Situation (album)

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Situation
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Studio album by
Buck 65
ReleasedOctober 30, 2007 (2007-10-30)
Genre Hip hop
Length51:19
Label WEA (Worldwide)
Strange Famous Records (US)
Producer Skratch Bastid
Buck 65 chronology
Strong Arm
(2006)		Situation
(2007)		 20 Odd Years
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Billboard favorable [3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide A− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Now NNNN [6]
The New York Times favorable [7]
Pitchfork 6.3/10 [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin 5/10 [10]
Yahoo! Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Situation is a 2007 studio album by Canadian hip hop musician Buck 65. [8] It is a concept album based around the year 1957. [12] It peaked at number 31 on Billboard 's Heatseekers Albums chart. [13] At the 2008 Juno Awards, Skratch Bastid was nominated as Producer of the Year for his work on the album. [14]

Contents

Critical reception

Situation has received generally favorable reviews from critics. [1] Metacritic gave the album a score of 68/100, based on 21 reviews. [1]

Alex Macpherson of The Guardian gave the album 2 stars out of 5, saying: "There are isolated moments of beauty - the spare piano loop of 'Ho-Boys', though nothing new, is evocative and effective - but little sticks in the mind or stimulates the emotions." [5] Dan Raper of PopMatters gave the album 6 stars out of 10, saying, "Situation is a cool, collected set of songs from the veteran Canadian rapper, but you shouldn't be expecting anything revolutionary—at least, not from the music." [9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:40
2."1957"3:57
3."Dang"2:38
4."Lipstick"3:08
5."Shutter Buggin'"3:27
6."Spread 'Em"2:50
7."Ho-Boys"3:46
8."Way Back When"3:32
9."Cop Shades"4:07
10."The Beatific"3:16
11."Mr. Nobody"3:02
12."The Rebel"3:15
13."Benz" (featuring Cadence Weapon)2:32
14."Heatwave"2:59
15."The Outskirts"3:12
16."White Bread"4:00
17."Way Back When (k-os Remix)" (bonus track on some versions)3:36

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [13] 31

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  9. 1 2 Raper, Dan (November 4, 2007). "Buck 65: Situation". PopMatters . Retrieved April 16, 2018.
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