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{{Infobox album
| name = Thru
| type = studio
| artist = Thavius Beck
| cover = Thru album.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2006|10|03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mushrecords.com/release/102|title=MH-247: Thavius Beck - Thru|work=Mush Records|access-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905095028/http://www.mushrecords.com/release/102|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=live}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=00}}
| label = Mush Records
| producer = Thavius Beck
| prev_title = Decomposition
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Dialogue
| next_year = 2009
}}
Thru is the second solo studio album by American hip hop musician Thavius Beck. It was released through Mush Records on October 3, 2006. It includes "'98", which was East Bay Express{{'}} "MP3 of the Day" on November 10, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/CultureSpyBlog/archives/2006/11/10/mp3-of-the-day-thavius-becks-98|title=MP3 of the Day: Thavius Beck's "'98"|work=East Bay Express|first=David|last=Downs|date=November 10, 2006|access-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708075259/https://www.eastbayexpress.com/CultureSpyBlog/archives/2006/11/10/mp3-of-the-day-thavius-becks-98|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/thru-mw0000562590|title=Thru - Thavius Beck|work=AllMusic|first=Rick|last=Anderson|access-date=May 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128071130/http://www.allmusic.com/album/thru-mw0000562590|archive-date=November 28, 2015|url-status=live}}
| rev2 = Brainwashed
| rev2score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5607:thavius-beck-qthruq&catid=13:albums-and-singles&Itemid=133|title=Thavius Beck, "Thru"|work=Brainwashed|first=Matthew|last=Jeanes|date=October 7, 2006|access-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095419/http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5607:thavius-beck-qthruq&catid=13:albums-and-singles&Itemid=133|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=live}}
| rev3 = Cyclic Defrost
| rev3score = favorable{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2006/11/thavius-beck-thru-mushstomp/|title=Thavius Beck – Thru (Mush/Stomp)|work=Cyclic Defrost|first=Tom|last=Smith|date=November 18, 2006|access-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708104331/https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2006/11/thavius-beck-thru-mushstomp/|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}
| rev4 = Tiny Mix Tapes
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/thavius-beck-thru|title=Thavius Beck - Thru|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|first=Dave|last=Gurney|date=|access-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226130411/http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/thavius-beck-thru|archive-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=live}}
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Rick Anderson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a brilliant sophomore effort from a major talent in modern hip-hop." Matthew Jeanes of Brainwashed said: "This could easily be the kind of record that gets people who typically dismiss hip hop and electronic music as glossy, vacant, or superficial to rethink that position." Tom Smith of Cyclic Defrost commented that "[there] are frustrating things about this album, but it's undeniably ambitious, uncompromising, and very consistent."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Sonic Sound
| length1 = 1:46
| title2 = He's Back
| length2 = 2:36
| title3 = Reaching
| length3 = 2:11
| title4 = Under Pressure
| length4 = 3:51
| title5 = Dedicated to Difficulty
| note5 = featuring 2Mex
| length5 = 4:09
| title6 = The Storm Before the Calm
| length6 = 4:28
| title7 = '98
| note7 = featuring Nocando
| length7 = 3:21
| title8 = Perpetual Pursuit
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = Yet and Still...
| length9 = 2:34
| title10 = Lyrical Gunplay
| note10 = featuring Saul Williams
| length10 = 4:38
| title11 = Down
| note11 = featuring Mia Doi Todd
| length11 = 3:34
| title12 = Paranoia
| length12 = 2:57
| title13 = Dichotomy
| length13 = 6:52
| total_length = 42:00
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Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Thavius Beck – vocals, production
- 2Mex – vocals (4)
- Nocando – vocals (7)
- Saul Williams – vocals (10)
- Mia Doi Todd – vocals (11)
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|83793|Thru}}
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