Afterparty Babies by Cadence Weapon

Afterparty Babies is the second album by Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon, released on March 4, 2008 by Anti-Records and Upper Class Recordings in the United States and Canada and March 10, 2008 by Big Dada in the United Kingdom. After signing with U.S. label Anti- and the re-release of his debut album Breaking Kayfabe, he spent eleven months in his hometown of Edmonton to work on new material for his next record. Whereas Breaking Kayfabe used heavy beats and grime from the electronic genre for its overall sound, Afterparty Babies has a club-feel throughout with elements of house and tech house that go along with Cadence's autobiographical lyrics about inter-personal relationships in his hometown of Edmonton and the youth culture interacting with both the Internet and media in general. The album received a positive reception from critics, praising it for its experimentation of electronic music and its self-deprecating lyrics with pop culture references. To promote the record, Cadence toured across North America and Europe with appearances at music festivals.