Rome (Armand Hammer album)

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Rome
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Studio album by
Armand Hammer
ReleasedNovember 3, 2017 (2017-11-03) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length43:31
Label Backwoodz Studioz
Producer
Armand Hammer chronology
Race Music
(2013)		Rome
(2017)		 Paraffin
(2018)

Rome (sometimes stylized as ROME) is the second studio album by American hip hop group Armand Hammer. [2] It was released via Backwoodz Studioz in 2017. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Impose favorable [4]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [5]
Vulture favorable [6]

Phillip Mlynar of Pitchfork gave the album an 8.1 out of 10, writing, "the two emcees have delved deeper and burrowed further into the leftfield, carving out a shadowy nook that not only shuns the commercial trappings of the mainstream but also moves on from the boom-bap theology that can plague these kinds of records." [5] Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop gave it a strong 6. [7] Paul Thompson of Vulture gave the album a favorable review, saying, "Rome, their newest record, is also their best, a master class in style and form, and a pointed look at the grand and tiny grasps for power people make every day, from private property seizures to nationalist Facebook rants." [6] He added, "It's a record that fully utilizes each artist's greatest strengths, and stands up to any rap album released in 2017." [6] Charles Aaron of City Pages described the album as "a grimly volatile, frightfully insightful spew of epic-poem proportions." [8]

Tom Breihan of Stereogum placed Rome at number 28 on the "40 Best Rap Albums of 2017" list. [3] In 2025, Pitchfork placed it at number 73 on their list of the "100 Best Rap Albums of All Time". [9]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Pakistani Brain"Messiah Musik2:18
2."Dead Money"Messiah Musik3:31
3."Tread Lightly"August Fanon3:10
4."Carnies" (featuring Mach-Hommy)Messiah Musik2:25
5."Dry Ice"Fresh Kills2:35
6."Microdose" (featuring Quelle Chris)August Fanon4:02
7."Fanon's Ghost"August Fanon2:42
8."Shammgod" (featuring Denmark Vessey)High Priest4:00
9."Stole"Messiah Musik3:05
10."It Was Written"August Fanon2:27
11."Dianetics" (featuring Curly Castro)Messiah Musik3:39
12."Pergamum" Kenny Segal 3:43
13."Barbarians" JPEGMafia 4:15
14."Overseas (Epilogue)"August Fanon1:39
Total length:43:31

References

  1. ↑ "Armand Hammer - Rome (Vinyl)". Backwoodz Studioz. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ LeSuer, Mike (February 20, 2018). "Things Called "Arm and Hammer," Ranked". Flood Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Breihan, Tom (December 11, 2017). "The 40 Best Rap Albums Of 2017". Stereogum . Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  4. ↑ Andre G (November 3, 2017). "Armand Hammer, Rome". Impose . Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Mlynar, Phillip (November 13, 2017). "Armand Hammer: Rome". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Thompson, Paul (November 21, 2017). "Armand Hammer's Rome Is a Gritty Rap Album for the Modern Era". Vulture . New York. Archived from the original on November 24, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ theneedledrop (November 20, 2017). Armand Hammer - Rome ALBUM REVIEW . Retrieved October 25, 2025– via YouTube.
  8. ↑ Aaron, Charles (January 2, 2018). "20 great songs and albums that 2017's best-of lists forgot". City Pages . Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  9. ↑ Thompson, Paul A.; et al. (September 30, 2025). "The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 1, 2025. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
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