Never Better (album)

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Never Better is the third full-length album from Minneapolis hip hop artist P.O.S. It is the follow-up to Audition and is similarly punk-inspired. The first single, "Goodbye" was released in Mid-December, 2008. The second single, "Drumroll (We're All Thirsty)" was released Mid-January on iTunes and Amazon.com. The Track "Savion Glover" is a remix of a track previously released on Doomtree's "False Hopes 12", in 2007.

Over half of the record is produced by POS himself, along with contributions from Doomtree Producers Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger, and MK Larada. It features guest verses from Doomtree compatriots Sims, Cecil Otter, and Dessa, as well as Astronautalis.

The album was also released in a limited custom transparent digipak edition, featuring 16 solid picture inserts with 6 plastic overlays, allowing the owner to create their own cover art combinations.

Reception

Initial critical response to Never Better was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 86, based on 6 reviews.

Track listing

#	Title	Time	Performer(s)	Producer(s)
1	Let It Rattle	3:33	P.O.S.	Lazerbeak
2	Drumroll (We're All Thirsty)	2:37	P.O.S., Doomtree	P.O.S.
3	Savion Glover	2:19	P.O.S.	P.O.S.
4	Purexed	3:13	P.O.S.	Lazerbeak
5	Graves (We Wrote the Book)	3:14	P.O.S.	Lazerbeak
6	Goodbye	3:07	P.O.S.	Lazerbeak
7	Get Smokes	2:38	P.O.S., Jessy Greene	P.O.S.,
8	Been Afraid	3:39	P.O.S.	Lazerbeak
9	Low Light Low Life	3:14	P.O.S., Sims, Cecil Otter, Dessa	Paper Tiger
10	The Basics (Alright)	3:23	P.O.S.	P.O.S.
11	Out of Category	3:16	P.O.S.	P.O.S.
12	Optimist (We Are Not for Them)	3:19	P.O.S.	P.O.S.
13	Terrorish	2:13	P.O.S., Jason Shevchuk	P.O.S.
14	Never Better	4:03	P.O.S., Judah Nagler	P.O.S.
15	The Brave and the Snake/ Hand Made Hand Gun (Hidden Track)	3:46/ 5:50	P.O.S., Astronautalis	MK Larada -

Samples and References

• Graves (We Wrote The Book) interpolates elements from Ten Grand's Grave? Shove? Let's Go!.
• Savion Glover samples from Fugazi's Five Corporation.
• Let It Rattle references the late comedian Mitch Hedberg with the line "Bush no more, nobody's like "Dufrane, search party of four" as well as The Big Lebowski with the lines "You're out of your element Donnie, shut up," and "The dude abides."
• Drumroll (We're All Thirsty) references the Japanese jazz collective The Seatbelts.
• Purexed references American post-metal band Isis

External Links

• Official website dedicated to the album.
• Official website of P.O.S.
• Never Better at Metacritic