Things Go Better with RJ and AL

Things Go Better with RJ and AL is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Soul Position. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on April 4, 2006. It peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.^[12]

Things Go Better with RJ and AL
Studio album by Soul Position
Released	April 4, 2006 (2006-04-04)[1]
Genre	Hip hop
Length	42:28
Label	Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer	RJD2
Soul Position chronology
8 Million Stories (2003) Things Go Better with RJ and AL (2006)
Singles from Things Go Better with RJ and AL
"Hand-Me-Downs / Blame It on the Jäger" Released: 2006

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	64/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Exclaim!	mixed[3]
HipHopDX	4.5/5[4]
Now	NNNN[5]
Phoenix New Times	favorable[6]
Pitchfork	6.3/10[7]
PopMatters	[8]
Prefix	6.0/10[9]
RapReviews.com	9/10[10]
XLR8R	favorable[11]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64% based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

Marisa Brown of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Soul Position don't deviate much from their combination of original rhymes and interesting, thoughtful music, but there's really no need to when it sounds so good."^[2] Mosi Reeves of Phoenix New Times called it "a solid banger from start to finish."^[6] Noel Dix of Exclaim! said, "Soul Position definitely have what it takes to make an incredible album, but given the fact their best effort thus far is an EP, maybe RJ and Blueprint should limit their collaborations to six solid joints at a time from now on."^[3]

In 2018, Henry Adaso of ThoughtCo placed "The Cool Thing to Do" at number 99 on the "100 Best Rap Songs of the 2000s" list.^[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Beginning"	0:44
2.	"No Gimmicks"	3:12
3.	"Hand-Me-Downs"	3:17
4.	"The Extra Mile"	3:37
5.	"Blame It on the Jäger"	3:12
6.	"I Need My Minutes"	3:11
7.	"Keep It Hot for Daddy"	3:13
8.	"I'm Free"	2:26
9.	"Keys"	4:18
10.	"The Cool Thing to Do"	3:01
11.	"Priceless"	3:35
12.	"Drugs, Sex, Alcohol, Rock-n-Roll"	4:10
13.	"Things Go Better"	4:32

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12]	45