Recorded 2008 Artist P.O.S Label Rhymesayers Entertainment | Length 55:38 Release date 3 February 2009 Genre Alternative hip hop | |
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Released February 3, 2009 (2009-02-03) Never Better
(2009) We Don't Even Live Here
(2012) Producers Lazerbeak, P.O.S, Paper Tiger, Dosh Similar POS albums, Underground hip hop albums | ||
P o s let it rattle
Never Better is the third studio album by P.O.S, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment in 2009.
Contents
Music
Over half of the record is produced by P.O.S himself, along with contributions from Doomtree producers Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger and MK Larada. It features guest verses from Doomtree compatriots Sims, Cecil Otter and Dessa, as well as Astronautalis.
Release
The first single "Goodbye" was released in December, 2008. The second single "Drumroll (We're All Thirsty)" was released in January, 2009 on iTunes and Amazon.com. The track "Savion Glover" is a remix of a track previously released on Doomtree's False Hopes in 2007.
The album was released in a limited custom transparent digipak edition designed by Minneapolis designer Eric Carlson. It features 16 solid picture inserts with 6 plastic overlays, allowing the owner to create their own cover art combinations.
Reception
Initial critical response to Never Better was favorable. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75, based on 8 reviews.
Many reviewers on Rap Reviews placed this album in their top ten list for 2009, with it even claiming the number one spot in a few.
Songs
1Let It Rattle3:34
2Drumroll (We're All Thirsty)2:37
3Savion Glover2:19