# Subliminal Simulation
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{{Infobox album
| name = Subliminal Simulation
| type = Album
| artist = [Dream Warriors](/source/Dream_Warriors_(band))
| cover = Subliminal Simulation.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 4, 1994
| recorded = 1991 ("I've Lost My Ignorance"), 1993–1994
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [Canadian hip hop](/source/Canadian_hip_hop), [jazz rap](/source/jazz_rap)
| length = 51:46
| label = [Pendulum](/source/Pendulum_Records)/[EMI](/source/EMI)
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E2-30345
| producer = Dream Warriors, 99, [DJ Premier](/source/DJ_Premier), [Gang Starr](/source/Gang_Starr), Black Katt, [Butterfly](/source/Ishmael_Butler), [Da Grassroots Music](/source/Da_Grassroots), [Billy Bryans](/source/Billy_Bryans)
| prev_title = [And Now the Legacy Begins](/source/And_Now_the_Legacy_Begins)
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = [The Master Plan](/source/The_Master_Plan_(Dream_Warriors_album))
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Subliminal Simulation
| type = studio
| single1 = Day in Day Out
| single1date = 1994
| single2 = California Dreamin'
| single2date = 1995
}}
}}
'''''Subliminal Simulation''''' is the second [studio album](/source/studio_album) by Canadian [hip hop](/source/hip_hop_music) group [Dream Warriors](/source/Dream_Warriors_(band)), released in 1994 in Canada and worldwide in 1995, on [EMI](/source/EMI)/[Pendulum Records](/source/Pendulum_Records). The original duo, King Lou and Capital Q, expanded to include [Spek](/source/Spek) and DJ Luv ([Michie Mee](/source/Michie_Mee)'s former DJ).
==Background==
Following their well-received debut album, ''[And Now the Legacy Begins](/source/And_Now_the_Legacy_Begins)'', Dream Warriors' second effort featured appearances by [Guru](/source/Guru_(rapper)) and [DJ Premier](/source/DJ_Premier) of [Gang Starr](/source/Gang_Starr) and Butterfly of [Digable Planets](/source/Digable_Planets). The collaboration "I've Lost My Ignorance" was originally released as a [12" single](/source/12-inch_single) in 1991, though the album version has a different beat. Continuing the [jazz rap](/source/jazz_rap) trend, [spoken word](/source/spoken_word) is performed during the interludes.[{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Subliminal Simulation – Dream Warriors|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/subliminal-simulation-mw0000644021|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=April 26, 2025}}]
|rev2 = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{cite magazine|last=|first=|date=March 1995|title=Dream Warriors – Subliminal Simulation|magazine=[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))|page=96}}]
|rev3 = ''RapReviews''
|rev3score = 9/10[{{cite web|last1=Chan|first1=Nin|title=Dream Warriors :: Subliminal Simulation :: EMI|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_subliminal.html|website=RapReviews|date=November 30, 2004|access-date=April 26, 2025}}]
|rev4 = ''[The Source](/source/The_Source_(magazine))''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{cite magazine|last=Poluhoff|first=Nicholas|date=May 1995|issue=68|title=Dream Warriors – Subliminal Simulation|department=Record Report|magazine=[The Source](/source/The_Source_(magazine))|page=69|location=New York}}]
}}
The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics. Nin Chan of ''RapReviews'' wrote: "Dream Warriors successfully recreate the night-at-the-jazz-club feel championed by [The Roots](/source/The_Roots) and classic [Tribe](/source/A_Tribe_Called_Quest)". He also called the album a "landmark in Canadian hip-hop and hell, hip-hop in general."[{{cite web|title=Dream Warriors|url=https://junoawards.ca/artist-profile/dream-warriors/|publisher=[Juno Awards](/source/Juno_Awards)|access-date=April 26, 2025}}]
==Track listing==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Title
! Producer(s)
! Featured guest(s)
! Length
|-
|1.
|"Intro"
|Dream Warriors
|
|0:29
|-
|2.
|"Are We There Yet"
|Dream Warriors
|
|3:15
|-
|3.
|"Day In Day Out"
|Dream Warriors
|
|3:55
|-
|4.
|"Adventures of Plastic Man"
|99 and Dream Warriors
|99
|1:09
|-
|5.
