For Hero: For Fool | ||||
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Studio album by Subtle | ||||
Released | October 3, 2006 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 51:09 | |||
Label | Lex Records | |||
Producer | Subtle | |||
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Singles from For Hero: For Fool | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 85/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10 |
PopMatters | |
Stylus Magazine | B+ |
For Hero: For Fool is the second studio album by American hip hop sextet Subtle. It was released on Lex Records in 2006.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 85% based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "a complex, innovative, sometimes bizarre, and usually utterly confusing journey into the minds of lyricist Doseone and his five bandmates." Neal Hayes of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying, "the Oakland-based group presents a futuristic musical vision that is vivid, unsettling, and, above all, distinctive."
It was listed by OC Weekly as one of the "Album Covers of the Year".