Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| HipHopDX | 3.0/5[2] |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10[3] |
| PopMatters |   [4] |
Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Blu & Exile. Leaked online in 2011, it was released by Dirty Science and Fat Beats on September 4, 2012.[5]
Music
The album features guest contributions from Fashawn, Homeboy Sandman, Johaz of Dag Savage, Black Spade of Hawthorne Headhunters, and ADAD.[6][7][8]
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76% based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
David Amidon of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, saying, "Blu may have spent most of his post-Below the Heavens career burning one bridge after another, but Give Me My Flowers is not only a better album, it's an atonement for all the swerves he's thrown audiences' way since breaking out."[4] Meanwhile, Phillip Mlynar of HipHopDX gave the album a 3.0 out of 5, saying, "Blu and Exile are without doubt a couple of super-talented Rap chaps, but they need to step out of their snug comfort zone – and sharply."[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Letter" | 1:36 |
| 2. | "Ease Your Mind" | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Maybe One Day" (featuring Black Spade) | 3:56 |
| 4. | "I Am Jean" | 3:14 |
| 5. | "O Heaven" | 3:20 |
| 6. | "More Out of Life" (featuring Jasmine Mitchell) | 3:54 |
| 7. | "The Only One" (featuring Jimetta Rose) | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Money" | 2:49 |
| 9. | "Mask Your Soul" | 1:54 |
| 10. | "Good Morning Neighbor" | 2:05 |
| 11. | "Growing Pains" (featuring Johaz of Dag Savage and Fashawn) | 4:09 |
| 12. | "Don't Be Jelly" | 3:33 |
| 13. | "Berries and Juices" | 2:10 |
| 14. | "The Great Escape" (featuring Homeboy Sandman and ADAD) | 3:16 |
| 15. | "Seasons" | 2:41 |
| 16. | "A Man" | 4:31 |
| 17. | "Cent from Heaven" | 3:12 |
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] | 31 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] | 53 |
References
- ^ a b c "Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them by Blu & Exile". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ a b Mlynar, Phillip (September 8, 2012). "Blu and Exile - Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ Bromwich, Jonah (August 30, 2012). "Blu & Exile: Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ a b Amidon, David (September 6, 2012). "Blu & Exile: Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them". PopMatters. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "Blu & Exile's Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them finally gets proper release". Fact. June 19, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "Blu & Exile (of Emanon) - 'Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them (MINI LP CARDBOARD GATEFOLD)' (Audio CD)". UGHH. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (December 16, 2011). "Blu & Exile Release Full Stream Of New Album "give me my flowers while i can smell them"". HipHopDX. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them by Blu & Exile". mp369. September 1, 2012. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Blu & Exile - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "Blu & Exile - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
External links
- Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them at Discogs (list of releases)