End It All

End It All is a 2011 studio album by American rapper Beans, released on Anticon.[12] Produced by Four Tet and Tobacco, among others,[13] it features a guest appearance from Tunde Adebimpe.[14]

End It All
Studio album by
Beans
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2011 (2011-02-15)
GenreHip hop
Length32:56
LabelAnticon
ProducerAde Firth, Nobody, Four Tet, Bumps, Sam Fog, Tobacco, Son Lux, In Flagranti, That Kid Prolific, Fred Bigot, Clark
Beans chronology
Thorns
(2008)		 End It All
(2011)		 Wolves of the World / Love Me Tonight / Haast
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBC Musicfavorable[3]
Consequence of SoundC−[4]
Pitchfork7.3/10[5]
PopMatters[6]
Prefix8.5/10[7]
The Skinny[8]
Spinfavorable[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes[10]
XLR8R5.5/10[11]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, End It All received an average score of 68% based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Eric Grandy of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 out of 10, calling it "another well-earned notch in Beans' solo belt and a testament to the strength of his artistic vision".[5] Bram Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Crucially, at 33 minutes, and most tracks under four, End It All never outstays its welcome."[8]

Track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Superstar Destroyer"Ade Firth3:43
2."Death Sweater"Nobody4:01
3."Glue Traps"Four Tet1:23
4."Electric Eliminator"Bumps2:02
5."Electric Bitch"Sam Fog3:47
6."Glass Coffins"Tobacco2:31
7."Blue Movie"Son Lux2:37
8."Mellow You Out" (featuring Tunde Adebimpe)In Flagranti2:08
9."Air Is Free"In Flagranti3:14
10."Forever Living Fresh"That Kid Prolific1:48
11."Anvil Falling"Four Tet0:53
12."Hardliner"Fred Bigot3:36
13."Hunter"Clark1:13

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Beans – vocals
  • Dan Huron – recording
  • Earl Blaize – recording
  • Fred Ones – recording
  • Daddy Kev – mastering
  • Ron Croudy – design
  • Beowulf Sheehan – photography

References
  1. "End It All by Beans". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. Jeffries, David. "End It All - Beans". AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  3. Diver, Mike (February 15, 2011). "Beans - End It All - Review". BBC Music. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  4. Kivel, Adam (March 4, 2011). "Beans - End It All". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  5. Grandy, Eric (February 14, 2011). "Beans: End It All". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  6. Schiller, Mike (February 22, 2011). "Beans: End It All". PopMatters. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  7. Martin, Andrew (November 2, 2010). "Beans - End It All". Prefix. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  8. Gieben, Bram (January 25, 2011). "Beans - End It All". The Skinny. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  9. Reeves, Mosi (February 15, 2011). "Beans, 'End It All' (Anticon)". Spin. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  10. Morris, David. "Beans - End It All". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  11. Fallon, Patric (February 16, 2011). "Beans - End It All". XLR8R. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  12. Myers, Erik (March 11, 2011). "Beans: Spitting Rhymes With Consistency And Quickness". NPR. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  13. Nickum, Stefan (November 2, 2010). "Beans of Antipop Consortium to Release Full-Length on Anticon". XLR8R. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  14. Hughes, Josiah (November 2, 2010). "Antipop Consortium's Beans Ropes in Four Tet, Tobacco, Tunde Adebimpe for New Anticon Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
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