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Situation (album)

Situation
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Studio album by Buck 65
Released October 30, 2007 (2007-10-30)
Genre Hip hop
Length 51:19
Label WEA (Worldwide)
Strange Famous Records (US)
Producer Skratch Bastid
Buck 65 chronology
Strong Arm
(2006)
Situation
(2007)
20 Odd Years
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (68/100)
Review scores
Source Rating
Billboard (favorable)
Robert Christgau (A−)
The Guardian 2/5 stars
Now 4/5 stars
Pitchfork Media (6.3/10)
PopMatters 6/10 stars
SF Weekly (favorable)
Spin (5/10)
Tiny Mix Tapes 3/5 stars
Yahoo! Music 9/10 stars

Situation is a 2007 studio album by Canadian hip hop musician Buck 65. It is entirely produced by Skratch Bastid.

Situation has received generally favorable reviews from critics.Metacritic gave the album a score of 68/100, based on 21 reviews.

Oscar Pascual of SF Weekly said, "[with] rhymes that theoretically combine to make Situation a concept album about 1957, Buck creates a number of dark and desperate characters to tell a wide array of seldom-uplifting stories." Meanwhile, Alex Macpherson of The Guardian noted that "[there] are isolated moments of beauty - the spare piano loop of Ho-Boys, though nothing new, is evocative and effective - but little sticks in the mind or stimulates the emotions." Dan Raper of PopMatters commented that "Situation is a cool, collected set of songs from the veteran Canadian rapper, but you shouldn’t be expecting anything revolutionary—at least, not from the music."

The album reached #1 in its second week on Chart's campus radio chart, and peaked at #31 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.

At the 2008 Juno Awards, producer Skratch Bastid was nominated as Producer of the Year for his work on the album.


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