Yellow | type = album | artist = Cecil Otter | cover = File:Rebelyellow.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2008|08|26}} (Doomtree Records<br/>{{Start date|2009|04|01}} (Strange Famous Records) | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Hip hop, alternative hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=40|s=52}} | label = Doomtree Records<br/>Strange Famous Records | producer = Cecil Otter, Kareel | prev_title = Cecil Otter's False Hopes | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = Porcelain Revolver<br/>(TBA) | next_year = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''AbsolutePunk'' | rev1score = 88%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=740482|title=Cecil Otter - Rebel Yellow|work=AbsolutePunk|author=Klatzke|date=December 15, 2008}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Sputnikmusic'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/36530/Cecil-Otter-Rebel-Yellow/|title=Cecil Otter - Rebel Yellow|work=Sputnikmusic|author=Somberlain|date=April 29, 2010}}</ref> | rev3 = ''RapReviews.com'' | rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2008_10_rebelyellow.html|title=Cecil Otter :: Rebel Yellow :: Doomtree|work=RapReviews.com|first=Patrick|last=Taylor|date=October 14, 2008}}</ref> }} '''''Rebel Yellow''''' is a studio album by Cecil Otter, a founding member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. Originally released on Doomtree Records in 2008, it was re-released on Strange Famous Records in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/2009-06-10/music/doomtree-s-cecil-otter-finds-his-voice/full/|title=Doomtree's Cecil Otter finds his voice apart from the rap pack|work=City Pages|first=Kathryn|last=Savage|date=June 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124033707/http://www.citypages.com/2009-06-10/music/doomtree-s-cecil-otter-finds-his-voice/full|archivedate=January 24, 2015}}</ref> ''Vita.mn'' placed the album at 8th on its list of the Best Local Albums of the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vita.mn/80418262.html?page=all|title=Best of the '00s: The decade in lists|work=Vita.mn|date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
==Music== ''Rebel Yellow'' is entirely produced by Cecil Otter, with contributions from Kareel. The album included one feature total from fellow Doomtree member P.O.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.undergroundhiphop.com/products/cecil-otter-rebel-yellow-cd|title=Cecil Otter - Rebel Yellow - CD - producers, cover art, release date|website=UGHH|access-date=2017-01-16}}</ref>
==Reception== ''Amoeba Music'' called the album "like hearing hip-hop channeled through a darker version of Doc Holliday, with the music and lyrics evoking mythical images of the Old West."<ref name="Amoeba2009">{{cite journal |last= |first= |date=Fall–Winter 2009 |title= Cecil Otter — Rebel Yellow |url=https://archive.org/details/amoeba-music-we-like/amoeba%202009%20%282%29%20fall/page/n9/mode/2up|magazine=Music We Like |location= |publisher= Amoeba Music |access-date= 2023-07-01}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = The Poet Is Rapist | extra1 = Cecil Otter | length1 = 4:36 | title2 = 1999 | extra2 = Cecil Otter, Kareel | length2 = 4:03 | title3 = Rebel Yellow | extra3 = Cecil Otter, Kareel | length3 = 3:28 | title4 = Sufficiently Breathless | extra4 = Cecil Otter | length4 = 3:34 | title5 = Box Car Diaries | extra5 = Cecil Otter | length5 = 4:32 | title6 = Down, Beast! | extra6 = Cecil Otter | length6 = 4:34 | title7 = Le Facteur | extra7 = Cecil Otter, Kareel | length7 = 3:41 | title8 = Match Book Diaries (Remix) | extra8 = Cecil Otter | length8 = 3:19 | title9 = Demon Girl | extra9 = Cecil Otter | length9 = 1:58 | title10 = Let Me Tell You | extra10 = Cecil Otter | length10 = 4:08 | title11 = Traveling Dunktank | note11 = featuring P.O.S | extra11 = Cecil Otter | length11 = 3:20 | title12 = Black Rose | extra12 = Cecil Otter | length12 = 3:23 | title13 = Duel | extra13 = Cecil Otter | length13 = 4:15 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes. * Cecil Otter – vocals, production * Kareel – production (on 2, 3 and 7) * James Lynch – electric bass (on 4) * Sean McPherson – electric bass (on 8) * Nate Collins – vocals (on 9), guitar (on 9) * P.O.S – vocals (on 11) * Dave Brockschmidt – guitar (on 13) * Corey Stein – executive production * Joe Mabbott – engineering * Taylor Dees – painting * Abe Coleman – lettering * MK Larada – layout, photography
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|1131012|Rebel Yellow}} * [https://cecilotter.bandcamp.com/album/rebel-yellow ''Rebel Yellow''] at Bandcamp
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Category:2008 albums Category:Cecil Otter albums Category:Doomtree Records albums Category:Strange Famous Records albums