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Are You In?
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  • Summary: The hip-hop group joins up with Nike for its Original Run series to release this continuous 45-minute iTunes-exclusive mixtape.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Urb
    80
    The production is fantastic, De La go in with the lyrics and Flosstradamus tied everything together perfectly though.
  2. Sputnikmusic
    80
    What's really impressive: this is intelligent enough to satisfy the conscious-cats with enough inspiring socio-political discussion (see Gina Loring's "Poetic Greed"), poppy enough for the club with some hype-generating hooks, and ideal for a 45-minute workout.
  3. Pitchfork
    64
    Given its one-off status and unique format, Are You In? is probably a diversion rather than a reinvention, a mixtape-style curio given big business backing, but hopefully some of its reinvigorated sonics find their way to the next proper De La Soul album.
  4. Slant Magazine
    60
    De La Soul has always worked better in lo-fi, and the cheesy Rock Band-like guitars and drums in the middle section sound suspiciously like Moby's disastrous collaboration with Public Enemy a couple of years ago, but this is still an album that clearly belongs to De La Soul, and they're not shy about it.
  5. PopMatters
    60
    Grab this if you need a solid work-out mix, but do not expect much more than that.

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  1. jamie
    May 26, 2009
    9
    Good solid hooks and tracks throughout.