Splitting Image (Kam Moye album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Splitting Image
| type = studio
| artist = Kam Moye
| cover = Kam Moye aka Supastition - Splitting Image cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2009|10|27}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip-hop
| length = {{Duration|m=57|s=5}}
| label = MYX Music
| producer = {{hlist|D.R.|Illmind|Jake One|Khrysis|Marco Polo|M-Phazes|SIC Beats|Symbolyc One|Veterano|Vitamin D}}
| prev_title = Chain Letters
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Gold Standard
| next_year = 2015
| misc =
}}
Splitting Image is the third full-length studio album by American rapper Supastition. It was released on October 27, 2009, via MYX Music Label. Production was handled by D.R., Jake One, Veterano, Vitamin D, Illmind, Khrysis, Marco Polo, M-Phazes, SIC Beats and Symbolyc One. It features guest appearances from Ayah Marar, Baba Zumbi, Buff1, Lil' Sci, Neenah, One Be Lo, Phonte, Tenille, and Tiffany Paige.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 74/100{{Cite web |title=Critic Reviews for Splitting Image - Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/splitting-image/kam-moye/critic-reviews |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=Metacritic |language=en}}
| rev1 = HipHopDX
| rev1score = 3.5/5{{Cite web |last=Kuperstein |first=Slava |last2=Cooper |first2=Roman |date=October 25, 2009 |title=Kam Moye (a.k.a Supastition) - Splitting Image |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.1292/title.kam-moye-a-k-a-supastition-splitting-image |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}
| rev2 = PopMatters
| rev2score = 6/10{{Cite web |last=Amidon |first=David |date=January 12, 2010 |title=Kam Moye: Splitting Image » PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/118706-kam-moye-splitting-image-2496149210.html |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}
| rev3 = Prefix
| rev3score = 5.5/10{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Andrew |date=November 24, 2009 |title=Kam Moye: Splitting Image (New Album) |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/kam-moye/splitting-image/34735/ |access-date=December 1, 2009 |website=Prefix |via=Wayback Machine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201024756/http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/kam-moye/splitting-image/34735/ |archive-date=2009-12-01}}
| rev4 = RapReviews
| rev5 = The A.V. Club
| rev5score = B+{{Cite web |last=Rabin |first=Nathan |author-link=Nathan Rabin |date=November 17, 2009 |title=Kam Moye AKA Supastition: Splitting Image |url=https://www.avclub.com/kam-moye-aka-supastition-splitting-image-1798207434 |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=AV Club |language=en-US}}
}}
Splitting Image was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74 based on four reviews.
Eric Sirota of RapReviews stated: "it's not a new sound, and, at points, the tracks feel monotonous as they bleed into each other. Still, there are certainly standouts". Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club claimed: "Moye is never anything less than truthful; he's so unrelentingly forthright and candid that song titles like "Let's Get Honest" and "Reality Check" can't help but seem a little redundant".
In mixed reviews, David Amidon of PopMatters wrote: "he's not the most impressive MC, but like Fashawn or Blu, he's articulate when it comes to laying out a life story across a record. Fans ought to be pleased, as well as fans of that QN5/Justus League southern hip-hop". Andrew Martin of Prefix magazine concluded: "at 15 tracks clocking in at 57 minutes, it shouldn't feel as lengthy as it does. But certain cuts tend to drag, be it because of the inconsistent production, Moye's sometimes phoned-in rapping, or both".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Re: Born
| writer1 = {{hlist|Kamaarphial Moye|Derrick Jabbar Brown}}
| extra1 = Vitamin D
| length1 = 3:17
| title2 = Reality Check
| writer2 = {{hlist|Moye|Christopher Tyson}}
| extra2 = Khrysis
| length2 = 3:58
| title3 = Stars
| note3 = featuring Lil' Sci
| writer3 = {{hlist|Moye|John Robinson|Diarra Mayfield}}
| extra3 = D.R.
