The Free Houdini
Appearance
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 74/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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. | Title | Length |
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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
- ^ a b "theFREEhoudini - Themselves". Metacritic. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ Noz, Andrew (March 25, 2009). "Themselves - theFREEhoudini Deluxe". HipHopDX.
- ^ Greene, Jayson (May 29, 2009). "Themselves: theFREEhoudini". Pitchfork Media.
- ^ Fairall, Jer (August 2, 2009). "Themselves: theFREEhoudini". PopMatters.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (February 20, 2009). "Themselves Return From Hiatus, Plan Free Mixtape". Pitchfork Media.
- ^ Segal, Dave (March 16, 2009). "anticon.tent: Themselves Offer Free Album Download". The Stranger.
- ^ Frisicano, Andrew (April 1, 2009). "Themselves - 2009 tour dates, 2 NYC shows w/ Stabbing Eastward feat. Tunde TVoTR, a free mixtape". BrooklynVegan.
External links
- The Free Houdini at Discogs (list of releases)