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| Released | May 12, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 58:15 | |||
| Label | Strange Famous Records | |||
| Producer | Reanimator | |||
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The Ugly Truth is a collaborative studio album by Prolyphic &Reanimator. [1] It was released on Strange Famous Records in 2008. [2] It features guest appearances from Macromantics,B. Dolan,Alias,and Sage Francis. [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | favorable [3] |
| PopMatters |   [2] |
| RapReviews.com | 8/10 [4] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.0 (excellent) [5] |
| XLR8R | 7/10 [1] |
Bob Gulla of The Phoenix described the album as "a blissed-out merger of Prolyphic's smart rap/poetry and Reanimator's perfectly complementary beats and motifs." [6] Matt Rinaldi of AllMusic wrote,"Prolyphic lays his heartfelt verses over Reanimator's inventive beatwork,which combines loops,samples,and live instrumentation." [3] Alan Ranta of PopMatters commented that "The beats are glowing with live instrument samples and boom-bap drums,easily on par with the finest yet released by the man,while the words glide as if born to those sounds." [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "99 Bottles" | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Born Alone" | 4:56 |
| 3. | "Artist Goes Pop" | 4:29 |
| 4. | "Dick & Jane" (featuring Macromantics) | 3:15 |
| 5. | "Flashlight" | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Survived Another Winter" (featuring B. Dolan, Alias, and Sage Francis) | 4:55 |
| 7. | "The Way That I See It" | 4:01 |
| 8. | "The Ugly Truth" | 4:04 |
| 9. | "Box Within a Box" | 3:30 |
| 10. | "On the Side" | 4:01 |
| 11. | "Slow to Get Up" | 1:39 |
| 12. | "Two Track Mind" | 3:30 |
| 13. | "Easier Said" | 3:25 |
| 14. | "Sleeping Dogs Lie" | 5:18 |
| 15. | "Playing with Old Flames" | 3:11 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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