No Kings (album)

No Kings is the second official studio album by Minneapolis hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released by Doomtree Records on November 22, 2011.^[1] "Bangarang" was released as a single from the album.^[8][9]

No Kings
Studio album by Doomtree
Released	November 22, 2011 (2011-11-22)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	46:40
Label	Doomtree Records
Producer	Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak, P.O.S, Paper Tiger
Doomtree chronology
FH:XV (False Hopes 15) (2009) No Kings (2011) All Hands (2015)
Singles from No Kings
"Bangarang" Released: May 28, 2012

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	A−[3]
Consequence of Sound	B[4]
The Current	favorable[5]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[6]
PopMatters	[7]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, No Kings received an average score of 80% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

City Pages included it on the "Minnesota's Best Albums of 2011" list.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"No Way"	Sims, Mike Mictlan, Cecil Otter, P.O.S	Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak, P.O.S	4:29
2.	"Bolt Cutter"	P.O.S, Sims, Dessa, Mike Mictlan	Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak, P.O.S	4:30
3.	"Bangarang"	P.O.S, Cecil Otter, Sims, Mike Mictlan	Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak	4:02
4.	"Beacon"	Dessa, P.O.S, Cecil Otter, Sims	Cecil Otter	4:11
5.	"Punch-Out"	Mike Mictlan, Sims	Lazerbeak	1:58
6.	"Little Mercy" (featuring Channy Casselle)	Cecil Otter, Dessa	Cecil Otter	4:17
7.	"The Grand Experiment"	Dessa, Sims, Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan, P.O.S	Cecil Otter	3:47
8.	"String Theory"	Dessa, Sims, Cecil Otter	Lazerbeak	3:01
9.	"Team the Best Team"	P.O.S, Sims, Cecil Otter, Dessa, Mike Mictlan	Lazerbeak	4:36
10.	"Gimme the Go"	Cecil Otter, Sims	Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak, P.O.S	2:59
11.	"Own Yours"	P.O.S, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Cecil Otter	Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak	5:19
12.	"Fresh New Trash"	Sims, Cecil Otter, P.O.S, Dessa, Mike Mictlan	Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak, P.O.S, Paper Tiger	3:39

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11]	3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12]	31
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[13]	23