MartyrLoserKing

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MartyrLoserKing
Studio album by
Saul Williams
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2016 (2016-01-29)
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length41:33
Label Fader Label
Producer Saul Williams
Saul Williams chronology
Volcanic Sunlight
(2011)		MartyrLoserKing
(2016)		Encrypted & Vulnerable
(2019)
Singles from MartyrLoserKing
  1. "Burundi"
    Released: April 21, 2015 (2015-04-21)

MartyrLoserKing (sometimes stylized as Martyr Loser King [1] ) is the fifth solo studio album by Saul Williams. [2] [3] [4] It was released by Fader Label on January 29, 2016. [5] [6] It includes guest appearances from Emily Kokal and Haleek Maul. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Clash 7/10 [10]
Exclaim! 8/10 [11]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [13]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Vice A− [15]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78% based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [8]

Sam Walker-Smart of Clash gave the album a 7 out of 10, describing it as "a fevered slice of righteous rage moving at breakneck speed, filled to the brim with unsettling production and vivid imaginary." [10] Bekki Bemrose of MusicOMH gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "This collection of songs is a stark contrast to much of the politically neutered output of many contemporary musicians." [12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Groundwork"4:15
2."Horn of the Clock-Bike"3:35
3."Ashes"2:52
4."Think Like They Book Say"3:53
5."The Bear/Coltan as Cotton"4:18
6."Burundi" (featuring Emily Kokal)4:05
7."The Noise Came from Here"2:39
8."Down for Some Ignorance"2:24
9."Roach Eggs"4:23
10."All Coltrane Solos at Once" (featuring Haleek Maul)3:23
11."No Different"2:28
12."Homes/Drones/Poems/Drums"3:18

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [16] 11
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [17] 30
US Rap Albums ( Billboard ) [18] 23
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [19] 37

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  2. ↑ Jackson, Noah (May 22, 2015). "saul williams wants to start a revolution". Nylon . Retrieved October 9, 2018.
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