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For 888 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 The Iceberg
Lowest review score: 15 Excuse My French
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 716 out of 888
  2. Mixed: 151 out of 888
  3. Negative: 21 out of 888
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Play Cash Cobain
    I’m glad he found a lane, stuck to it, and rode the hell out of it until he had to go to the clinic for a shot. On the other hand “Play Cash Cobain” is nearly one straight hour of listening to another dude read me the letters he wrote to Playboy. I prefer that to a rapper bragging about how many people they’ve killed, but an hour straight of either one with no variance is monotonous. He’s a solid producer, and while pitch corrected rap singing isn’t my favorite thing, he’s better than average at that too.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Jay Stay Paid
    Years of being disregarded, underrated and criticized may have hurt Dilla's feelings but those who would regret that will feel no shame now knowing every barb thrown his way only made Dilla that much doper as a producer--to the point his posthumous albums are now better than what most living cats make today.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    St. Elsewhere
    A strange and unique album that is more rock and pop than anything most rap fans are used to.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Savage Mode II
    The 44 minutes of this album could exist without Mr. Freeman, but they couldn’t exist without Metro Boomin. ... [21 Savage's] a solid RAPPER through and through and in an era of singers I’m always going to appreciate that, but if I said I could ignore the banality of “Savage Mode II” lyrically I’d be lying.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    My Name Is My Name
    This is certainly a fine album, pretty much throughout.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This Is My Demo
    A quality contemporary UK rap album with equal shares of bleepy, futuristic and poppy, everyday music and plenty of singing to support a rapper that clearly isn't just rapping because everyone else is. Still, there's room for improvement.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Black Dialogue
    Akrobatik and Lif are the ideal lyrical yin and yang.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Fallen House Sunken City
    Alias's production merely compounds the record's dense and oppressive aesthetic. The tracks tend to bleed into each other musically, one grainy backing indistinguishable from the next.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    MM..Food
    He traverses the well-trodden avenues of gun and drug rap, reinterpreting redundant rhetoric into remarkable displays of comic genius, all while sticking firmly to a food motif.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sorry To Bother You
    What makes this record successful, is exactly what Lupe refused to do on "The Great American Rap Album:" make enjoyable songs first and spread a message second.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    The Shining
    It's easily among the best of his work in his entire career.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    All the Beauty in This Whole Life
    With All the Beauty in This Whole Life, he created not just an album that represents an arranged amalgamation of his own experiences, but also a hip-hop album with so much soul that Rakim would blush.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Section.80
    The album is still a must-have any true hip-hop head, and it is certainly a promising release from the young emcee, but just don't go in expecting an easy, feel-good listen.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bleeds
    As disappointing as Bleeds is at points, it is still a Roots Manuva album. The man can weave an intricate rhyme like few others, and his message of searching for righteousness and forgiveness is one that resonates.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    UGLY
    It hurts me to say different choices in terms of the production would have made it more accessible, because I respect his intent to be inaccessible here. If I have to sum it up and put a bow on it, I think “UGLY” is an album that will probably be appreciated more 25 years from now than it is today.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Honest
    This album makes up for substance with slickness.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Since We Last Spoke
    The order of the songs in the end seems carefully chosen, not unlike a play or movie where the emotional resonance from each piece is meant to build you up, bring you down, and build anticipation through each movement towards the climactic ending.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fever
    It is a meticulously crafted album that goes down smooth and leaves you with something to think about.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    One Day As A Lion [EP]
    This EP cannot be recommended for who I consider our core group of readers unless you are familiar with his previous material and know you enjoy it, but the level of talent is undeniable.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Revolutions Per Minute
    There's something magical about pairing Talib with Hi-Tek on production that transcends his already almost unlimited lyrical potential and creates an extraordinary experience.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Continuance
    The only potential pitfall is that the tableau that is a Curren$y record leans too much towards self-care and opulence like some showy Instagram account. ... While “Covert Coup” was more varied musically, the familiarity of the arrangements and orchestration on “Continuance” ensure a certain timelessness.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Live from the Underground
    In the end, I think that long time fans of Big K.R.I.T. will find the album to be well put together, but they'll still be left wanting just a bit more.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Mic Tyson
    Sean Price has rarely if ever lost a step and Mic Tyson is not going to be the time that he did.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Street's Disciple
    There's just enough to be cut that this could have been one outstanding album instead of two discs that overall make a pretty damn good release.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
    Ali is a mess of contradictions, but his latest effort proves how well those contradictions work together. Mourning In America is another amazing album by Ali, hip-hop's best street preacher.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
    Big K.R.I.T. does a good job of separating the two personas at the end of the day. If the album was about 5 or 6 minutes shorter, it could have fit on a single disc but perhaps at the expense of the narrative. The double disc format really helps to drive home the point when the listener wants to switch from Big K.R.I.T.'s "Get Away" to Justin Scott's "Keep the Devil Off."
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    My Krazy Life
    My Krazy Life is a successful debut album that achieves most of what it sets out to achieve.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Tetsuo & Youth
    Lupe Fiasco doesn't present tracks that are just a hot beat and some memorable bars--he's aiming for cinematic moments and drawing you into the atmosphere he seeks to create.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    DS2
    If you can get into the fantasy and ignore the reality then DS2 might be good escapist music for a little while.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Quakers
    Despite the many cooks involved in this project, it maintains a sonic and lyrical cohesiveness.
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