| Thorns | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 25, 2008 [1] | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 39:40 | |||
| Label | Adored and Exploited | |||
| Producer | Beans, Dabrye | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The List | |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10 [3] |
| Spin | favorable [4] |
Thorns is a 2008 studio album by American rapper Beans, released on Adored and Exploited. It includes contributions from Dabrye and Holy Fuck. [1]
Steve Glencross of The List gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and described it as "a hard-hitting and personal work." [2] Roque Strew of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.5 out of 10, saying, "Thorns proves that Beans can smoothly career between maximalism and minimalism when he's in his element, building on the sci-fi slam poetry heritage he created with High Priest, M. Sayyid, and Earl Blaize." [3]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thundermouth" | 2:26 |
| 2. | "Fearless Leader" | 2:21 |
| 3. | "Best of the Losers" | 1:51 |
| 4. | "Fingers" | 2:36 |
| 5. | "No Thrills" | 4:50 |
| 6. | "We Rock" | 2:13 |
| 7. | "Sudden Death Academics" | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Beauty of a Beast on a Beat" | 3:26 |
| 9. | "Razor Boss" | 3:33 |
| 10. | "MVP" | 3:53 |
| 11. | "In Effect" | 2:54 |
| 12. | "Return of the Gold Skull" | 2:28 |
| 13. | "Ultimate" | 3:26 |
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