''The Night Took Us In like Family'' is the first collaborative studio album by American record producer L'Orange and American rapper

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. It was released via

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on April 21, 2015. It features guest appearances from Gift of Gab and

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Critical reception

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wrote: "Whether it's a one-off or the start of a beautiful relationship, Jae and L'Orange sound made for each other and this collaboration is first-rate hip-hop storytelling." Anupa Mistry of ''

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'' described the album as "an aesthetic concept record (billed, cringingly, as 'noir hop') that teasingly ponders the idea of gangster rap from another era—pre-''Scarface'', for once."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. * L'Orange – production *

– vocals * Gift of Gab – vocals (5) *

– vocals (8) * Michael Tolle – executive production

References

External links

''The Night Took Us In like Family''
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