{"product_id":"sage-francis-personal-journals-2lp-45705","title":"Sage Francis - Personal Journals [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003ePersonal Journals is the first solo studio album by American rapper Sage Francis. It was released on Anticon in 2002. It peaked at number 8 on CMJ's Hip-Hop chart.  Chris Dahlen of Pitchfork gave the album an 8.7 out of 10, saying, \"Personal Journals is a success because it turns the self-examination into poetry and then, harder still, turns the poems into great rap.\" Stanton Swihart of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, \"The soundscapes that his team of producers came up with are every bit as unorthodox and superlative.\" Clay Jarvis of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of \"A−,\" calling it \"the finest hip hop album of this year.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Thomas-Glass of Dusted Magazine said, \"The combination of Sage Francis's boldly self-searching poetry with the beats of some of underground hip hop's most talented producers is out-and-out breathtaking, from the opener 'Crack Pipes,' that brilliantly flips Sixtoo's impossible-to-rhyme-over beat from his instrumental opus The Secrets That Houses Keep, to the closing bars of 'Runaways,' the Joey Beats-produced outro that is quite haunting in its beauty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"V001 - AGS Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46463066013883,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/7647\/4299\/files\/IMG_5982Medium.jpg?v=1739835460","url":"https:\/\/ags.earth\/products\/sage-francis-personal-journals-2lp-45705","provider":"AGS Honolulu","version":"1.0","type":"link"}