If There's a Hell Below

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If There's a Hell Below
Black Milk If There's a Hell Below.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2014
Recorded2013-2014
Genre Hip hop
Length53:22
Label Computer Ugly, Fat Beats
Producer Black Milk
Black Milk chronology
No Poison No Paradise
(2013)
If There's a Hell Below
(2014)
FEVER
(2018)

If There's a Hell Below is the sixth studio album by Black Milk. The album was released on October 28, 2014, by Fat Beats and Computer Ugly. The album features guest appearances from Blu, Bun B, Pete Rock, Gene Obey, Ab, Mel and Random Axe members Sean Price and Guilty Simpson. [1] [2]

Black Milk American rapper

Curtis Eugene Cross, better known by his stage name Black Milk, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

Blu (rapper) American rapper and music producer

Johnson Barnes III, better known by his stage name Blu, is an American West Coast rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his group Blu & Exile and their debut album Below the Heavens. He is a forefront member of the California-based collective, Dirty Science. Blu is also co-CEO of New World Color, a label through which he is releasing many of his projects. He is recognized for his collaboration albums between him and various producers like Exile, Mainframe, Ta'Raach, Bombay, Madlib, Nottz, and Union Analogtronics. He has also performed about 300 plus shows and has independently spread his music internationally, with strong followings in places like London, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, Toronto, Zurich, Melbourne, Moscow, South America and South Africa.

Bun B American rapper from Texas; 1/2 of UGK

Bernard Freeman, is an American rapper better known by his stage name Bun B. He is best known as one half of the southern rap duo UGK, a group he formed in 1987 alongside Pimp C. Aside from his work with UGK, Bun B has released four solo albums, including 2010's Trill OG, which received the rare 5 mic rating from The Source.

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound B [5]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [7]
RapReview Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Everyday Was" (featuring Mel)4:11
2."What It's Worth"4:48
3."Leave The Bones Behind" (featuring Blu & Ab)4:25
4."Quarter Water" (featuring Pete Rock)4:58
5."Hell Below" (featuring Gene Obey)4:02
6."Detroit's New Dance Show"5:02
7."Story and Her"6:12
8."All Mighty"5:00
9."Scum" (featuring Random Axe)3:56
10."Gold Piece" (featuring Bun B)4:16
11."Grey For Summer"3:37
12."Up & Out"2:40

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
scope="row"US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] 13
scope="row"US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [10] 40

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