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Every Hero Needs a Villain is the second studio album by American hip hop trio Czarface, which consists of rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck and underground hip hop duo 7L & Esoteric. The album was released on June 16, 2015, by Brick Records.[1] The album's lead single "Deadly Class" featuring Meyhem Lauren was released on April 7, 2015.[2] The album features guest appearances from Method Man, Large Professor, JuJu, GZA, MF Doom, Meyhem Lauren and R.A. the Rugged Man.

Every Hero Needs a Villain
Studio album by Czarface
Released	June 16, 2015
Recorded	2014-2015
Genre	Hip hop
Length	55:03
Label	Brick Records
Producer	The Czar-Keys
Czarface chronology
Czarface (2013) Every Hero Needs a Villain (2015) A Fistful of Peril (2016)
Singles from Every Hero Needs a Villain
"Deadly Class" Released: April 7, 2015

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Boston Globe	(positive)[4]
Exclaim!	8/10[5]
HipHopDX	[6]
RapReviews	7/10[7]
Record Collector	[8]

Every Hero Needs a Villain received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[3] Kyle Mullin of Exclaim! said, "7L handles the no-frills production, which is rife with early '90s RZA homages on 'Night Crawler' and the aforementioned 'World Premiere.' But the Bostonian beatsmith also experiments with crunchy classic rock style guitar riffing on 'Czartacus' and 'The Great (Czar Guitar).' Those beats prove to be a dynamic soundtrack for Esoteric and Deck's shameless, endlessly entertaining punch lines, which are bizarrely charming enough to leave you rooting for the bad guy."[5] Justin Ivey of HipHopDX said, "Every Hero Needs a Villain is one of the rare sequels that matches the original in quality. The chemistry built on the first CZARFACE album carries over seamlessly to their second effort as Inspectah Deck, 7L & Esoteric seem tailor made to work with one another. 7L’s underrated production shines and perfectly complements the styles of Deck and Esoteric. CZARFACE may know they're playing to a niche audience who desires a return to glory days of the ‘90s, but the execution is where CZARFACE differs from most nostalgic acts."[6]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 15 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the first week of its release.[9]

Track listing

All tracks are produced by The Czar-Keys

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10]	15
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[11]	15
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12]	19
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13]	4

References

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