Constant Energy Struggles is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Ces Cru. The album was released on March 26, 2013, by Strange Music.[1] The album features guest appearances from Tech N9ne, Liz Suwandi, JL of B. Hood. The album debuted at number 98 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Upon its release, Constant Energy Struggles was met with generally positive reviews. David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, saying "Tech N9ne's Strange Music label has some "true hip-hop" releases in its back catalog, for sure, but when Ces Cru puts down "We diversified the label/They called it 'Strange-hop'" within their first minute of their debut for the label, they're merely getting the issue out of the way. From then on, it's right to business, street business, that is, with a classic, Mobb Deep feel for the beats and the flow, topped with a Black Star-quality rhyme book."[2] David "Rek" Lee of HipHopDX gave the album three out of five stars, saying "Fans might compare them to mainstream so-and-so who can’t form proper sentences, but these are emcees who are striving for greatness and at times their rhymes just aren’t there yet. They’ve graduated from the school of rhyming “lyrical-spiritual-miracle,” but there are moments where it feels as if they’re still having ciphers in the parking lot. It’s a very solid first outing on a bigger stage."[3]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 98 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 5,400 copies in the United States.[4]
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