A Tiger Dancing

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A Tiger Dancing
Heiruspecs TigerDancing.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2004
Genre Hip Hop
Length53:46
Label Razor & Tie
Heiruspecs chronology
Small Steps
(2002)
A Tiger Dancing
(2004)
Heiruspecs
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
City Pages (positive) [3]
Hectic Eclectic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
PopMatters (positive) [5]

A Tiger Dancing is the third album by the hip hop group Heiruspecs. It was released on September 28, 2004.

Contents

The Song "5ves" appeared on the Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle soundtrack.

Reception

Reviewing A Tiger Dancing for CMJ New Music Monthly , Owen Strock wrote that "Heiruspecs are smart enough to keep James Brown's advice close to heart—they always make it funky." [6]

Track listing

All tracks by Heiruspecs

  1. "Something for Nothing"  – 3:57
  2. "Intro"  – 1:19
  3. "Two-Fold"  – 4:13
  4. "Dollar"  – 3:08
  5. "5ves"  – 4:35
  6. "A Tiger Dancing"  – 2:28
  7. "32 Months"  – 2:05
  8. "Swearsong"  – 2:29
  9. "I'm Behind You"  – 3:49
  10. "Fist"  – 3:45
  11. "Get Down"  – 4:42
  12. "It Takes"  – 3:13
  13. "Heartsprings"  – 3:19
  14. "Marching Orders"  – 3:46
  15. "Position of Strength"  – 3:55
  16. "Lie to Me"  – 2:54
  17. "Shout Outs"  – 4:51

Personnel

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References

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  2. A Tiger Dancing at AllMusic
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  6. Strock, Owen (2004). "Reviews: Heiruspecs, A Tiger Dancing". CMJ New Music Monthly . No. 127–128. CMJ Network, Inc. Retrieved 2023-08-08.