The Dusty Foot Philosopher
by K'naan
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K'naan bestography
The Dusty Foot Philosopher is ranked 3rd best out of 4 albums by K'naan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by K'naan is Troubadour which is ranked number 16604 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 67.
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The Dusty Foot Philosopher track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (17 out of 18 tracks have been rated).
The Dusty Foot Philosopher rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2008 | 22/71 | - |
| 2015 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2008 | Consequence of Sound | The Top 100 Albums | 38/100 | - |
| 2006 | fRoots | Albums Of The Year 2006 | 12/16 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/09/2026 20:35 | cicadelic | 13,365 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2021 10:47 | TUFFwith2Effs | 34 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2015 11:22 |  tincanman2010 | 951 | 68/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2015 17:53 | ReelBigToph | 2,840 | 73/100 |
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K'naan establishes himself as someone whose been through more than the mainstream gangster rappers of his time, but proceeds to give us plenty of music that is far more uplifting. The darker tracks about his mental health towards the end hit really hard. Probably the first rap album I ever took seriously. His more braggadocios bars on the title track do the job, but they're nothing too special. It's more interesting to hear his story from nightmarishly bad to where he is at the time of writing. And his all around positive attitude sends a message to his contemporaries that the games they're playing are kind of sad and pathetic. He really does "make 50 cent look like limp bizkit", and I can bob my head to it.
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