Year of the Beast

Year of the Beast is a studio album by American rapper C-Rayz Walz. It was released on Definitive Jux in 2005.^[3] The CD version of the album was initially released in a limited edition with a bonus DVD.^[1]

Year of the Beast
Studio album by C-Rayz Walz
Released	May 17, 2005 (2005-05-17)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	53:25
Label	Definitive Jux
Producer	R'Thentic Catch-22 E-Cleazy Aesop Rock Pawl Shakim Allah Trilanga Belief El-P Khiladi Emile Myk Defy C-Rayz Walz 4th Pyramid
C-Rayz Walz chronology
We Live: The Black Samurai (2004) Year of the Beast (2005) 1975: The Return of the Beast (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Alternative Press	3/5[2]
Pitchfork	4.2/10[3]
PopMatters	[4]
Spin	B[5]

Critical reception

Tom Breihan of Pitchfork gave the album a 4.2 out of 10, saying: "There's no sweep or vision, and so Walz's worst flaws are left exposed: his tendency to lose the beat, his obnoxious habit of multi-tracking his own voice, the lack of force or immediacy in his jumpy, splenetic delivery."^[3] Mike Schiller of PopMatters gave the album 5 stars out of 10, saying: "Even if you think what you're hearing is pretty decent, there's very little chance you remember much of it once you flip it off."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"R'Thentic"	R'Thentic	3:14
2.	"First Words Worse" (featuring EL-P)	Catch22 E-Cleazy	3:21
3.	"Knowledge"	Aesop Rock	3:26
4.	"Walk Through" (featuring Rob Sonic)	Pawl	4:32
5.	"The Rhyme Intervention" (featuring 4th Pyramid)	Shakim Allah Trilanga	2:17
6.	"Street Reppin'" (featuring Vordul Mega)	Belief	4:02
7.	"Paradise"	EL-P	4:41
8.	"Music Take Ovah" (featuring Pudge)	Belief	3:24
9.	"Pink" (featuring Jean Grae)	Belief	4:24
10.	"Care Free" (featuring Jeanie)	Khiladi	4:25
11.	"Say Werd"	Emile	3:10
12.	"Blackout" (featuring The Angel & the Preacher)	Myk Defy	3:46
13.	"Black Soap" (featuring M-1)		3:42
14.	"Mark of the Beast" (featuring Buddha Belly and Honest John)	C-Rayz Walz	1:43
15.	"Officially Lost"	4th Pyramid	3:17