National Anthem is the debut album by North Carolina hip hop duo The Away Team, released on 6-Hole Records in 2005. The album features guest appearances from Joe Scudda, Chaundon, Smif-n-Wessun, and Little Brother's Big Pooh and Phonte.[9][10] It was described by ALARM magazine as "a combination of consistent rhymes and better then [sic] stellar production".[11]
| National Anthem | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 17 May 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2003–2005 | |||
| Studio | Chopp Shopp Studios (Durham, North Carolina) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Label | 6 Hole, Caroline | |||
| Producer | Mischa "Big Dho" Burgess (exec.) Khrysis | |||
| The Away Team chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| ALARM | (favorable)[1] |
| Exclaim! | (favorable)[2] |
| HipHopDX |    [3] |
| Hip Hop Galaxy | (favorable)[4] |
| MVRemix |   [5] |
| Okayplayer |  [6] |
| Prefix | [7] |
| RapReviews | [8] |
Release history
editThe album was originally issued in 2005 on 6-Hole Records. It was later issued as part of the National Mayhem Justus League box set.
Track listing
edit- "And Now Folks..."
- "The Competition"
- "Likka Hi (Last Call)"
- "The Shining"
- "Come on Down" (featuring Smif-n-Wessun)
- "The Blah Blah"
- "So I Tells the Bitch Right..."
- "Fuck You"
- "Let Off a Round"
- "Me and My Fellows..."
- "Make It Hot" (featuring Phonte and Joe Scudda)
- "The End of the Day"
- "UpNAtem"
- "One-N-Only" (featuring Percy Miracles)
- "Always Be Around"
- "On the Line" (featuring Joe Scudda, Chaundon and Rapper Big Pooh)
- "Caution" (featuring Impact)
- "Lights Out"
References
edit- ^ ALARM review
- ^ Exclaim! review
- ^ HipHopDX review
- ^ Hip Hop Galaxy review
- ^ MVRemix review
- ^ Okayplayer review
- ^ Prefix review
- ^ RapReviews review
- ^ Cordor, Cyril "Away team Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
- ^ "No Place Like Home", MVRemix
- ^ LaCroix, Mike (2005) "The Away Team: National Anthem Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine", ALARM