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gave the album a 7.0 out of 10, saying, " Xcel's production doesn't stray very far from its R&B and soul influences, but this time it comes without almost any samples, relying sometimes on players from a homebrewed funk band to create clearance-free beats instead."
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is our passion to bring discipline to this music, the passion to keep growing, keep stretching, keep doing things we haven't before." It peaked at number 102 on the
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placed it at number 6 on the "Hip-Hop: Year in Review 2005" list.
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chart. As of 2015, it has sold 67,000 copies in the US.
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Index


Studio album
Blackalicious
Genre
Hip hop
Label
Anti-
Producer
Chief Xcel
Blackalicious
Blazing Arrow
Imani Vol. 1
Singles
Blackalicious
Anti-
Billboard 200
Metacritic
AllMusic
The A.V. Club
Robert Christgau
The Guardian
HipHopDX
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Stylus Magazine
XLR8R
Metacritic
Exclaim!
Ledisi

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