Them (Themselves album)

Them
Studio album by Themselves
Released	June 13, 2000 (2000-06-13)[1]
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	64:15
Label	Anticon
Producer	Jel, J. Rawls, Moodswing9
Themselves chronology
Them (2000) The No Music (2002)
Singles from Them
"Joyful Toy of 1001 Faces" Released: March 1, 1999[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	favorable[3]
Hip Hop Core	[4]

Them is the first studio album by American hip hop duo Themselves. It was originally released under the name Them on Anticon in 2000. In 2003, it was re-released under the name Themselves.

Critical reception

Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! gave the album a favorable review, calling it "a classic hip-hop album that is destined to forever burst the boundaries of what should be considered hip-hop."[3] Ali Maloney of The Skinny said, "Despite the seemingly simple beats and raps configuration, there is no shortage of jaw-dropping pyrotechnics and originality on show here."[5]

In 2015, Fact placed it at number 96 on its "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I"	Jel	2:25
2.	"Directions to My Special Place"	J. Rawls	4:34
3.	"Joyful Toy of a 1001 Faces"	Jel	4:35
4.	"Revenge of the Fern"	Jel	4:53
5.	"Eating Homework"	Jel	4:08
6.	"Lyrical Cougel" (featuring Pedestrian and Sole)	Jel	4:08
7.	"Grass Skirt & Fruit Hat"	Jel	4:20
8.	"The Crayon Sharpener"	Jel	4:31
9.	"John Brown's Vaporizer" (featuring Mr. Dibbs)	Jel	4:11
10.	"Another Part of the Clown's Brain"	Jel	4:21
11.	"Death of a Thespian"	Moodswing9	4:58
12.	"It's Them"	Jel	5:57

References

1. "Them". Anticon. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
2. "Joyful Toy of 1001 Faces". Anticon. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
3. Quinlan, Thomas (August 2, 2000). "Them - Them". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
4. Cobalt (November 2000). "Them - "Them"". Hip Hop Core. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
5. Maloney, Ali (June 30, 2010). "A Rough Guide to Doseone". The Skinny. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
6. "The 100 best indie hip-hop records of all time - 96. Them - Them (Anticon, 2000)". Fact. February 25, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.

External links

• Them at Discogs (list of releases)