Rosebudd's Revenge

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Rosebudd's Revenge
Roc Marciano - Rosebudd's Revenge.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2017
Recorded2016–17
Genre East Coast hip hop [1]
Length54:50
Label Marci Enterprises
Producer
Roc Marciano chronology
Marci Beaucoup
(2013)
Rosebudd's Revenge
(2017)
Sabbath
(2017)

Rosebudd's Revenge is the fourth studio album by Roc Marciano. It was released on February 21, 2017, by Marci Enterprises. The album was produced by The Arch Druids, Mushroom Jesus, Modus Op, Knxwledge, Animoss and Roc Marciano. [2] The album features guest appearances by his frequent collaborators Ka and Knowledge the Pirate. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX 4.2/5 [1]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [4]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]

Rosebudd's Revenge achieved widespread praise from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83 based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [3]

Marciano's writing on the album received particular commendation. Paul A. Thompson of Pitchfork described the album as "endlessly, almost impossibly entertaining" and wrote that Marciano "remains one of rap’s most brilliant stylists, the kind of artist who can make you wear out your rewind button despite being old enough to remember when you could wear out a rewind button." [4] Samuel Diamond of Tiny Mix Tapes remarked that the album "packs a novel's worth of imagery, mood, characterization, conflict and theme into practically every line." [5]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Stereogum 50 Best Albums of 2017
48
[6]

Track listing

Rosebudd's Revenge track listing
No.TitleProducerLength
1."Move Dope"Mushroom Jesus3:40
2."Rosebudd's Revenge"Don C of The Arch Druids3:23
3."History"Animoss2:16
4."Better Know" Roc Marciano 4:03
5."No Smoke" (featuring Knowledge the Pirate) Knxwledge 3:43
6."Gunsense"Don C of The Arch Druids5:02
7."Killing Time"Roc Marciano3:26
8."Burkina Faso"Animoss3:15
9."Marksmen" (featuring Ka)Animoss3:03
10."Herringbone"Roc Marciano2:48
11."Pimp Arrest"Roc Marciano3:08
12."Pray 4 Me"Roc Marciano5:11
13."Here I Am"Roc Marciano5:05
14."Already"Modus Op3:55
15."Pig Knuckles"Roc Marciano2:52
Total length:54:50

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References

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