Things Go Better with RJ and AL

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Things Go Better with RJ and AL
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Studio album by
Soul Position
ReleasedApril 4, 2006 (2006-04-04) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length42:28
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer RJD2
Soul Position chronology
8 Million Stories
(2003)		Things Go Better with RJ and AL
(2006)
Singles from Things Go Better with RJ and AL
  1. "Hand-Me-Downs / Blame It on the Jäger"
    Released: 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 64/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! mixed [3]
HipHopDX 4.5/5 [4]
Now NNNN [5]
Phoenix New Times favorable [6]
Pitchfork 6.3/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Prefix6.0/10 [9]
RapReviews.com9/10 [10]
XLR8R favorable [11]

Things Go Better with RJ and AL is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Soul Position. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on April 4, 2006. It peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. [12]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64% based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Soul Position don't deviate much from their combination of original rhymes and interesting, thoughtful music, but there's really no need to when it sounds so good." [2] Mosi Reeves of Phoenix New Times called it "a solid banger from start to finish." [6] Noel Dix of Exclaim! said, "Soul Position definitely have what it takes to make an incredible album, but given the fact their best effort thus far is an EP, maybe RJ and Blueprint should limit their collaborations to six solid joints at a time from now on." [3]

In 2018, Henry Adaso of ThoughtCo placed "The Cool Thing to Do" at number 99 on the "100 Best Rap Songs of the 2000s" list. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Beginning"0:44
2."No Gimmicks"3:12
3."Hand-Me-Downs"3:17
4."The Extra Mile"3:37
5."Blame It on the Jäger"3:12
6."I Need My Minutes"3:11
7."Keep It Hot for Daddy"3:13
8."I'm Free"2:26
9."Keys"4:18
10."The Cool Thing to Do"3:01
11."Priceless"3:35
12."Drugs, Sex, Alcohol, Rock-n-Roll"4:10
13."Things Go Better"4:32

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 45

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References

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  2. 1 2 Brown, Marisa. "Soul Position - Things Go Better with RJ and Al". AllMusic . Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Dix, Noel (April 1, 2006). "Soul Position: Things Go Better with RJ & AL". Exclaim! . Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ J-23 (April 15, 2006). "Soul Position - Things Go Better With Rj and Al". HipHopDX . Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ Perlich, Tim (April 13, 2006). "Soul Position". Now . Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Reeves, Mosi (March 16, 2006). "Soul Position". Phoenix New Times . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Breihan, Tom (April 3, 2006). "Soul Position: Things Go Better With RJ and Al". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ Cober-Lake, Justin (May 23, 2006). "Soul Position: Things Go Better with RJ and Al". PopMatters . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Solomon, Eric (May 2, 2006). "Album Review: Soul Position - Things Go Better with RJ and Al". Prefix. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ Juon, Steve (April 25, 2006). "Soul Position :: Things Go Better with RJ and Al :: Rhymesayers Entertainment". RapReviews.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  11. ↑ Thill, Scott (May 1, 2006). "Soul Position: Things Go Better With RJ and AL". XLR8R . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Soul Position: Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  13. ↑ Adaso, Henry (May 22, 2018). "The 100 Best Rap Songs of the 2000s". ThoughtCo . Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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