Born Like This
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Critical reception
Template:Album ratings At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Born Like This received an average score of 77% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Born Like This ranked at number 4 on The SkinnyTemplate:'s "2009: A Year in Records" list.[4] Pitchfork included it in their best albums of 2009, placing it at number 48.[5]
Track listing
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- "Gazzillion Ear" samples "Trouble" (performed) by Brenton Wood and "Theme from Midnight Express" by Giorgio Moroder. The instrumental track for "Gazzillion Ear" is also based on "Dig It" and "Phantom of the Synths", both by J Dilla.[6]
- "Yessir!" samples "UFO" by ESG.
- "Absolutely" samples a Horn section from "Creep" by TLC.[7] It also uses a vocal sample from "Sun Goddess" by Ramsey Lewis.[7]
- "Lightworks" samples "Lightworks" by Raymond Scott.
- Instrumental track for "Lightworks" is also based on J Dilla's version of "Lightworks", from the album Donuts.[6]
- "Angelz" was recorded in 2006.[8][9]
- "Cellz" samples "Dinosora, We" by Charles Bukowski.
- "Cellz" is split into two tracks: "Cellz, Pt.1" and "Cellz, Pt.2" on the redux version.
- "That's That" samples "Princess Gika" by Galt MacDermot; it also contains dialog excerpts from the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, performed by Christopher Lloyd.[10]
Personnel
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Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[11] | 52 |
| US Billboard Independent Albums[12] | 5 |
| US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[13] | 29 |
| US Billboard Rap Albums[14] | 9 |
References
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External links
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