Date Of Birth
by Arsonists
  • Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Sep 11, 2001
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Billboard
    80
    Some of its strongest work to date.
  2. AllMusic
    80
    While the album lapses occasionally with a couple of patches of redundant production, Date of Birth is a strong follow-up from a crew who keep it real by nature.
  3. The A.V. Club
    70
    Date Of Birth doesn't reinvent hip-hop, but it mines considerable rewards just by operating within the style's familiar confines.
  5. Alternative Press
    60
    The sample-based backing tracks, hard-hitting but plain, don't have much choice but to play second-best. [Jan 2002, p.74]
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  6. The Wire
    50
    What's lacking on Date Of Birth, though, is any sort of excitement. [#212, p.75]
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  7. Sonicnet
    50
    Date of Birth is packed with hard-driving, repetitive beats that are equal parts Wu-Tang Clan and Gang Starr, yet the music lacks either of those groups' charms.
  8. Urb
    50
    Much of the album fails to make sparks. [Nov/Dec 2001, p.142]
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  1. Mig
    Jul 1, 2005
    10
    Good album. Check out Freestyle's "Etched in Stone" and Q's "Vengeance is Mine" too.