Special Kind of Fool

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Special Kind of Fool
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Studio album by Ty
Released 19 April 2010 (2010-04-19)
Genre Hip hop
Length69:12
Label BBE
Producer Ty, Drew Horley
Ty chronology
Closer
(2006)
Special Kind of Fool
(2010)
A Work of Heart
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC mixed [1]
Exclaim! unfavorable [2]

Special Kind of Fool is the fourth studio album by British hip hop musician Ty. It was released on BBE in 2010.

Ben Chijioke, better known by his stage name Ty, is a Nigerian British rapper who specializes in British hip hop. He has released three albums on Big Dada. He has collaborated with musicians such as Shortee Blitz, Drew Horley, and Tony Allen.

Contents

Critical reception

Martin Longley of BBC described the album as "a curious mixture of uncompromising rap and populist soulfulness, often playing side-by-side." [1] Aaron Matthews of Exclaim! said: "This rap record needs more rapping." [2]

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters are at Broadcasting House in Westminster, London, and it is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. It employs over 20,950 staff in total, 16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting. The total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff are included.

<i>Exclaim!</i> magazine

Exclaim! is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and cutting-edge artists. Content is based on the monthly print publication, which publishes 9 issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers. Their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Don't Cry" (featuring Corey Mwamba)4:28
2."Wait" (featuring Leo Ihenacho and Soweto Kinch)4:15
3."Heart Is Breaking" (featuring Sway and Roses Gabor)5:40
4."Little Star" (featuring Wreh-Asha)4:08
5."Something Big" (featuring Carroll Thompson)4:37
6."Emotions" (featuring Sarina Leah and Shaun Escoffery)4:18
7."Phantom of the Opera" (featuring Anthony Mills)4:48
8."Get to the Sky" (featuring Vula Malinga and Terri Walker)5:53
9."Happiness" (featuring Vula Malinga)5:30
10."I'm Leaving" (featuring Anthony Mills)5:06
11."ME" (featuring Erik Rico)4:51
12."I Get Up" (featuring D-Cross)4:49
13."Falling" (featuring Shaun Escoffery and Finn Peters)5:12
14."Special Kind of Fool" (featuring Erik Rico)3:58
15."Endtro" (featuring Leo Ihenacho and Robin Mullarkey)1:50

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References

  1. 1 2 Longley, Martin (2010). "Ty Special Kind of Fool Review". BBC . Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Matthews, Aaron (May 25, 2010). "Ty - Special Kind of Fool". Exclaim! . Retrieved April 13, 2015.