| The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam | ||||
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| Released | June 22, 2015 | |||
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| Length | 16:08 | |||
| Label | Brainfeeder | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100 [5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Consequence | C+ [6] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 [1] |
| The Guardian |   [7] |
| NME | 8/10 [2] |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [8] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.2/5 [9] |
| Spin | 7/10 [4] |
The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam is an EP [note 1] by American musician Thundercat. It was released on June 22, 2015 via Brainfeeder. [10]
In an interview with Billboard , Thundercat stated that the EP had been conceived while making Flying Lotus' You're Dead! , Kamasi Washington's The Epic , and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly , stating that the four had shared creative ideas for each of their projects. [12] The EP was revealed to be a prelude to Bruner's followup album, Drunk .
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the EP received an average score of 81% based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [5]
It ranked at number 24 on Pitchfork 's "50 Best Albums of 2015" list. [3]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hard Times" | Thundercat | 1:13 |
| 2. | "Song for the Dead" |
| 2:48 |
| 3. | "Them Changes" |
| 3:08 |
| 4. | "Lone Wolf and Cub" |
| 5:30 |
| 5. | "That Moment" |
| 0:43 |
| 6. | "Where the Giants Roam/Field of the Nephilim" | Thundercat | 2:46 |
| Total length: | 16:08 | ||
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Heatseekers Albums [13] | 9 |
| US Independent Albums [14] | 23 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums [15] | 21 |
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