More Is Than Isn't

More Is Than Isn't
Studio album by RJD2
Released	October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)
Genre	Hip hop electronica
Length	59:28
Label	RJ's Electrical Connections
Producer	RJD2
RJD2 chronology
The Colossus (2010) More Is Than Isn't (2013) Dame Fortune (2016)

More Is Than Isn't is the fifth studio album by RJD2. ^[1] It was released on RJ's Electrical Connections on October 8, 2013. ^[2] It peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, ^[3] as well as number 10 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. ^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100 [5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Consequence of Sound	C+ [7]
Exclaim!	5/10 [8]
Exclaim!	6/10 [9]
Pitchfork	7.7/10 [10]
PopMatters	[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[5]

David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying, "even if More Is Than Isn't doesn't flow as well as his previous efforts, this everything-and-the-kitchen-sink experience is dazzling, always leaving the listener wondering what might come next." ^[6] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.7 out of 10, saying: "While the vocal tracks are well-realized, this is the first album RJ's made in a long time that actually feels like it's satisfied to say most of what it has to say in instrumental form." ^[10]

Cleveland Scene placed it at number 9 on the "Top 10 Albums and Singles You Didn't Hear in 2013" list. ^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Suite 1"	Ramble Krohn	2:01
2.	"Temperamental" (featuring Phonte Coleman)	Krohn Phonte Coleman	3:27
3.	"Behold, Numbers!"	Krohn	4:33
4.	"Her Majesty's Socialist Request"	Krohn	3:45
5.	"A Lot of Night Ahead of You"	Krohn	2:56
6.	"Bathwater" (featuring P. Blackk)	Krohn Pedro Fequiere Jr.	3:06
7.	"Milk Tooth"	Krohn	3:56
8.	"Suite 2"	Krohn	1:48
9.	"Winter Isn't Coming"	Krohn	4:13
10.	"See You Leave" (featuring STS and Khari Mateen)	Krohn Khari Mateen STS	4:59
11.	"Got There, Sugar?"	Krohn	4:29
12.	"Love and Go" (featuring Aaron Livingston)	Krohn Aaron Livingston	4:30
13.	"Descended from Myth"	Krohn	6:14
14.	"Dirty Hands"	Krohn	3:48
15.	"It All Came to Me in a Dream" (featuring Blueprint)	Krohn Al Shepard	3:17
16.	"Suite 3"	Krohn	2:26

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [3]	39
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [4]	10

References

1. Reed, Ryan (September 30, 2013). "RJD2 Shows Ambition on 'More Is Than Isn't' – Album Premiere". Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 31, 2016.
2. Coplan, Chris (July 10, 2013). "RJD2 announces new album, More Is Than Isn't". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved March 31, 2016.
3. "Rjd2: Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved June 5, 2018.
4. "Rjd2: Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved June 5, 2018.
5. "More Is Than Isn't by Rjd2". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved October 10, 2015.
6. Jeffries, David. "RJD2 - More Is Than Isn't". AllMusic . Retrieved March 31, 2016.
7. Staples, Derek (October 10, 2013). "RJD2 – More Is Than Isn't". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved March 31, 2016.
8. Sylvester, Daniel (October 4, 2013). "RJD2: More Is Than Isn't". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 31, 2016.
9. Quinlan, Thomas (October 7, 2013). "RJD2: More Is Than Isn't". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 31, 2016.
10. Patrin, Nate (October 7, 2013). "RJD2: More Is Than Isn't". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 31, 2016.
11. HC (October 14, 2013). "RJD2: More Is Than Isn't". PopMatters . Retrieved March 31, 2016.
12. Stoops, Patrick (December 27, 2013). "Top 10 Albums and Singles You Didn't Hear in 2013". Cleveland Scene . Retrieved March 31, 2016.

External links

• More Is Than Isn't at Discogs (list of releases)