Exiting Arm | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 13, 2008 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 46:01 | |||
Label | Lex Records | |||
Producer | Subtle | |||
Subtle chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The A.V. Club | B [3] |
Drowned in Sound | 8/10 [4] |
Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [5] |
PopMatters | 7/10 [6] |
The Skinny | [7] |
Spin | 7/10 [8] |
The Stranger | [9] |
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] It 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]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album 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]
Pitchfork included it on the "Overlooked Records 2008" list. [11]
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Exiting Arm" | 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 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Technical personnel
Exiting Arm | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 13, 2008 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 46:01 | |||
Label | Lex Records | |||
Producer | Subtle | |||
Subtle chronology | ||||
|
Aggregate scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The A.V. Club | B [3] |
Drowned in Sound | 8/10 [4] |
Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [5] |
PopMatters | 7/10 [6] |
The Skinny | [7] |
Spin | 7/10 [8] |
The Stranger | [9] |
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] It 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]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album 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]
Pitchfork included it on the "Overlooked Records 2008" list. [11]
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Exiting Arm" | 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 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Technical personnel