Crowns Down
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| Crowns Down | ||||
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| Studio album by Themselves | ||||
| Released | October 20, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 40:28 | |||
| Label | Anticon | |||
| Producer | Jel, Doseone | |||
| Themselves chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (72/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| BBC Music | (favorable)[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10)[4] |
| Exclaim! | (favorable)[5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10)[6] |
| Robert Christgau |  [7] |
| The Skinny | [8] |
| Spectrum Culture | (3.5/5)[9] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  [10] |
| XLR8R | (8/10)[11] |
Crowns Down (stylized as CrownsDown) is the third studio album by American hip hop duo Themselves. It was released on Anticon in 2009.
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72% based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! said, "Themselves may not have snatched the crown but they've certainly thrown down the gauntlet with CrownsDown, their confident and comfortable return to the royal rap court."[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Back II Burn" (co-written with Pedestrian) | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Oversleeping" | 3:15 |
| 3. | "The Mark" (featuring D-Styles) | 4:54 |
| 4. | "Gangster of Disbelief" | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Daxstrong" (featuring Jordan Dalrymple and Markus Acher) | 3:37 |
| 6. | "You Ain't It" (featuring Dax Pierson) | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Roman Is As Roman Does" | 4:00 |
| 8. | "Skinning the Drum" | 3:34 |
| 9. | "Deadcatclear II" | 5:30 |
| 10. | "Gold Teeth Will Roll" | 4:00 |
References
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External links
- Crowns Down at Discogs (list of releases)
