Year of the Beast

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Year of the Beast
Year of the Beast.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 17, 2005 (2005-05-17)
Genre Hip hop
Length53:25
Label Definitive Jux
Producer
C-Rayz Walz chronology
We Live: The Black Samurai
(2004)
Year of the Beast
(2005)
1975: The Return of the Beast
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Alternative Press 3/5 [2]
Pitchfork 4.2/10 [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spin B [5]

Year of the Beast is a studio album by American rapper C-Rayz Walz. It was released on Definitive Jux in 2005. [3] The CD version of the album was initially released in a limited edition with a bonus DVD. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Tom Breihan of Pitchfork gave the album a 4.2 out of 10, saying: "There's no sweep or vision, and so Walz's worst flaws are left exposed: his tendency to lose the beat, his obnoxious habit of multi-tracking his own voice, the lack of force or immediacy in his jumpy, splenetic delivery." [3] Mike Schiller of PopMatters gave the album 5 stars out of 10, saying: "Even if you think what you're hearing is pretty decent, there's very little chance you remember much of it once you flip it off." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."R'Thentic"R'Thentic3:14
2."First Words Worse" (featuring EL-P)
  • Catch22
  • E-Cleazy
3:21
3."Knowledge" Aesop Rock 3:26
4."Walk Through" (featuring Rob Sonic) Pawl 4:32
5."The Rhyme Intervention" (featuring 4th Pyramid)
  • Shakim Allah
  • Trilanga
2:17
6."Street Reppin'" (featuring Vordul Mega) Belief 4:02
7."Paradise" EL-P 4:41
8."Music Take Ovah" (featuring Pudge)Belief3:24
9."Pink" (featuring Jean Grae)Belief4:24
10."Care Free" (featuring Jeanie)Khiladi4:25
11."Say Werd" Emile 3:10
12."Blackout" (featuring The Angel & the Preacher)Myk Defy3:46
13."Black Soap" (featuring M-1) 3:42
14."Mark of the Beast" (featuring Buddha Belly and Honest John)C-Rayz Walz1:43
15."Officially Lost" 4th Pyramid 3:17

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References

  1. 1 2 Jeffries, David. "Year of the Beast - C-Rayz Walz". AllMusic . Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  2. LeRoy, Dan (November 29, 2005). "C-Rayz Walz". Alternative Press . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Breihan, Tom (May 17, 2005). "C-Rayz Walz: Year of the Beast". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Schiller, Mike (June 22, 2005). "C-Rayz Walz: Year of the Beast". PopMatters . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
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