Two/Three
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{{Infobox album
| name = Two/Three
| type = studio
| artist = Dabrye
| cover = Dabrye-twothree.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2006|6|13}}
| recorded = 2003–2006
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Hip-hop|electronic|IDM}}
| length = {{Duration|m=58|s=8}}
| label = Ghostly International
| producer = Dabrye
| chronology = Tadd Mullinix
| prev_title = The Dancing Box
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Like No One
| next_year = 2008
| misc =
}}
Two/Three is the second studio album by American musician Tadd Mullinix under his Dabrye alias. It was released on June 13, 2006 via Ghostly International. Produced entirely by Mullinix, it features guest appearances from Finale, Invincible, Kadence, Waajeed, A.G., Beans, Big Tone, Guilty Simpson, J Dilla, MF Doom, Paradime, Phat Kat, Ta'Raach, Vast Aire and Wildchild.
Comparing to its prequel, One/Three, which was released in 2001, the album almost doubles the length of its predecessor and, style wise, leans towards hip-hop music as it has guest vocal contributions from a number of rappers across fourteen of its twenty tracks. A sequel to Two/Three, Three/Three, was released in 2018.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllHipHop
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Long|first=Robert|date=July 16, 2006|title=Two/Three|url=https://allhiphop.com/reviews-music/twothree/|access-date=May 27, 2025|website=AllHipHop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601011554/https://allhiphop.com/reviews-music/twothree/|archive-date=June 1, 2025|url-status=live}}
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|title=Two/Three - Dabrye|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/two-three-mw0000528458|access-date=May 27, 2025|publisher=AllMusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601225332/http://www.allmusic.com/album/two-three-mw0000528458|archive-date=June 1, 2013|url-status=live}}
| rev3 = Pitchfork
| rev3score = 5.2/10{{cite web|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|date=July 18, 2006|title=Dabrye: Two/Three|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9203-twothree/|access-date=May 27, 2025|website=Pitchfork|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124080359/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9203-twothree/|archive-date=January 24, 2024|url-status=live}}
| rev4 = PopMatters
| rev4score = 8/10{{cite magazine|last=Hayes|first=Neal|date=July 10, 2006|title=Dabrye: Two/Three » PopMatters|url=https://www.popmatters.com/dabrye-two-three-2495682973.html|access-date=May 27, 2025|magazine=PopMatters|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126015924/https://www.popmatters.com/dabrye-two-three-2495682973.html|archive-date=November 26, 2020|url-status=live}}
| rev5 = Prefix
| rev5score = 9/10{{cite web|last=Krolak|first=Mike|date=June 13, 2006|title=Dabrye . Two/Three [prefixmag review]|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213113004/http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/D/Dabrye/TwoThree/2262|access-date=December 13, 2006|website=Prefix|via=Wayback Machine}}
| rev6 = The Observer
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Yates|first=Steve|date=June 18, 2006|title=Dabrye, Two/Three |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/18/25|access-date=May 27, 2025|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923050059/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/18/25|archive-date=September 23, 2014|url-status=live}}
| rev7 = Tiny Mix Tapes
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5|full=TMT full.svg|half=TMT half.svg|empty=TMT empty.svg|rating=mark}}{{cite magazine|last=Ranta|first=Alan|date=December 14, 2006|title=Music Review: Dabrye - Two/Three|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/dabrye-twothree|access-date=May 27, 2025|magazine=Tiny Mix Tapes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324235156/https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/dabrye-twothree|archive-date=March 24, 2025|url-status=live}}
}}
AllMusic's Andy Kellman praised the album, calling it "the experience is dense and as cold as a Detroit alley on a February morning, packed with biting beats and thick atmospheric globs". Mike Krolak of Prefix also praised the album, calling it "truly the next logical step, a new way of looking at the realities of the coming age while keeping things in perspective". Neal Hayes of PopMatters wrote: "throughout 20 tracks, the producer creates an unsettling soundscape dominated by insistent, intricate rhythms which often react with the vocals to stunning effect". Steve Yates of The Observer noted "Dabrye's production containing all the arrogance of crunk but a range and innovation that far outstrips anything else around". Alan Ranta of Tiny Mix Tapes praised "the tunes Tadd Mullinix puts out as Dabrye are obviously hip-hop" ... "or at least contain strong elements of electronica".
