Selling Live Water
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| Studio album by Sole | ||||
| Released | January 13, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 54:53 | |||
| Label | Anticon | |||
| Producer | Telephone Jim Jesus, Alias, Odd Nosdam, Jel | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Billboard | favorable |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| Exclaim! | favorable |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10 |
| Robert Christgau | B |
| Stylus Magazine | B− |
Selling Live Water is a 2003 studio album by American hip hop artist Sole. It was released on Anticon. It peaked at number 7 on CMJ's Hip-Hop chart and at number 126 on the CMJ Radio 200 chart.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Selling Live Water received an average score of 77% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Daniel Hayward of Drowned in Sound gave the album an 8 out of 10 and called it "one of the most engaging pieces of music to drop in 2003." Ed Howard of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of B−, saying, "Fun, diverse, and complex, this record is yet another great addition to the increasingly varied Anticon aesthetic." He said, "Encompassing personal introspection, socio-political commentary, naked explorations of relationships, and obtuse poetry, Selling Live Water also represents a massive step forward in Sole's lyrical evolution."
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