Armed to the Teeth (Swollen Members album)
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| Released | October 27, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 1:06:35 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 62/100 |
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| AllMusic | |
| HipHopDX | 2.5/5 |
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| Now | |
| RapReviews | 7.5/10 |
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Armed to the Teeth is the fifth studio album by Canadian hip-hop group Swollen Members. It was released on October 27, 2009 via Battle Axe Records and Suburban Noize Records. Production was handled by Rob The Viking, Karim Goldan, DJ Kemo, Metty The Dert Merchant, Moka Only, Roger Swan, Russ Kline, Spawn and Tre Nyce. It features guest appearances from Tre Nyce, Young Kash, Barbie Hatch, Everlast, Glasses Malone, Krondon, Phil Da Agony, Saafir, Slaine, Talib Kweli and Tech N9ne.
The album debuted at number 146 on the Billboard 200, number 23 on the Independent Albums and number 5 on the Heatseekers Albums charts, selling 3,400 copies in the first week in the United States. It also entered the Billboard Canadian Albums at number 19.
It is their first release in three years, as the group had taken a break over the past few years while member Madchild dealt with drug addiction and legal issues. On August 25, 2009, the lead single, "Warrior", was released and peaked at number 94 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. The second single, "Red Dragon", a remix of the track of the same name, performed and produced by former Swollen Members member Moka Only on the album Monsters in the Closet was released on September 8. Three days later, a music video for the lead single "Warrior" was released. On October 19, the full album became listenable on Swollen Members' MySpace page. The third single, "Bollywood Chick", was released around October and the music video was released on November 10 via Swollen Members' YouTube account. The fourth and final single, "Pornstar", was released in early 2010 and music video was released on YouTube via Swollen Members' YouTube account.