Thorns (Beans album)

2008 studio album by Beans

Thorns

Studio album by

Beans

Released| March 25, 2008 (2008-03-25)[1]
Genre| Hip hop
Length| 39:40
Label| Adored and Exploited
Producer| Beans, Dabrye
Beans chronology
| Shock City Maverick
(2004)  | Thorns
(2008)  | End It All
(2011)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
The List| [2]
Pitchfork| 7.5/10[3]
Spin| favorable[4]

Thorns is a 2008 studio album by American rapper Beans, released on Adored and Exploited. It includes contributions from Dabrye and Holy Fuck.[1]

## Critical reception

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Steve Glencross of The List gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and described it as "a hard-hitting and personal work."[2] Roque Strew of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.5 out of 10, saying, "Thorns proves that Beans can smoothly career between maximalism and minimalism when he's in his element, building on the sci-fi slam poetry heritage he created with High Priest, M. Sayyid, and Earl Blaize."[3]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Thundermouth"| 2:26
2.| "Fearless Leader"| 2:21
3.| "Best of the Losers"| 1:51
4.| "Fingers"| 2:36
5.| "No Thrills"| 4:50
6.| "We Rock"| 2:13
7.| "Sudden Death Academics"| 3:45
8.| "Beauty of a Beast on a Beat"| 3:26
9.| "Razor Boss"| 3:33
10.| "MVP"| 3:53
11.| "In Effect"| 2:54
12.| "Return of the Gold Skull"| 2:28
13.| "Ultimate"| 3:26

## References

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1. ^ a b c Jeffries, David. "Thorns - Beans". AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
2. ^ a b Glencross, Steve (August 14, 2008). "Beans - Thorns". The List. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
3. ^ a b Strew, Roque (August 28, 2008). "Beans: Thorns". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
4. ^ Reeves, Mosi (February 19, 2008). "Beans, 'Thorns' (Adored and Exploited)". Spin. Retrieved April 30, 2017.

## External links

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* Thorns at Discogs (list of releases)

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Beans (rapper)

Solo albums|

* Tomorrow Right Now (2003)
* Shock City Maverick (2004)
* Thorns (2008)
* End It All (2011)

Antipop Consortium albums|

* Tragic Epilogue (2000)
* Arrhythmia (2002)
* Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp (2003)
* Fluorescent Black (2009)

Related articles|

* Antipop Consortium

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