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| Released | August 7, 2020 | ||
| Genre | Hip hop | ||
| Length | 44:05 | ||
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Limbo is the second studio album by American rapper Aminé. It was released on August 7, 2020, by CLBN and Republic Records. The album features guest appearances from JID, Charlie Wilson, Young Thug, Slowthai, Vince Staples, Summer Walker, and Injury Reserve.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO. What the press said: “Limbo is as close to perfect at what it does as a game can get.” 10/10 – Destructoid “The game is a masterpiece.” 5/5 – GiantBomb “Limbo is genius. Freaky, weird genius. Disturbing, uncomfortable genius.” 5/5 – The Escapist “Dark, disturbing, yet eerily beautiful, Limbo is a world that deserves to be. Limbo is a black and white puzzle-platforming adventure that puts players in the role of a young boy traveling through a hostile world in an attempt to discover the fate of his sister.
Prior to release, Limbo was promoted by three singles: 'Shimmy', 'Riri', and 'Compensating'. The album debuted at number 16 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 26,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
The album's lead single, 'Shimmy', was released alongside its music video on February 26, 2020.[1] The video depicts Aminé performing the song at various locales in his hometown of Portland, Oregon.[2] 'Riri' was released on May 29, 2020,[3] and its music video was released June 24, 2020, after being delayed so Aminé could participate in Black Lives Matter marches in protest of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.[4] 'Compensating' featuring Young Thug, was released on July 6, 2020, as the album's third single.[5]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Album of the Year | 71/100[6] |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.7/10[7] |
| Metacritic | 75/100[8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [9] |
| Clash | 6/10[10] |
| Crack Magazine | 7/10[11] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[12] |
| Paste | 8.4/10[13] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10[14] |
| Slant Magazine | [15] |
Limbo was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on six reviews.[8] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[7]Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 71 out of 100, based on eight reviews.[6]
Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork highlighted Aminé's shift in style from his previous album, stating 'he's more pragmatic, suddenly concerned with crafting a sustainable legacy, and this new attitude produces the best music of his career.'[14] Writing for Slant Magazine, Charles Lyons-Burt praised Aminé's performance and wrote 'In melding traditional hip-hop form with just the right amount of modern trap verve, Limbo makes the case for Aminé, if not as the next great rapper, then as a pop-rap workhorse. The album proves that he can keep pace with his contemporaries while drawing on the history of the genre in ways many of today's innovators are unconcerned with engaging.'[15] Candace McDuffie of Paste said, 'Although this light-hearted nature dominated Good for You in its entirety, Limbo takes more of an existential turn as Aminé earnestly wonders what comes after that initial rush of success.'[13] Nicolas-Tyrell Scott from Crack Magazine enjoyed the album, saying, 'Limbo feels like the emergence of a new artist: one whose growth has taught him exactly how to use his voice.'[11]
The album also received some mixed reviews. Mike Milenko of Clash described the album as 'an example of a talented artist not pushing his boundaries'.[10] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Eli Enis praised the first six tracks before noting 'the record falls off during its latter half as the melodic R&B cuts begin to blend together.'[12]
Limbo debuted at number 16 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 26,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[16][17] The album also debuted at number 10 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming Amine's first top-ten album on this chart.[16]
Credits adapted from Tidal.[18]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | 'Burden' |
| Mac Wetha | 3:31 |
| 2. | 'Woodlawn' |
| 2:23 | |
| 3. | 'Kobe' | Pasqué | 0:39 | |
| 4. | 'Roots' (featuring JID and Charlie Wilson) |
| 4:28 | |
| 5. | 'Can't Decide' |
| T-Minus | 2:53 |
| 6. | 'Compensating' (featuring Young Thug) | T-Minus | 3:18 | |
| 7. | 'Shimmy' |
| 2:14 | |
| 8. | 'Pressure in My Palms' (featuring Slowthai and Vince Staples) |
| Pasqué | 3:58 |
| 9. | 'Riri' | Pasqué | 3:02 | |
| 10. | 'Easy' (featuring Summer Walker) |
| 3:31 | |
| 11. | 'Mama' |
| Pasqué | 3:39 |
| 12. | 'Becky' |
| 3:41 | |
| 13. | 'Fetus' (featuring Injury Reserve) |
| Corey | 3:52 |
| 14. | 'My Reality' |
| 3:09 | |
| Total length: | 44:05 | |||
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Credits adapted from Tidal.[18]
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| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] | 56 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] | 83 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21] | 28 |
| Irish Albums (OCC)[22] | 45 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23] | 24 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] | 72 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[25] | 70 |
| US Billboard 200[26] | 16 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[27] | 10 |
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