| length3 = 3:26
| title4 = Splitting Image
| note4 = featuring Neenah
| writer4 = {{hlist|Moye|Floor M. Smelt|Larry Griffin, Jr.|Caleb McCampbell}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|S1|Caleb McCampbell ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})}}
| length4 = 3:56
| title5 = Imani
| writer5 = {{hlist|Moye|S. Auguste}}
| extra5 = SIC Beats
| length5 = 2:37
| title6 = Hello Karma
| note6 = featuring Phonte and Ayah
| writer6 = {{hlist|Moye|Phonte Coleman|Merna Bishouty|Brown}}
| extra6 = Vitamin D
| length6 = 4:40
| title7 = No Substitute
| writer7 = {{hlist|Moye|Jacob Dutton}}
| extra7 = Jake One
| length7 = 3:17
| title8 = Let's Be Honest
| writer8 = {{hlist|Moye|Eric Jorge Osborne}}
| extra8 = Veterano
| length8 = 3:51
| title9 = Don't Forget
| note9 = featuring Tiffany Paige
| writer9 = {{hlist|Moye|Tiffany P. Walker|Mark Landon}}
| extra9 = M-Phazes
| length9 = 4:16
| title10 = Do What It Takes
| note10 = featuring Buff1
| writer10 = {{hlist|Moye|Jamall Bufford|Mayfield}}
| extra10 = D.R.
| length10 = 3:24
| title11 = Nobody's Fool
| note11 = featuring Tenille
| writer11 = {{hlist|Moye|Mayfield}}
| extra11 = D.R.
| length11 = 4:24
| title12 = Give out, Give In
| writer12 = {{hlist|Moye|Osborne}}
| extra12 = Veterano
| length12 = 5:12
| title13 = Life Line
| note13 = featuring One Be Lo
| writer13 = {{hlist|Moye|Roland Scruggs|Dutton}}
| extra13 = Jake One
| length13 = 3:47
| title14 = MK-Ultra
| note14 = featuring Baba Zumbi
| writer14 = {{hlist|Moye|Ramon Ibanga, Jr.}}
| extra14 = Illmind
| length14 = 3:30
| title15 = Forever Fresh
| writer15 = {{hlist|Moye|Marco Bruno}}
| extra15 = Marco Polo
| length15 = 3:30
| total_length = 57:05
}}
Personnel
- Kamaarphial "Supastition" Moye – vocals, executive producer
- John "Lil' Sci" Robinson – vocals (track 3)
- Floor "Neenah" Smelt – additional vocals (track: 3, 4), mixing (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6–9, 12)
- Phonte Coleman – vocals (track 6)
- Merna "Ayah Marar" Bishouty – vocals (track 6)
- Tiffany Paige – additional vocals (track 9)
- Jamall "Buff1" Bufford – vocals (track 10)
- Tenille – additional vocals (track 11)
- Roland "One Be Lo" Scruggs – vocals (track 13)
- Stephen "Baba Zumbi" Gaines – vocals (track 14)
- Larry "Symbolyc One" Griffin Jr. – drums & producer (track 4)
- Caleb McCampbell – bass & co-producer (track 4)
- DJ Flash – scratches (track 13)
- Derrick "Vitamin D" Brown – producer (tracks: 1, 6)
- Christopher "Khrysis" Tyson – producer & mixing (track 2)
- Diarra "D.R." Mayfield – producer (tracks: 3, 10, 11)
- S. "SIC Beats" Auguste – producer (track 5)
- Jacob "Jake One" Dutton – producer (tracks: 7, 13)
- Eric Jorge "Veterano" Osborne – producer (tracks: 8, 12)
- Mark "M-Phazes" Landon – producer (track 9)
- Ramon "Illmind" Ibanga Jr. – producer (track 14)
- Marco "Marco Polo" Bruno – producer (track 15), mixing (tracks: 7, 15)
- Johnny "Madwreck" McKiever – mixing (tracks: 5, 11, 13)
- Charles Herron – mixing (tracks: 10, 14)
- Luis "L-Rox" Franco – mastering
- Karim Panni – executive producer
- Tobias Rose – artwork concept, photography
- Ken Louie-Nishikawa – artwork concept, layout
- Ricky Himpraphanh – logo design
- Sime – logo design
- Mischa "Big Dho" Burgess – management