|"It's a Project Thing"
|[DJ Premier](/source/DJ_Premier)
|
|4:24
|-
|6.
|"Paranoia – The "P" Noise"
|Dream Warriors
|
|2:59
|-
|7.
|"I've Lost My Ignorance"
|Dream Warriors and [Gang Starr](/source/Gang_Starr)
|[Guru](/source/Guru_(rapper))
|3:33
|-
|8.
|"Break the Stereo"
|Dream Warriors
|
|4:45
|-
|9.
|"When I Was at the Jam"
|Black Katt
|Black Katt
|1:34
|-
|10.
|"Burns 1"
|99
|99
|1:52
|-
|11.
|"Tricycles and Kittens"
|Dream Warriors and [Butterfly](/source/Ishmael_Butler)
|Butterfly
|5:22
|-
|12.
|"California Dreamin'"
|Dream Warriors
|
|5:04
|-
|13.
|"No Dingbats Allowed"
|[Da Grassroots Music](/source/Da_Grassroots) and Dream Warriors
|
|4:14
|-
|14.
|"You Think I Don't Know"
|Black Katt
|Black Katt
|1:22
|-
|15.
|"Sink into the Frame of the Portrait"
|[Billy Bryans](/source/Billy_Bryans) and Dream Warriors
|
|3:36
|-
|16.
|"I Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya"
|Dream Warriors
|
|3:43
|-
|17.
|"Outro"
|Dream Warriors
|
|0:30
|}
==Samples==
*"Are We There Yet" – Contains a sample of "Elevation" by [Pharoah Sanders](/source/Pharoah_Sanders)
*"Day In Day Out" – Contains a sample of "All the Way Lover" by [Millie Jackson](/source/Millie_Jackson)
*"I've Lost My Ignorance" – Contains a sample of "Blackjack" by [Donald Byrd](/source/Donald_Byrd) and "Down by the River" by [Buddy Miles](/source/Buddy_Miles)
*"California Dreamin'" – Contains samples of "Go on and Cry" by [Les McCann](/source/Les_McCann) and "[La Di Da Di](/source/La_Di_Da_Di)" by [Doug E. Fresh](/source/Doug_E._Fresh) and [Slick Rick](/source/Slick_Rick)
*"Break the Stereo" – Contains a sample of "Funky" by [the Chambers Brothers](/source/the_Chambers_Brothers)
*"Tricycles and Kittens" – Contains samples of "Another Opus" by [Lem Winchester](/source/Lem_Winchester) and "Zimba Ku" by [Black Heat](/source/Black_Heat)
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Region
!Date
|-
|Canada
|1994
|-
|United Kingdom[[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000008OXX Subliminal Simulation] Amazon.co.uk. Accessed on February 3, 2010.]
|February 1, 1995
|-
|United States[[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000008OXX Subliminal Simulation] Amazon.com. Accessed on February 3, 2010.]
|April 25, 1995
|}
==Personnel==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
*Alfio Annibalini – Assistant Engineer
*Beans – Producer
*Tim Bran – Engineer, Mixing
*[Derek Brin](/source/Derek_Brin) – Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
*Billy Bryans – Producer
*Butterfly – Remixing, Assistant Producer
*[Tom Coyne](/source/Tom_Coyne_(music_engineer)) – Mastering
*DJ Premier – Producer, Mixing
*Dream Warriors – Producer, Mixing
*G-Spot – Engineer
*Gang Starr – Vocals, Producer
*Tom Garneau – Assistant Engineer
{{col-2}}
*[Rupert Gayle](/source/Rupert_Gayle) – Executive Producer
*Bruce Grant – Engineer, Mixing
*Huge Voodoo – Producer
*[Orin Isaacs](/source/Orin_Isaacs) – Bass, Engineer
*Black Katt – Poetry, Producer
*Dennis Kelly – Engineer, Mixing
*NinetyNine – Poetry, Producer
*Eddie Sancho – Engineer
*Walter Sobczak – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
*Max Vargas – Engineer
*David Williams – Keyboards
{{col-end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Dream Warriors (band)}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:1994 albums
Category:Albums produced by DJ Premier
Category:Albums produced by Guru
Category:Dream Warriors albums
Category:EMI Records albums
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