Injury Reserve (album)

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Injury Reserve
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Studio album by
Injury Reserve
ReleasedMay 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
Genre
Length38:36
Label Loma Vista
Producer
Injury Reserve chronology
Drive It Like It's Stolen
(2017)		Injury Reserve
(2019)		 By the Time I Get to Phoenix
(2021)
Singles from Injury Reserve
  1. "Jawbreaker"
    Released: 23 January 2019
  2. "Jailbreak the Tesla"
    Released: 21 March 2019
  3. "Koruna and Lime"
    Released: 18 April 2019

Injury Reserve is the debut studio album by American rap group Injury Reserve, released on May 17, 2019, through Loma Vista Recordings. This is their only release under Loma Vista, before departing shortly after the death of bandmate, Stepa J. Groggs. It follows several mixtapes by the group, including Live from the Dentist Office, 2016's Floss and 2017's extended play Drive It Like It's Stolen. The album features artists such as A-Trak, Rico Nasty, Aminé, DRAM, Freddie Gibbs, Cakes da Killa, Dylan Brady, Pro Teens, Tony Velour, and JPEGMafia.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 8/10 [3]
The 405 8/10 [4]
The Line of Best Fit 9/10 [5]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [1]

At Metacritic, the album earned a score of 75 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Much of the praise was directed at Corey's production. In a positive review for the album, Chris Dart of Exclaim! called him "Injury Reserve's real driving force", [3] and Kyle Kohner of The 405 wrote that Corey "mix[es] things up with some of the most wonky-sounding production you will hear outside of Death Grips". [4] Sheldon Pearce was more reserved in his assessment for Pitchfork , giving the album a 6.8/10, and wrote that while the album feels "remarkably fresh and singular" when Corey is at his best, "neither Ritchie nor Stepa are particularly groundbreaking MCs" and that they are both "regularly shown up by their guests". He concluded that Injury Reserve "gets stuck between its experimental urges and its pop ambitions" too often, calling the album "never quite noisy enough or quite catchy enough". [1]

Track listing

Injury Reserve track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Koruna & Lime" (featuring A-Trak)2:26
2."Jawbreaker" (featuring Rico Nasty and Pro Teens)3:28
3."GTFU" (featuring JPEGMafia and Cakes da Killa)3:20
4."QWERTY Interlude"0:32
5."Jailbreak the Tesla" (featuring Aminé)3:19
6."Gravy n' Biscuits"2:37
7."Rap Song Tutorial"2:22
8."Wax On" (featuring Freddie Gibbs)4:27
9."What a Year It's Been"3:33
10."Hello?!"1:06
11."Best Spot in the House"3:18
12."New Hawaii" (featuring DRAM, Tony Velour and Dylan Brady)4:35
13."Three Man Weave"3:26
Total length:38:29

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Pearce, Sheldon (May 22, 2019). "Injury Reserve: Injury Reserve". Pitchfork .
  2. 1 2 "Injury Reserve by Injury Reserve". Metacritic . Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Dart, Chris (May 23, 2019). "Injury Reserve Injury Reserve". Exclaim.ca .
  4. 1 2 Kohner, Kyle (May 20, 2019). "Album Review: Injury Reserve - Injury Reserve". The 405 .
  5. ↑ Richardson, Kitty (May 13, 2019). "Injury Reserve's self-titled debut is a feat of thrilling diversity". The Line of Best Fit.
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