Dame Fortune (album)

Dame Fortune is the sixth studio album by RJD2.^[1] It was released on RJ's Electrical Connections on March 25, 2016.^[2] Recorded in Philadelphia, it features guest appearances from Jordan Brown, Son Little, Phonte Coleman, Blueprint, and Josh Krajcik.^[3]

Dame Fortune
Studio album by RJD2
Released	March 25, 2016 (2016-03-25)
Genre	Hip hop soul
Length	44:01
Label	RJ's Electrical Connections
Producer	RJD2
RJD2 chronology
More Is Than Isn't (2013) Dame Fortune (2016) The Fun Ones (2020)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Clash	5/10[6]
Consequence of Sound	C+[7]
DIY	[8]
Exclaim!	7/10[9]
HipHopDX	3.8/5[10]
Slant Magazine	[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[4]

David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a culmination album with an artist's evolution pushing things forward with all his strengths in tow."^[5] Meanwhile, Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound gave the album a grade of C+, saying: "The entirety of the record, in fact, feels like it's trailing a few years behind."^[7]

Uproxx placed it at number 13 on the "Best Experimental and Electronic Albums of 2016" list.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Portal Inward"	2:47
2.	"The Roaming Hoard"	2:33
3.	"Peace of What" (featuring Jordan Brown)	3:29
4.	"The Sheboygan Left"	4:50
5.	"A New Theory"	2:04
6.	"We Come Alive" (featuring Son Little)	4:34
7.	"PF, Day One"	4:55
8.	"Saboteur" (featuring Phonte Coleman)	3:59
9.	"Your Nostalgic Heart and Lung"	4:42
10.	"Up in the Clouds" (featuring Blueprint)	4:48
11.	"Band of Matron Saints" (featuring Josh Krajcik)	4:02
12.	"Portals Outward"	1:20