Bob Gulla of The Phoenix described the album as "a blissed-out merger of Prolyphic's smart rap/poetry and Reanimator's perfectly complementary beats and motifs."[ 6] Matt Rinaldi of AllMusic wrote, "Prolyphic lays his heartfelt verses over Reanimator's inventive beatwork, which combines loops, samples, and live instrumentation."[ 3] Alan Ranta of PopMatters commented that "The beats are glowing with live instrument samples and boom-bap drums, easily on par with the finest yet released by the man, while the words glide as if born to those sounds."[ 2]
Title 1. "99 Bottles" 3:48 2. "Born Alone" 4:56 3. "Artist Goes Pop" 4:29 4. "Dick & Jane" (featuring Macromantics ) 3:15 5. "Flashlight" 4:13 6. "Survived Another Winter" (featuring B. Dolan , Alias , and Sage Francis ) 4:55 7. "The Way That I See It" 4:01 8. "The Ugly Truth" 4:04 9. "Box Within a Box" 3:30 10. "On the Side" 4:01 11. "Slow to Get Up" 1:39 12. "Two Track Mind" 3:30 13. "Easier Said" 3:25 14. "Sleeping Dogs Lie" 5:18 15. "Playing with Old Flames" 3:11
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Prolyphic – vocals
Reanimator – production, mixing (15)
Macromantics – vocals (4)
Sandrine – additional backing vocals (4)
Jared Paul – additional backing vocals (4, 6)
B. Dolan – vocals (6)
Sage Francis – vocals (6)
Alias – vocals (6), vocal recording (6), vocal engineering (6), mixing (except 15)
Tom Inhaler – vocal recording (except 6), vocal engineering (except 6)
Irena Mihalinec – artwork
Josh Behan – photography
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^ a b c Ranta, Alan (May 5, 2008). "Prolyphic and Reanimator: The Ugly Truth" . PopMatters . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2013 .
^ a b c Rinaldi, Matt. "The Ugly Truth - Prolyphic/Reanimator" . AllMusic . Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2013 .
^ Juon, Steve (April 15, 2008). "Prolyphic & Reanimator :: The Ugly Truth" . RapReviews.com . Retrieved January 31, 2020 .
^ Butler, Nick (December 14, 2008). "Review: Prolyphic & Reanimator - The Ugly Truth" . Sputnikmusic . Retrieved October 14, 2013 .
^ Gulla, Bob (May 7, 2008). "Telling the Truth - Prolyphic and Reanimator bring it (page 1 of 2)" . The Phoenix . Archived from the original on June 15, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015 .