Skins
by XXXTentacion
  • Record Label: Empire
  • Release Date: Dec 7, 2018
User Score
3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 186 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 186
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 186
  3. Negative: 102 out of 186
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  1. jaket24
    Dec 9, 2018
    7
    While this album does fall short of XXXTentacion's 2 prior albums, skins does have a decent amount to offer. From Rock, to Rap, to Pop to Metal this album goes across multiple genres, and does it well. Compared to its contemporary's "Skins" is an album that fairs pretty well with all circumstances being taken into account.
  2. sandwichcipher
    Apr 6, 2019
    7
    The album was good. But a lot of the songs felt like it wasn't completed. "difference (interlude)" definitely felt incomplete. It should had a lot towards it.

    Favorite: Train Food, woah (mind in awe), One Minute, BAD!, Staring At The Sky, I don't let go, what are you so afraid of?

    Least favorite: difference (interlude)
  3. robbingg
    Dec 23, 2018
    10
    Great project, and definitely a good project to end off X's career with. This album is very versatile like his other 2, blending multiple genres. The length of this project also makes it very replayable, and there's not a single song on it that I would call "bad."
  4. erolsabadosh
    Dec 8, 2018
    10
    I honestly expected this to be rougher and less fully formed but I'm happy with how it came out. I don't think it's quite as good as ? or 17 because it's too short, but it's a worthy addition to his catalogue nonetheless. Guardian Angel is instantly one of my new favorite X tracks, it's hauntingly beautiful with its reversed sample from Jocelyn Flores and rapid fire lyrics wrought withI honestly expected this to be rougher and less fully formed but I'm happy with how it came out. I don't think it's quite as good as ? or 17 because it's too short, but it's a worthy addition to his catalogue nonetheless. Guardian Angel is instantly one of my new favorite X tracks, it's hauntingly beautiful with its reversed sample from Jocelyn Flores and rapid fire lyrics wrought with pain. Train food is perhaps one of the most poetically disturbing tracks by X and has a sparse beat over the top of the sound of rain while X narrates a bleak violent story that creeps under your skin slowly. Whoa follows with one of his most upbeat beats and feel-good vibes to elevate the mood, and it's also become one of my new favorites. BAD! has a great beat and sample, it's a simple track, perhaps my least favorite overall but still great. Staring at the Sky starts with a catchy hook over acoustic guitar before exploding rock guitars and drums come in and X screams the rest of the chorus. This vibe bleeds over into the most arresting track here, One Minute featuring Kanye West, which you're likely to either love or hate. I personally think it's an absolute banger, with a crazy beat, insane lyrics from West and one X's best scream-along choruses in a three minute onslaught. difference is labelled as an interlude but is a nice track and works well enough in what sounds like demo form, showing off X's singing chops. I don't let go is a jam; with a bumping club beat and a subdued but extremely catchy vocal. What are you so afraid of? is the final track, the whole album clocking in at an all-too-brief twenty minutes, and is a sparse bittersweet refrain that will likely leave fans teary-eyed. I'm glad that this album was released even if it does feel like it could have been so much more had he not died and it's sad that the world lost a young talent that clearly had so much more to give. RIP.… Expand
  5. Zyneex
    Dec 10, 2018
    10
    Easily a good album. You could really feel what way he wanted to go. It might not be as good as ? or 17, but still a nice final album.

    If you're a fan of X, don't listen to the haters ;)
  6. Natereater
    Dec 10, 2018
    10
    Whether or not this album achieves the level of his other albums is not important. This album is the work of a dead man. His other works speak for his greatness in life, this speaks for his lost potential. His lost potential is definitely a 10/10.
  7. Jdawgg
    Jan 21, 2019
    10
    Skins is a great album. The best part was when I went to the concert for Skins, that was fire. Skins is my favorite album from X so far.
  8. Hendo250
    Apr 7, 2021
    8
    this album is a 8 this album is a 8 this album is a 8 this album is a 8 this album is a 8
  9. destr0
    Dec 19, 2018
    7
    From beyond the grave X's new album has better production, while he tries to dig deeper into his feelings. Unfortunately, it definitely was rushed with a runtime of just 19 minutes, it would have to be all killer no filler. It isn't however. It definitely shows that X was killed during the making of this album. This is like the corpse of a great album, which we all knew he had in him.From beyond the grave X's new album has better production, while he tries to dig deeper into his feelings. Unfortunately, it definitely was rushed with a runtime of just 19 minutes, it would have to be all killer no filler. It isn't however. It definitely shows that X was killed during the making of this album. This is like the corpse of a great album, which we all knew he had in him.
    The overall aesthetic is great however and for an album in which the artist is dead, it does it quite well.
    RIP X    … Expand
  10. daniboyofc
    Jan 31, 2019
    7
    The last work of X is really good, but I doesn't felt the same thing as listening "17" for the first time. But I love his last work.
  11. KEIVID
    Sep 9, 2021
    10
    o álbum é muito subestimado, tem um grande potencial, ex: era um álbum postuma X não tava presente na finalização do álbum e mais o álbum por maioria só tem faixa solo do X, oque é positivo
  12. leuk
    Nov 7, 2021
    8
    Despite this not being everything that X would have wanted, the project as a whole was a fitting tribute. I found all of the songs to be meaningful and enjoyable, encompassing the diversity and passion that X always brought to the table. Although it would have been changed heavily to be perfected by X and suit his unique style, Skins is an excellent album and does not deserve the hate it receives.
  13. CordRafael
    Feb 17, 2022
    7
    so p deixar no perfil so p deixar no perfil so p deixar no perfil so p deixar no perfil
  14. lildickgirl666
    Mar 30, 2022
    7
    Su primer álbum póstumo que dejó a más de uno confundido, sin duda no es un álbum malo, pero se queda muy corto en comparación con sus demás proyectos
  15. CameronF305_
    Jun 19, 2022
    10
    Long live x. This body of work isn’t his best, but there are some true touching songs on here
  16. KaOsPro23
    Aug 15, 2022
    8
    It's perfect, it seems to me one of X's best albums, but the problem is: the album is too short, I would love if there was more content, but well, in itself, perfect
  17. 305Records
    Mar 5, 2023
    8
    Feels unfinished but had some great songs. I’m happy they released it and I feel like this album is over hated

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44

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 3 out of 9
  1. The Observer (UK)
    Dec 17, 2018
    40
    There’s nothing here quite as aurally arresting as Moonlight, off XXX’s ? LP, but his recasting of Slim Shady as an eclectic depressive indelibly coloured this year.
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    Dec 14, 2018
    60
    Some of Skins is good, some of it is not good. Musically, the tone is, mostly, consistent and effective, and the album’s overall effect is that of a sickly, vivid insight into a troubled life. And there’s not much else to say about it.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Dec 14, 2018
    30
    The album never makes a case for X as anything other than a thinly subversive figure and never even rationalizes the baggage that comes saddled with it. X’s musical legacy will forever be interlinked to violence. Skins is merely a shallow attempt to overwrite that legacy gone awry.
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