Exiting Arm
Exiting Arm (stylized as ExitingARM) is the third studio album by American hip hop sextet Subtle.[10] It was released on Lex Records in 2008.[6] The album is "the latest chapter in the story of Hour Hero Yes, the middle-class rapper whose rise and struggles are chronicled told on 2004's A New White and 2006's For Hero: For Fool."[5]
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Exiting Arm received an average score of 75% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Christopher Bahn of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B, writing: "Musically, ExitingARM is just as layered, blenderizing beats, sampled electronic noise, and Doseone's easygoing, flowing words into a package that's sometimes electrifying and sometimes confounding."[3] Eric Grandy of The Stranger said: "Throughout ExitingARM, frontman Doseone remains an inscrutable MC, quick-tongued and verbose, and an unassuming but surprisingly fluid singer, whispering melodies in multitracked reverb to contrast his sharper falsetto raps."[9]
Track listing
1. |
"ExitingARM" |
3:50 |
2. |
"Day Dangerous" |
5:20 |
3. |
"The No" |
3:19 |
4. |
"Sick Soft Perfection" |
3:09 |
5. |
"Hollow Hollered" |
6:04 |
6. |
"The Crow" |
4:02 |
7. |
"Unlikely Rock Shock" |
3:11 |
8. |
"Take to Take" |
2:55 |
9. |
"Gonebones" |
3:33 |
10. |
"Wanted Found" |
5:56 |
11. |
"Providence" |
4:50 |
References
- 1 2 "Exiting Arm - Subtle". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Marisa. "ExitingARM". AllMusic. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- 1 2 Bahn, Christopher (May 19, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ↑ Hamilton, Billy (May 14, 2008). "Subtle - ExitingARM". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- 1 2 Dahlen, Chris (May 15, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- 1 2 Fairall, Jer (July 27, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". PopMatters. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Ally (April 25, 2008). "Subtle - ExitingARM". The Skinny. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ↑ Reeves, Mosi (May 13, 2008). "Subtle, 'ExitingARM' (Lex)". Spin. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- 1 2 Grandy, Eric (May 8, 2008). "Album Review". The Stranger. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ↑ Diver, Mike (June 13, 2008). "Subtle: overcoming odds in pursuit of silver linings". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
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