Splitting Image (Kam Moye album)

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Splitting Image
Kam Moye aka Supastition - Splitting Image cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009 (2009-10-27)
Genre Hip-hop
Length57:05
Label MYX Music
Producer
Kam Moye chronology
Chain Letters
(2005)
Splitting Image
(2009)
Gold Standard
(2015)

Splitting Image is the third full-length studio album by American rapper Supastition. It was released on October 27, 2009, via MYX Music Label. Production was handled by D.R., Jake One, Veterano, Vitamin D, Illmind, Khrysis, Marco Polo, M-Phazes, SIC Beats and Symbolyc One. It features guest appearances from Ayah Marar, Baba Zumbi, Buff1, Lil' Sci, Neenah, One Be Lo, Phonte, Tenille, and Tiffany Paige.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX 3.5/5 [2]
PopMatters 6/10 [3]
Prefix5.5/10 [4]
RapReviews8.5/10 [5]
The A.V. Club B+ [6]

Splitting Image was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74 based on four reviews. [1]

Eric Sirota of RapReviews stated: "it's not a new sound, and, at points, the tracks feel monotonous as they bleed into each other. Still, there are certainly standouts". [5] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club claimed: "Moye is never anything less than truthful; he's so unrelentingly forthright and candid that song titles like "Let's Get Honest" and "Reality Check" can't help but seem a little redundant". [6]

In mixed reviews, David Amidon of PopMatters wrote: "he's not the most impressive MC, but like Fashawn or Blu, he's articulate when it comes to laying out a life story across a record. Fans ought to be pleased, as well as fans of that QN5/Justus League southern hip-hop". [3] Andrew Martin of Prefix magazine concluded: "at 15 tracks clocking in at 57 minutes, it shouldn't feel as lengthy as it does. But certain cuts tend to drag, be it because of the inconsistent production, Moye's sometimes phoned-in rapping, or both". [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Re: Born"
Vitamin D3:17
2."Reality Check" Khrysis 3:58
3."Stars" (featuring Lil' Sci)
  • Moye
  • John Robinson
  • Diarra Mayfield
D.R.3:26
4."Splitting Image" (featuring Neenah)
  • S1
  • Caleb McCampbell (co.)
3:56
5."Imani"
  • Moye
  • S. Auguste
SIC Beats2:37
6."Hello Karma" (featuring Phonte and Ayah)Vitamin D4:40
7."No Substitute" Jake One 3:17
8."Let's Be Honest"
  • Moye
  • Eric Jorge Osborne
Veterano3:51
9."Don't Forget" (featuring Tiffany Paige)
M-Phazes 4:16
10."Do What It Takes" (featuring Buff1)
D.R.3:24
11."Nobody's Fool" (featuring Tenille)
  • Moye
  • Mayfield
D.R.4:24
12."Give out, Give In"
  • Moye
  • Osborne
Veterano5:12
13."Life Line" (featuring One Be Lo)
Jake One3:47
14."MK-Ultra" (featuring Baba Zumbi) Illmind 3:30
15."Forever Fresh" Marco Polo 3:30
Total length:57:05

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Splitting Image - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  2. Kuperstein, Slava; Cooper, Roman (October 25, 2009). "Kam Moye (a.k.a Supastition) - Splitting Image". HipHopDX . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Amidon, David (January 12, 2010). "Kam Moye: Splitting Image » PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Martin, Andrew (November 24, 2009). "Kam Moye: Splitting Image (New Album)". Prefix. Archived from the original on 2009-12-01. Retrieved December 1, 2009 via Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 Sirota, Eric (December 15, 2009). "Kam Moye :: Splitting Image – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Rabin, Nathan (November 17, 2009). "Kam Moye AKA Supastition: Splitting Image". AV Club . Retrieved March 5, 2025.