''Mutant'' is the fifth album by American hip-hop duo

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. Released on July 26, 2005, it is the second half of the ''Man's Myth/Mutant''

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, released one month after its companion album, '' Man's Myth''. On November 4, 2015, Twiztid announced they were remixing and remastering Mutant for a 2016 re-release.

Music and lyrics

While ''Man's Myth'' featured a hip-hop-oriented sound, ''Mutant'' featured a

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sound. According to

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, "I've always wanted to do a Rock album and to date that was the closest thing to it we have ever done, so it holds a special place in my heart."

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said that "the sound of this album is far closer to

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's side of the Detroit hip-hop axis, specifically the cartoonish but musically fierce live-instruments-plus-samples sound of the best

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tracks."

Reception

wrote that ''Mutant'' was better than its predecessor, '' Man's Myth''; Allmusic also said that ''Mutant'' is "the best album of

's career, ..the one on which the duo finally steps out from the shadow of their mentors the

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Track listing

Charts

References

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