Square (album)

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Square
Buck65Square.jpg
Studio album by
Buck 65
ReleasedOctober 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)
Genre Hip hop
Length60:45
Label WEA
Producer Buck 65
Buck 65 chronology
Synesthesia
(2002)		Square
(2002)		 Talkin' Honky Blues
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Consumer Guide A− [1]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [2]
Stylus Magazine B+ [3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT half.svg [5]

Square is a studio album by Canadian hip hop musician Buck 65. [6] It was released on WEA in 2002. [1] Although it consists of four tracks, each track consists of multiple songs. [2] The album was nominated for the 2003 Juno Awards for Alternative Album of the Year and Album Design of the Year. [7]

Buck 65 Canadian DJ

Richard Terfry, better known by his stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian alternative hip hop artist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant-garde influences.

The Juno Awards of 2003 were presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 6 April 2003. The primary awards ceremony was hosted that evening by Shania Twain at the Corel Centre and televised on CTV.

The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the alternative rock and/or indie rock genres. The award was first presented in 1995 under the name Best Alternative Album, and adopted its current name in 2003.

Contents

Critical reception

Rollie Pemberton of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, describing it as "a melodic mix of folk rock sensibility, smooth early 90s style production, clever lyrical observations and a relatively enjoyable train ride into the mental station of Halifax's best-known emcee." [2] Meanwhile, Clay Jarvis of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of B+, saying, "Square is built solely out of his strengths: hazy introspection, sparse snare-and-kick beats and simple, dismal instrumental refrains." [3]

<i>Pitchfork</i> (website) online music magazine

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois, and owned by Condé Nast. Being developed during Schreiber's tenure in a record store at the time, the magazine developed a reputation for its extensive focus on independent music, but has since expanded to a variety of coverage on both indie and popular music.

<i>Stylus Magazine</i>

Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Square One"16:00
2."Square Two"13:42
3."Square Three"17:08
4."Square Four"14:15

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

DJ Signify is an underground hip hop producer from Brooklyn, New York.

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References

  1. 1 2 Christgau, Robert. "CG: Buck 65". Christgau's Consumer Guide . Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Pemberton, Rollie (August 17, 2003). "Buck 65: Square". Pitchfork . Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Jarvis, Clay (September 1, 2003). "Buck 65 - Square". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Buck 65". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Fireside. p. 144.
  5. ↑ Wolfman. "Buck 65 - Square". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ LeBlanc, Larry (May 7, 2005). "Warner Plunks Down Buck 65". Billboard : 48.
  7. ↑ "2003 Juno Awards Nominees". Billboard . February 12, 2003. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
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