Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them

Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Blu & Exile. Leaked online in 2011, it was released by Dirty Science and Fat Beats on September 4, 2012.[5]

Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them
Studio album by
Blu & Exile
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2012 (2012-09-04)[1]
GenreHip hop
Length54:19
LabelDirty Science, Fat Beats
ProducerExile
Blu & Exile chronology
Below the Heavens
(2007)		 Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them
(2012)		 In the Beginning: Before the Heavens
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX3.0/5[2]
Pitchfork6.8/10[3]
PopMatters8/10[4]

Music

The album features guest contributions from Fashawn, Homeboy Sandman, Johaz of Dag Savage, Black Spade of Hawthorne Headhunters, and ADAD.[6][7][8]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76% based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

David Amidon of PopMatters gave the album 8 stars out of 10, saying, "Blu may have spent most of his post-Below the Heavens career burning one bridge after another, but Give Me My Flowers is not only a better album, it's an atonement for all the swerves he's thrown audiences' way since breaking out."[4] Meanwhile, Phillip Mlynar of HipHopDX gave the album a 3.0 out of 5, saying, "Blu and Exile are without doubt a couple of super-talented Rap chaps, but they need to step out of their snug comfort zone – and sharply."[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."A Letter"1:36
2."Ease Your Mind"4:29
3."Maybe One Day" (featuring Black Spade)3:56
4."I Am Jean"3:14
5."O Heaven"3:20
6."More Out of Life" (featuring Jasmine Mitchell)3:54
7."The Only One" (featuring Jimetta Rose)3:35
8."Money"2:49
9."Mask Your Soul"1:54
10."Good Morning Neighbor"2:05
11."Growing Pains" (featuring Johaz of Dag Savage and Fashawn)4:09
12."Don't Be Jelly"3:33
13."Berries and Juices"2:10
14."The Great Escape" (featuring Homeboy Sandman and ADAD)3:16
15."Seasons"2:41
16."A Man"4:31
17."Cent from Heaven"3:12

Charts
Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 31
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] 53

References
  1. "Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them by Blu & Exile". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. Mlynar, Phillip (September 8, 2012). "Blu and Exile - Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. Bromwich, Jonah (August 30, 2012). "Blu & Exile: Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  4. Amidon, David (September 6, 2012). "Blu & Exile: Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them". PopMatters. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  5. "Blu & Exile's Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them finally gets proper release". Fact. June 19, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  6. "Blu & Exile (of Emanon) - 'Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them (MINI LP CARDBOARD GATEFOLD)' (Audio CD)". UGHH. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  7. Horowitz, Steven J. (December 16, 2011). "Blu & Exile Release Full Stream Of New Album "give me my flowers while i can smell them"". HipHopDX. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  8. "Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them by Blu & Exile". mp369. September 1, 2012. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  9. "Blu & Exile - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  10. "Blu & Exile - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
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