What Doesn't Kill Me... (Young Sid album)

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What Doesn't Kill Me...
Yound Sid What Doesn't Kill Me.jpg
Studio album by
Released3 May 2010
Genre New Zealand hip hop, hardcore hip hop, rap
Label Move The Crowd,
Producer Emile
Young Sid chronology
The Truth
(2007)
What Doesn't Kill Me...
(2010)
Singles from What Doesn't Kill Me...
  1. "Stuck in a Box"
    Released: Released 14 June 2010

What Doesn't Kill Me is the second studio album by New Zealand urban rapper Young Sid. It features the singles "Never Waste a Day" and "Stuck in a Box" which features New Zealand soul singer Stan Walker. [1] The Album was released on 3 May 2010 [2] and since then has debuted on the RIANZ album charts on 10 May 2010 at number 16. It later peaked at number 11. It then slipped off the charts after 8 weeks in the top 40. [3] The title alludes to the Nietzsche quote.

Contents

Critical reception

Sir-Vere of Rip It Up awarded What Doesn't Kill Me... four and a half out of five stars, and praised its lyrical content and non-radio friendly "real music". [4]

Track listing

#TitleProducer(s)Guest(s)
1"Made"Twice As Nice
2"Never Waste A Day"Twice As NiceKayo
3"You"Twice As NiceDeach
4"What Don't Kill Me" Emile Haynie
5"Here Then Gone"Twice As NiceMelanie Fiona
6"Around the World in a Day"Emile Haynie
7"Wanna Be Like..."Twice As Nice
8"Stuck in a Box"Emile Haynie Stan Walker
9"The Heist"Emile Haynie
10"Taken Away"Emile HaynieTyree
11"Godfather (I Won't Be Broken)"Twice As Nice

Deluxe album bonus tracks

Awards and nominations

2010 New Zealand Music Awards

2010 Māori Music Awards

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References

  1. Apple – Search Results
  2. iTunes - Music - What Doesn't Kill Me... by Young Sid
  3. The Official New Zealand Music Chart
  4. Sir-Vere (June–July 2010). "Album Reviews". Rip It Up (335): 90. ISSN   0114-0876.