Payback - Danny!
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  • Summary: The seventh studio album for the rapper features guest appearances from such artists as Agallah, El-P, Lil B, Phonte, Questlove, Res, and Swiss Beatz.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Oct 17, 2012
    90
    There's a decade of depth to D. Swain that shows in every bar, note, and beat of this Payback, one which should hopefully give the music biz a big smack in the face.
  2. Oct 23, 2012
    80
    While Payback's status as a concept album makes it a rarity in the hip-hop world, even rarer for that realm is an album that's more focused on a continued narrative than creating a breakout single, making the album something that's to be experienced in its entirety.
  3. Nov 14, 2012
    80
    Lyrically, Swain brings it, and the album's conceptual structure is sturdy enough to support nearly 90 minutes of nimble versification.
  4. Nov 20, 2012
    60
    South Carolina rapper Danny Swain shoots clever satiric spitballs from the hip-hop margins.... But eighty minutes of gripes about label persecution and insufficiently positive reviews feels like celeb whining from someone who isn't famous.

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