In mixed reviews, Robert Long of AllHipHop concluded: "though it's tough to swallow all the Dabrye flavored Kool-Aid, on Two/Three the man doubled up with a solid effort". Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork praised Mullinix's "singular Timbaland-meets-the flipside of Low rumble" as "more focused and intricate than ever", simultaneously criticizing many of the rappers as "wordy know-it-alls hell-bent on disrupting his groove". He praises Guilty Simpson's appearance as an example of "what Two/Three could be if the rappers were chosen based on entertainment value rather than how hard they're trying to save rap with big words".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = The Stand
| note1 = featuring Wildchild
| writer1 = {{hlist|Tadd Mullinix|Jack Brown}}
| extra1 = Dabrye
| length1 = 3:32
| title2 = Air
| note2 = featuring MF Doom
| writer2 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Daniel Dumile}}
| extra2 = Dabrye
| length2 = 3:10
| title3 = Machines, Pt. 1
| writer3 = Mullinix
| extra3 = Dabrye
| length3 = 1:37
| title4 = Encoded Flow
| note4 = featuring Kadence
| writer4 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Brandon Mitchell}}
| extra4 = Dabrye
| length4 = 2:52
| title5 = That's What's Up
| note5 = featuring Vast Aire
| writer5 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Theodore Arrington|Thomas Fehlmann}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Dabrye|Thomas Fehlmann ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})}}
| length5 = 4:03
| title6 = Tell Dem
| writer6 = Mullinix
| extra6 = Dabrye
| length6 = 3:04
| title7 = Nite Eats Day
| note7 = featuring Beans
| writer7 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Robert Stewart}}
| extra7 = Dabrye
| length7 = 1:56
| title8 = Jorgy
| note8 = featuring Waajeed
| writer8 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Robert O'Bryant}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Dabrye|Waajeed ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})}}
| length8 = 2:54
| title9 = Special
| note9 = featuring Guilty Simpson and Paradime
| writer9 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Byron Simpson|Frederick Beauregard}}
| extra9 = Dabrye
| length9 = 3:29
| title10 = Bloop
| writer10 = Mullinix
| extra10 = Dabrye
| length10 = 1:57
| title11 = Viewer Discretion
| note11 = featuring Invincible and Finale
| writer11 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Ilana Weaver|Derek Cooper}}
| extra11 = Dabrye
| length11 = 3:00
| title12 = Piano
| writer12 = Mullinix
| extra12 = Dabrye
| length12 = 4:05
| title13 = Pressure
| note13 = featuring Waajeed and Ta'Raach
| writer13 = {{hlist|Mullinix|O'Bryant|Terrell McMathis}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Dabrye|Waajeed ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})}}
| length13 = 3:20
| title14 = Reconsider
| note14 = featuring Kadence
| writer14 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Mitchell}}
| extra14 = Dabrye
| length14 = 3:24
| title15 = Get It Together
| note15 = featuring Invincible and Finale
| writer15 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Weaver|Cooper}}
| extra15 = Dabrye
| length15 = 3:32
| title16 = My Life
| note16 = featuring AG
| writer16 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Andre Barnes}}
| extra16 = Dabrye
| length16 = 2:19
| title17 = In Water
| writer17 = Mullinix
| extra17 = Dabrye
| length17 = 1:57
| title18 = Get Live
| note18 = featuring Big Tone
| writer18 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Anthony Jackson}}
| extra18 = Dabrye
| length18 = 3:37
| title19 = Machines, Pt. 2
| writer19 = Mullinix
| extra19 = Dabrye
| length19 = 0:39
| title20 = Game Over
| note20 = featuring Phat Kat and Jay Dee
| writer20 = {{hlist|Mullinix|Ronald Watts|James Yancey}}
| extra20 = {{hlist|Dabrye|Jay Dee ({{abbr|add.|additional producer}})}}
| length20 = 3:41
| total_length = 58:08
}}
;Sample credits
- Tracks 3 and 19 sample music track "Zodiac" by Zodiac from their 1980 Disco Alliance album.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|75264|Two/Three|type=album}}
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