End It All
| End It All | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 15, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 32:56 | |||
| Label | Anticon | |||
| Producer | Ade Firth, Nobody, Four Tet, Bumps, Sam Fog, Tobacco, Son Lux, In Flagranti, That Kid Prolific, Fred Bigot, Clark | |||
| Beans chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| BBC Music | favorable[3] |
| Consequence of Sound | C−[4] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[5] |
| PopMatters |   [6] |
| Prefix | 8.5/10[7] |
| The Skinny | [8] |
| Spin | favorable[9] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  [10] |
| XLR8R | 5.5/10[11] |
End It All is a 2011 studio album by American rapper Beans, released on Anticon.[12] Produced by Four Tet and Tobacco, among others,[13] it features a guest appearance from Tunde Adebimpe.[14]
Critical reception
[edit]At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, End It All received an average score of 68% based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Eric Grandy of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 out of 10, calling it "another well-earned notch in Beans' solo belt and a testament to the strength of his artistic vision".[5] Bram Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Crucially, at 33 minutes, and most tracks under four, End It All never outstays its welcome."[8]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Superstar Destroyer" | Ade Firth | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Death Sweater" | Nobody | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Glue Traps" | Four Tet | 1:23 |
| 4. | "Electric Eliminator" | Bumps | 2:02 |
| 5. | "Electric Bitch" | Sam Fog | 3:47 |
| 6. | "Glass Coffins" | Tobacco | 2:31 |
| 7. | "Blue Movie" | Son Lux | 2:37 |
| 8. | "Mellow You Out" (featuring Tunde Adebimpe) | In Flagranti | 2:08 |
| 9. | "Air Is Free" | In Flagranti | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Forever Living Fresh" | That Kid Prolific | 1:48 |
| 11. | "Anvil Falling" | Four Tet | 0:53 |
| 12. | "Hardliner" | Fred Bigot | 3:36 |
| 13. | "Hunter" | Clark | 1:13 |
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Beans – vocals
- Dan Huron – recording
- Earl Blaize – recording
- Fred Ones – recording
- Daddy Kev – mastering
- Ron Croudy – design
- Beowulf Sheehan – photography
References
[edit]- ^ a b "End It All by Beans". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Jeffries, David. "End It All - Beans". AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Diver, Mike (February 15, 2011). "Beans - End It All - Review". BBC Music. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Kivel, Adam (March 4, 2011). "Beans - End It All". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ a b Grandy, Eric (February 14, 2011). "Beans: End It All". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Schiller, Mike (February 22, 2011). "Beans: End It All". PopMatters. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Martin, Andrew (November 2, 2010). "Beans - End It All". Prefix. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ a b Gieben, Bram (January 25, 2011). "Beans - End It All". The Skinny. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Reeves, Mosi (February 15, 2011). "Beans, 'End It All' (Anticon)". Spin. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Morris, David. "Beans - End It All". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Fallon, Patric (February 16, 2011). "Beans - End It All". XLR8R. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Myers, Erik (March 11, 2011). "Beans: Spitting Rhymes With Consistency And Quickness". NPR. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Nickum, Stefan (November 2, 2010). "Beans of Antipop Consortium to Release Full-Length on Anticon". XLR8R. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Hughes, Josiah (November 2, 2010). "Antipop Consortium's Beans Ropes in Four Tet, Tobacco, Tunde Adebimpe for New Anticon Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
External links
[edit]- End It All at Discogs (list of releases)