8 Million Stories

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8 Million Stories
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Studio album by
Soul Position
ReleasedOctober 7, 2003 (2003-10-07) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length68:01
Label Fat Beats
Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer RJD2
Soul Position chronology
Unlimited EP
(2002)		8 Million Stories
(2003)		 Things Go Better with RJ and AL
(2006)
Singles from 8 Million Stories
  1. "Jerry Springer Episode"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Inhale / Right Place, Wrong Time"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club favorable [3]
Dusted Magazinemixed [4]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [5]
PopMatters favorable [6]
Prefix8.0/10 [7]
RapReviews.com10/10 [8]
Splendid Magazinemixed [9]
Stylus Magazine B− [10]

8 Million Stories is the first studio album by American hip hop duo Soul Position. It was released on Fat Beats Records under license from Rhymesayers Entertainment on October 7, 2003. It peaked at number 91 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [11]

Contents

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 82% based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1]

Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.5 out of 10, saying, "it's obvious that this amalgam between one of the most promising rappers in the underground and the most in-demand producer in the industry is a winning combination." [5] Dominic Umile of PopMatters said, "Soul Position's debut LP serves as a sturdy platform for the team's individual talents while being a credible portrait of their union." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"2:00
2."Printmatic"3:46
3."Inhale"3:23
4."The Jerry Springer Episode"5:21
5."Candyland Part 1"1:19
6."Just Think"5:24
7."Fuckajob"3:58
8."Look of Pain"4:12
9."Survival" (featuring Greenhouse Effect)4:24
10."Candyland Part 2"1:35
11."Share This"5:37
12."Run"3:58
13."Right Place, Wrong Time"4:11
14."Candyland Part 3"1:06
15."No Excuse for Lovin"5:04
16."1 Love"12:43
17."Still Listening" (featuring Copywrite and Jakki da Motamouth) 

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 91

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References

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  2. ↑ Brown, Marisa. "Soul Position - 8 Million Stories". AllMusic . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (November 11, 2003). "8 Million Stories". The A.V. Club . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Ho, Brian (October 27, 2003). "Dusted Reviews: Soul Position - 8,000,000 Stories". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Pemberton, Rollie (November 10, 2003). "Soul Position: 8,000,000 Stories". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Umile, Dominic (January 21, 2004). "Soul Position: 8,000,000 Stories". PopMatters . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Krolak, Mike (October 7, 2003). "Soul Position - 8 Million Stories". Prefix. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ Juon, Steve (July 27, 2004). "Soul Position :: 8 Million Stories :: Rhymesayers/Fat Beats". RapReviews.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Kownacki, Justin (October 24, 2003). "8,000,000 Stories". Splendid Magazine. Archived from the original on August 26, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ Love, Josh (November 28, 2003). "Soul Position - 8,000,000 Stories". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Soul Position: Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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