by NF
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 254 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 26 out of 254
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  1. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. best album of the century. never heard something so amazing in my life. stream it! Expand
  2. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    NF's best album yet, can't stop listening to it and never gets boring. I recommend this album to everyone who has any difficulties in their life, there's always at least one song you can relate to
  3. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    It's NF, what else is there to say. Album is fire as always. Real music you can relate to that isn't vulgar. Album of the year by far!!!
  4. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. BEST album of the 2019 Expand
  5. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    The search is easily one of the best albums that I've ever heard. This is real music with a message and passion. I love every track.
  6. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    amazing !!!! such a talented artist!!!!! deep and clean music!!!!
  7. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    NF really poured his heart into this masterpiece, he talks about his personal life on what he is going through and how, "FAME" tried getting to him. He talks about his Depression and suicidal thoughts that get to him. He also talks about how he needs to strengthen his relationship with God. It's RealMusic!!
  8. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    Enjoy every single song on the album. You can feel the emotion and can relate to so many experiences through Nate's music.
  9. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    This is such an amazing album. NF did such a good job rapping and keeping it real. If you haven’t heard this album yet what are you doing with your life?
  10. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    I love this whole album everything is relatable and you feel like you know him
  11. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best album of 2019 Expand
  12. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    nate is phenomenal at heart aching lyrics that captures raw emotion experienced by everyone
  13. Aug 23, 2019
    10
    I love NFs subject matter and the darkness of his production and entire brand. I live for the strings, pianos, obscure beats and emotional lyrics he brings to life like no other current artist. Sadness can be such an artistically beautiful part of life, and I love to hear him masterfully explore the many faces of this emotion that most people run away from or only touch superficially.
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    I love NFs subject matter and the darkness of his production and entire brand. I live for the strings, pianos, obscure beats and emotional lyrics he brings to life like no other current artist. Sadness can be such an artistically beautiful part of life, and I love to hear him masterfully explore the many faces of this emotion that most people run away from or only touch superficially.
    I hate it when people criticize the sadness he expresses in his music without understanding that no human being is made of only one type of emotion 100% of the time. Everything in life is bittersweet, this is just the side he chooses to talk about.
    While I hope for human being Nathan to be happy, I want artist NF to stay in the dark because he is just too good at playing with those corners of my mind.
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  14. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    Greatest Album that NF has ever made, whole album is about mental health which is dope
  15. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    It is his best album till date. The album is cinematic and feels like a movie full of emotions.
  16. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing and Inspirational. Beats are insanely good. Lyrics are genius. Top tier rhyme schemes and creative flows and delivery. Super relatable topics. This album sets the bar very high for other lyricists. Grammy material. Expand
  17. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    Amazing album, such passion in every song cant go wrong really. Also I love minecraft
  18. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    Very personal and real! This album can pick you up through your toughest times. Nate has a lot of courage for doing this. Album of the year!
  19. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    NF put a lot of emotion and passion into this album. He raps about struggles from his past and present, the questions that he asks himself everyday, and mental health. The album is also talks about how he is searching for himself with all the things that life throws at him. This is his best album by far.
  20. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    It's amazing, y'all should really check it out! He has worked really hard on this album and it goes hard.
  21. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    Best album EVER, handsdown. He is the best artist ever, and deserves all the succes he has.
  22. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    Love NFs new album he has helped get through mt depression. And i can relate to a lot of his songs. Been a fan since day 1
  23. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    Incredible lyrics that tackle real life issues head on is what you will hear when you listen to NF. The Search does not disappoint in this aspect. So far the best album of 2019.
  24. LGD
    Aug 17, 2019
    10
    I love it how he surpass himself everytime. He never disappoint his audience.
  25. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    The Best Album Ever Made... NF is a walking masterpiece, his music is very inspirational and has deep meaning and story, with a ton of bars, and a nasty and smooth flow, real music the way it should be, NF Listen to NF Read his lyrics Real Stuff Life Changer Game changer
  26. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    This album is so personal, through the ups and downs of so many peoples lives, we all have connections to the highs and lows of this album by Nate (NF), which makes it more than just, some music album, to us.
  27. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    This album was extremely amazing. It’s extremely relatable. The beats that were put into this was very well designed.
  28. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    The Search is NFs best so far and he is only improving with every album he makes. He is my all time favorite rapper hands down.
  29. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    You are drunk out your mind if you say this ain’t album of the year mannn!!! This album is one of the Best works or art and talent i’ve heard in a while!!! Pure raw energy, emotion, vulnerability, and more is what NF brings on this album!!! I may love NF, I may Be A Stan... But if this was trash i’d 100% say it was... and this is far from trash! This album will win a grammy this year andYou are drunk out your mind if you say this ain’t album of the year mannn!!! This album is one of the Best works or art and talent i’ve heard in a while!!! Pure raw energy, emotion, vulnerability, and more is what NF brings on this album!!! I may love NF, I may Be A Stan... But if this was trash i’d 100% say it was... and this is far from trash! This album will win a grammy this year and prove all you haters wrong! So stop jumping on the bandwagon telling people on you dying news media pages that this is garbage, and actually open your ears and listen to this album from start to finish.... get yourself taken on a journey, a search for hope, a search of NF trying to find purpose in his life... As well as be prepared to relate to almost every bar this man spits.... Amen To That!! Expand
  30. Aug 17, 2019
    10
    Meaningful lyrics and well told stories using a variety of styles of music are what you will get with this album. There is some hard hitting, upbeat rap songs, some pop songs with catchy choruses, some very cinematic songs, some chill songs, and even a piano ballad! Its a long album but its a great one. I would recommend anyone reading this to give it a try.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Oct 15, 2019
    80
    There are more nuanced (and enjoyable) approaches to records focused on depression. Elzhi’s “Lead Poison” is still the one I’d recommend first but NF impresses on “The Search”. ... By stripping that away, his barrage of words – married with the booming, cinematic production (credited as NF and Tommee Profitt) – is surprisingly digestible.
  2. Aug 16, 2019
    40
    NF also shares Eminem’s shrillness and distorted sense of volume, rapping like he’s putting on the world’s loudest Punch and Judy show. He spends much of The Search darting in and out of an overbearing rappity-rap snarl-yell that can cut right through you if you don’t relate to his roiling anger.
  3. Aug 16, 2019
    40
    He is a genuinely engaging artist who raps with impressive intensity and clarity, if not nuance. He confronts his incurable sadness head-on, and it’s easy to identify with his mental health struggles. But for an album about depression, The Search contains a noticeable lack of tension and interior texture.