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Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
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HipHopDX[2]
Pitchfork Media(6.6/10)[3]
PopMatters[4]

The Free Houdini (styled theFREEhoudini) is a 2009 mixtape by American hip hop duo Themselves.

It is a return after a six-year hiatus that saw the members spend the majority of their time on their other band Subtle.[5] The album was made available for 90 days as a one-track MP3 for download from the Anticon website,[6] later released in a deluxe CD package.[7]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Free Houdini received an average score of 74% based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Pay That Piper"2:13
2."Oversleeping"1:53
3."Know That to Know This" (featuring Aesop Rock)3:21
4."Kick the Ball" (featuring Buck 65)2:57
5."1 for No Money" (featuring Sole)1:07
6."Rappers Is Interns (Freestyle)"1:12
7."Party Rap Sucks" (featuring Busdriver)1:24
8."Long Time Coming" (featuring Lionesque)3:51
9."Swarm of Bee II"2:44
10."Back 2 Burn" (featuring Pedestrian)1:48
11."The Mark" (featuring D-Styles)3:01
12."Keys to Ignition" (featuring Serengeti)3:13
13."Roman Is As Roman Does"1:56
14."The Medicine" (featuring Slug)3:03
15."Free & Void"2:00
16."Rapping 4 Money" (featuring Clouddead)3:56
17."Rappers Is Modelships (Freestyle)" (featuring DJ Baku)1:54
18."Puzzled" (featuring Passage and DJ Andrew)3:17
19."Cross-section of Wreckage" (featuring Alias and DJ Andrew)2:56
20."Each Ant in Their House"7:05

References

  1. ^ a b "theFREEhoudini - Themselves". Metacritic. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  2. ^ Noz, Andrew (March 25, 2009). "Themselves - theFREEhoudini Deluxe". HipHopDX.
  3. ^ Greene, Jayson (May 29, 2009). "Themselves: theFREEhoudini". Pitchfork Media.
  4. ^ Fairall, Jer (August 2, 2009). "Themselves: theFREEhoudini". PopMatters.
  5. ^ Breihan, Tom (February 20, 2009). "Themselves Return From Hiatus, Plan Free Mixtape". Pitchfork Media.
  6. ^ Segal, Dave (March 16, 2009). "anticon.tent: Themselves Offer Free Album Download". The Stranger.
  7. ^ Frisicano, Andrew (April 1, 2009). "Themselves - 2009 tour dates, 2 NYC shows w/ Stabbing Eastward feat. Tunde TVoTR, a free mixtape". BrooklynVegan.