Situation (album)

Situation is a 2007 studio album by Canadian hip hop musician Buck 65.[8] It is a concept album based around the year 1957.[12] It peaked at number 31 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[13] At the 2008 Juno Awards, Skratch Bastid was nominated as Producer of the Year for his work on the album.[14]

Situation
Studio album by Buck 65
Released	October 30, 2007
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[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[2]
Billboard	favorable[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Now	NNNN[6]
The New York Times	favorable[7]
Pitchfork	6.3/10[8]
PopMatters	[9]
Spin	5/10[10]
Yahoo! Music	[11]

Critical reception

Situation has received generally favorable reviews from critics.[1] Metacritic gave the album a score of 68/100, based on 21 reviews.[1]

Alex Macpherson of The Guardian gave the album 2 stars out of 5, saying: "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."[5] Dan Raper of PopMatters gave the album 6 stars out of 10, saying, "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."[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	1:40
2.	"1957"	3:57
3.	"Dang"	2:38
4.	"Lipstick"	3:08
5.	"Shutter Buggin'"	3:27
6.	"Spread 'Em"	2:50
7.	"Ho-Boys"	3:46
8.	"Way Back When"	3:32
9.	"Cop Shades"	4:07
10.	"The Beatific"	3:16
11.	"Mr. Nobody"	3:02
12.	"The Rebel"	3:15
13.	"Benz" (featuring Cadence Weapon)	2:32
14.	"Heatwave"	2:59
15.	"The Outskirts"	3:12
16.	"White Bread"	4:00
17.	"Way Back When (k-os Remix)" (bonus track on some versions)	3:36

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13]	31

References

1. "Situation by Buck 65". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
2. Dayton-Johnson, Jeff (December 7, 2007). "Buck 65: Situation". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
3. Wood, Mikeal. "Situation". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
4. Christgau, Robert. "Buck 65". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
5. Macpherson, Alex (October 26, 2007). "Buck 65, Situation". The Guardian. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
6. Perlich, Tim (October 25, 2007). "Situation". Now. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
7. Pareles, Jon (November 5, 2007). "New CDs". The New York Times. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
8. Strew, Roque (November 9, 2007). "Buck 65: Situation". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
9. Raper, Dan (November 4, 2007). "Buck 65: Situation". PopMatters. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
10. Modell, Josh (January 18, 2008). "Buck 65, 'Situation' (Strange Famous)". Spin. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
11. Gennoe, Dan (November 5, 2007). "Buck 65 - Situation". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
12. Bruederlin, Barbara (August 25, 2015). "Buck 65". National Music Centre. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
13. "Buck 65 - Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
14. Acharya, Neil (February 20, 2010). "Skratch Bastid". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

External links

• Situation at AllMusic
• Situation at Discogs (list of releases)