Young Dangerous Heart (Subtitle album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Young Dangerous Heart
| type = studio
| artist = Subtitle
| cover = YDH-250x250.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Release date|2005|02|22}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=59|s=21}}
| label = Gold Standard Laboratories
| producer = {{hlist|Subtitle|Alias|Omid|Thavius Beck|Cockamamie|Old Joseph|Life Rexall|Deeskee|Octavius|Headphone Science}}
| prev_title = I'm Always Recovering from Tomorrow
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Terrain to Roam
| next_year = 2006
}}
Young Dangerous Heart is the first studio album by American rapper Subtitle. It was released on Gold Standard Laboratories on February 22, 2005.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/young-dangerous-heart/129641053|title=Young Dangerous Heart by Subtitle|work=Apple Music|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=May 26, 2019}}
Production
Initially, Subtitle created the other version of the album that he solely produced. In a 2020 interview, he recalled, "The dudes from Gold Standard weren't into it because it went all over the place, production-wise and they needed a more cohesive project to release on a semi-large scale." He released that version himself, under the title Lost Love Stays Lost. For two thirds of Young Dangerous Heart, he got an outside production. He recalled, "As a result, I wrote better songs and the outside production made me step my beat game up, which gave me some type of credibility as a producer of some sort." His main sonic influences for the album were Slum Village's Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1), Sonic Youth's Washing Machine, and Kanye West's College Dropout, as well as the Mars Volta.{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/giovanni-marks-interview-2641387486.html|title=Marks X the Spot: Rapper Giovanni Marks Challenges the Hip-Hop Paradigm|work=PopMatters|first=Imran|last=Khan|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=September 16, 2022}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Pitchfork
| rev1score = 7.3/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7826-young-dangerous-heart/|title=Subtitle: Young Dangerous Heart|work=Pitchfork|first=Brian|last=Howe|date=August 11, 2005|access-date=May 26, 2019}}
| rev2 = PopMatters
| rev2score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/subtitle-young-2496078055.html|title=Subtitle: Young Dangerous Heart|work=PopMatters|first=Stefan|last=Braidwood|date=May 10, 2005|access-date=May 26, 2019}}
| rev3 = Splendid
| rev4 = Tiny Mix Tapes
| rev4score = {{Rating|2|5|full=TMT full.svg|half=TMT half.svg|empty=TMT empty.svg|rating=mark}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/subtitle-young-dangerous-heart|title=Subtitle - Young Dangerous Heart|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|author=Guest Writer|date=December 14, 2006|access-date=May 26, 2019}}
}}
Stefan Braidwood of PopMatters gave the album 7 out of 10 stars, commenting that Subtitle is "certainly forging his own territory, and, more than a deep voice, R&B collabos, or plat pop appeal, that's what hip-hop is about. Brian Howe of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 out of 10, writing, "Regardless of its merits and flaws, Subtitle's full-length debut confirms the arrival of a rap innovator in the tradition of Kool Keith, MF Doom, Doseone, and Missy Elliott; naturally, attempts to pigeonhole him end in futility."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro
| note1 =
| extra1 = Subtitle
| length1 = 0:49
| title2 = Gio-Graph-Ick
| note2 =
| extra2 = Alias
| length2 = 4:23
| title3 = Leave Home
| note3 =
| extra3 = Omid
| length3 = 4:26
| title4 = Palm Fronds
| note4 =
| extra4 = Subtitle
| length4 = 2:12
| title5 = Young Dangerous Heart
| note5 =
| extra5 = Thavius Beck
| length5 = 3:42
| title6 = Fast Food/Fast Death
| note6 =
| extra6 = Cockamamie
| length6 = 4:19
| title7 = Cray Crazy
| note7 = featuring Busdriver, Nocando, and Aceyalone
| extra7 = Thavius Beck
| length7 = 5:05
| title8 = Subtalk
| note8 =
| extra8 = Old Joseph
| length8 = 2:48
| title9 = Where To
| note9 =
| extra9 = Subtitle
| length9 = 4:03
| title10 = Con-Contrived (I'm Not)
| note10 =
| extra10 = Life Rexall
| length10 = 3:06
| title11 = Serial Boxes
| note11 =
| extra11 = Subtitle
| length11 = 4:19
| title12 = I Feel Nothing
| note12 =
| extra12 = Deeskee
| length12 = 2:08
| title13 = Springtime in Rufferdam
| note13 =
| extra13 = Subtitle
| length13 = 2:24
| title14 = Killer Drones on Street
| note14 =
| extra14 = Octavius
| length14 = 3:10
| title15 = Organichemico
| note15 =
| extra15 = Headphone Science
| length15 = 2:45
| title16 = Crew Cut (for Sale)
| note16 = featuring Nocando, 2Mex, LMNO, Existereo, Luckyiam, Awol One, Murs, Life Rexall, and Busdriver
| extra16 = Subtitle
| length16 = 8:22
| title17 = Outro
| note17 =
| extra17 = Subtitle
| length17 = 1:22
| total_length = 59:21
}}
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|83472|Young Dangerous Heart}}
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Category:Subtitle (rapper) albums
Category:Gold Standard Laboratories albums