Welcome back
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| Studio album by Mase | ||||
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August 24, 2004 |
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2003 & 2004 |
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| Label (s) | Bad Boy Records | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
49:30 |
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The Movement, Rick Rock, Tyrice Jones, Chad Hamilton |
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Welcome Back is the third studio album by the American rapper Mase . It was released on August 24, 2004 and marked the end of a five-year artistic hiatus since the 1999 album Double Up .
prehistory
After the release of the previous album Double Up , which sold comparatively poorly, Mase moved to Atlanta to become a pastor . After five years in office and receiving an honorary doctorate in theology for his work in his specially founded parish, he announced publicly at the beginning of 2004 that he was working on a new comeback album, which should be released that same year. He also announced that the album will by no means be theologically instructive, as previously suspected.
Track list
- Welcome back
- Breathe, Stretch, Shake (feat. P. Diddy )
- Keep It On (feat. Ciara )
- My Harlem Lullaby
- I Owe
- Wasting my time
- Gotta survive
- The Love You Need ( feat.DJ Rashad )
- Money comes and goes
- I wanna go
- Into What You Say
- Do You Remember (feat.Cardan)
reception
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| Metacritic | 57% |
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| Allmusic |
 
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| Rolling Stone |
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| Blender |
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| Entertainment Weekly |
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| HipHopDX.com |
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| PopMatters |
 
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| RapReviews |
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| Tiny mix tapes |
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| USA Today |
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The album reached number four on the album charts in the United States and stayed in the charts for twelve weeks. In Germany (# 71), Switzerland (# 65) and Great Britain (# 68) the album did not make it into the top 50.
In the New York Times review , Kelefa Sanneh wrote that the album as a whole was a lukewarm collection of songs and one could have expected a little more musical passion from his preaching days. The Bible only mentions Mase in half-hearted comparisons, such as "I'm back like Moses to bring the law" (in German: "I'm back like Moses to bring the law"). Mase is back, but according to Sanneh his time is long gone.
Steve 'Flash' Juon of rapreviews.com wasn't happy with Mase's comeback. He condemned the poor breath control, microphone technology and audio quality. Although his beats have enough bass to nod his head along with them, his sound has not developed a bit since its heyday and is still stuck in the 90s. According to Juon, it is best for Mase to turn back to theology and not rap anymore.
Web links
- Welcome Back at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kelefa Sanneh: Rap Beats: Preachy, Snarly or Sweet on nytimes.com (English)
- ↑ Welcome Back: Mase on metacritic.com
- ↑ Steve 'Flash' Juon: Ma $ e: Welcome Back on rapreviews.com (English)