| Backbreakanomics | ||||
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| Released | August 19, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 64:44 | |||
| Label | Gotee Records | |||
| Producer | Dust, Playdough | |||
| Mars Ill chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| HipHopDX |  [2] |
| XLR8R | (favorable) [3] |
Backbreakanomics is a studio album from American underground hip hop duo Mars Ill. It was released on Gotee Records in 2003.
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Eighty Eight" | Dust | 1:13 |
| 2. | "Breathe Slow" | Dust | 4:33 |
| 3. | "Planes and Trains" (featuring Blueprint and Pigeon John) | Dust | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Afterlife" | Dust | 4:19 |
| 5. | "Black Box Artist (Boom Bap)" | Dust | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Inside Out" | Dust | 4:31 |
| 7. | "Enterchange" | Dust | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Let Me" | Dust | 1:11 |
| 9. | "Alpha Male" | Dust | 4:03 |
| 10. | "PSA #428" | Dust | 2:13 |
| 11. | "Freeze Framework" | Dust | 3:07 |
| 12. | "Sideline Speech" (featuring Bigg Jus) | Dust | 5:37 |
| 13. | "Next Door" | Dust | 4:08 |
| 14. | "Piecemeal" | Dust | 3:29 |
| 15. | "Stepson" | Dust | 0:33 |
| 16. | "Sunstep" | Dust | 3:54 |
| 17. | "Lump Sum" | Playdough | 3:45 |
| 18. | "The Calm Before" | Dust | 4:19 |
| 19. | "He" | Dust | 1:33 |
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