Bad Time Zoo Explained

Bad Time Zoo is the second studio album by American rapper Sims, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released on Doomtree Records on February 15, 2011.^[1] The album is entirely produced by Lazerbeak.^[2]

Sims told an interviewer for RapReviews that he had originally titled the album The Veldt, inspired by the Ray Bradbury short story, "because a lot of the songs use animal imagery as metaphors for human interactions."^[3]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Bad Time Zoo received an average score of 79% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

The single, "Burn It Down", was listed by KEXP-FM as their "Song of the Day" on June 24, 2011.^[4]

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[5]	18
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6]	69

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doomtree's Sims announces new album, Bad Time Zoo. Consequence of Sound. Alex. Young. December 24, 2010. July 13, 2014.
2. Web site: Sims makes origami cool again with 'Bad Time Zoo' packaging . . Andrea . Swensson . February 1, 2011 . July 13, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219134820/http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2011/02/sims_makes_orig.php . February 19, 2015 .
3. Web site: Sims (Doomtree) Interview . Bernard . Adam . 2011-02-08 . RapReviews . 2023-05-29.
4. Web site: Song of the Day: Sims – Burn It Down. KEXP-FM. Leigh. Bezezekoff. June 24, 2011. July 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203120436/http://blog.kexp.org/2011/06/24/song-of-the-day-sims-%e2%80%93-burn-it-down/. February 3, 2014. dead.
5. Web site: Sims - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. April 3, 2016.
6. Web site: Sims - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Billboard. April 3, 2016.