| More Beautiful Than Silence | ||||
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| EP by | ||||
| Released | January 31, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Label | A&M/Octone | |||
| K'naan chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Consequence of Sound |    [2] |
| HipHopDX | [3] |
More Beautiful Than Silence is an EP by Canadian rapper K'naan, released on January 31, 2012. [4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Is Anybody Out There?" (featuring Nelly Furtado) | 3:58 |
| 2. | "Nothing to Lose" (featuring Nas) | 3:57 |
| 3. | "More Beautiful Than Silence" | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Better" | 3:16 |
| 5. | "Coming to America" | 4:02 |
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