By the Throat (Eyedea & Abilities album)

By the Throat is the third and final studio album by American hip hop duo Eyedea & Abilities. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on July 21, 2009.

By the Throat
Studio album by Eyedea & Abilities
Released	July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)[1][2]
Genre	Hip hop
Length	29:53
Label	Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer	DJ Abilities, Eyedea
Eyedea & Abilities chronology
E&A (2004) By the Throat (2009)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC	favorable[4]
City Pages	favorable[5]
HipHopDX	[6]
PopMatters	[7]
URB	[8]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Andrew Dietzel of PopMatters gave the album 9 stars out of 10, saying, "By the Throat, succinct and emotive, is the perfect convergence of styles, attacking the listener's jugular with a powerful punk thrust, cynical observations, and an out-and-out assault on hip-hop's standards."[7] Adam Figman of URB gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Combined with newly found experiences, newly discovered self-awareness and newly refined skills, By the Throat catches this almost forgotten duo at a new height of their combined powers."[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hay Fever"	2:20
2.	"Spin Cycle"	3:39
3.	"Time Flies When You Have a Gun"	1:44
4.	"Burn Fetish"	2:55
5.	"Sky Diver"	4:16
6.	"Junk"	2:46
7.	"Forgive Me for My Synapses"	1:02
8.	"This Story"	2:33
9.	"Factory"	1:55
10.	"Smile"	4:02
11.	"By the Throat"	2:41

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9]	9
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10]	38
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11]	91

References

1. "Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat". Rhymesayers Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
2. Newberry, Maverick (May 18, 2009). "Eyedea & Abilities Announce New Album". XLR8R. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
3. "By The Throat by Eyedea & Abilities". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
4. Lawrence, Alistair (2009). "Eyedea & Abilities - By the Throat - Review". BBC. Archived from the original on February 11, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
5. Swanson, Carl Atiya (July 22, 2009). "Eyedea & Abilities: By the Throat". City Pages. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
6. Tardio, Andres (July 23, 2009). "Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
7. Dietzel, Andrew (August 30, 2009). "Eyedea & Abilities: By the Throat". PopMatters. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
8. Figman, Adam (July 23, 2009). "Eyedea & Abilities :: By The Throat". URB. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
9. "Eyedea-Abilities Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
10. "Eyedea-Abilities Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
11. "Eyedea-Abilities Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

External links

• By the Throat at AllMusic
• By the Throat at Discogs (list of releases)