Exiting Arm
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| 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 Media | 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] 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
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ a b "Exiting Arm - Subtle". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ^ Brown, Marisa. "ExitingARM". AllMusic. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Dahlen, Chris (May 15, 2008). "Subtle: ExitingARM". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
External links
- Exiting Arm at Discogs (list of releases)