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Twelve Reasons To Die

Ghostface Killah

Twelve Reasons To Die

Onetime Wu Tang man Dennis Coles with an album of hip hop, trip hop and cinematic instrumentals based on a comic book and produced by film composer Adrian Younge

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Soul Temple
UK Release date
15/04/2013
US Release date
16/04/2013
  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    This tightly focused, wildly entertaining collaboration between two master craftsmen is a testament to how powerful the form can still be
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    An awesomely badass and cohesive musical adaptation
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  3. 8.0 |   Q

    His best work for a decade.Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Consider it a sort of one-off graphic novel: It's all about scenes, and Ghostface keeps the frames moving as fast and vivid as ever
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    It's short and limited, but it's well crafted and strong
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  6. 7.9 |   Beats Per Minute

    As a pure entertainment piece, Twelve Reasons To Die appeals directly to the brain’s pleasure center
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  7. 7.5 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Ghostface and executive producer RZA have come back to life simply to do what they love: make excellent, disturbing hip-hop
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  8. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Twelve Reasons is generous comfort food for Ghost's fanbase, a group slowly being whittled away by time and creeping indifference
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  9. 7.0 |   Fact

    Though Younge’s production may be the star here, Twelve Reasons To Die is the work of a rap game veteran who in the autumn of his career still has plenty to offer
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  10. 7.0 |   NME

    Yet another minor Wu-Tang classic 20 years on from their debut
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  11. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    Twelve Reasons to Die doesn't quite carry the hefty weight of earlier works, but when those rank among the pinnacle of the genre, it’s not to be expected
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  12. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Ignore the banal "concept" altogether, and focus instead on Ghostface, whose shaggy, breathless flow remains one of pop's most transfixing sounds
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  13. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    As a total project, Twelve Reasons to Die may be just about the most Wu-Tang thing that’s ever happened, despite the nagging suspicion that Adrian Younge is playing finders keepers with the spotlight
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  14. 7.0 |   Uncut

    The whole conceit more or less hangs together. Print edition only

  15. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Ghostface's most unified, coherent work in years. Print edition only

  16. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Points off for merely aspiring to re-tread the glory days, but props duly awarded for getting it so right
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  17. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Plagued by a slew of personal shortcomings, miring what could be a truly heroic effort
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