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31 Minutes To Takeoff
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6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

  • Summary: Known as "Baby Timberlake," this Duke University student is a pop singer who stands on his own, going from a dorm-room mixtape to potential stardom with his new album.
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Cooler Than Me
If I could write you a song And make you fall in love I would already have you up under my arm. I used up all my tricks I hope that you like... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    31 Minutes' breezy B-boy anthems may keep the man of the half hour around well past Labor Day.
  2. Billboard.com
    71
    He sounds as unflappable as the subject of his first hit.
  3. AllMusic
    70
    The better surprise is his heavy dose of talent that doesn't necessarily dazzle but does charm, and is deep enough to keep things interesting for a whole album.
  4. Boston Globe
    50
    This short, lightweight disc finds Posner evolving from his hip-hop leaning early mixtapes into a nasal-voiced talk-singer with some serious woman issues. Mostly, though (unlike, say, Kid Cudi), his lyrics barely scratch the surface of real emotions.
  5. Slant Magazine
    50
    Posner's B-boy sound may be derivative as hell, but the album stands to turn him into the latest DIY sensation.
  6. Rolling Stone
    50
    Mike Posner is at the head of a new genre: frat-house R&B.
  7. The New York Times
    30
    He toggles between petulant cad ("Gone in September") and wounded child ("Save Your Goodbye"), convincing at neither. He has a grating voice, heavily nasal, with a seeming inability to wrap his lips around all of the necessary syllables, meaning that even when he's at his angriest, he sounds as if he's holding back.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. Beats
    Aug 14, 2010
    10
    a really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really reallya really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really shameful album.… Collapse
  2. mrcritic
    Sep 23, 2010
    7
    This album may be all beer pong, but the album has skilled lyrics, and definately deserves some sort of standing ovation. My favorites includeThis album may be all beer pong, but the album has skilled lyrics, and definately deserves some sort of standing ovation. My favorites include the second promo single "Please Don't Go", the skilled remake "Bow Chicka Wow Wow", If you're the kind of person who just loves and leaves, pick "Gone In September", and the pop potential hit "Cheated". However "Delta 1406", "Falling", and "Deja Vu" just leaves with disappointment. Though Posner may have flaws, mini-Timberlake is gonna score big with his catchy anthems filled with pure excitement.… Expand
  4. senordinosaur
    Nov 14, 2019
    1
    I really like a lot of this dude's stuff. I was all over that Ibiza track about a year before the remix made it take off. I'm kind of a fan.I really like a lot of this dude's stuff. I was all over that Ibiza track about a year before the remix made it take off. I'm kind of a fan.

    What the **** even is this? It's like a terrible half rap album. Mike can't rap. The lyrics on this sound like he thinks he's a self help guru. Where "I Took A Pill in Ibiza" seemed like a guy struggling with success and wrestling with what it meant in a very identifiable way, this feels self indulgent. Like when a dude gets too much money and too much fame and gets too removed from real life and starts to think they're a guru.

    Also, man are the voicemails from celebrities kissing his ass is really weird. Hopefully he finds his footing again this is garbage.    … Expand
  5. BWETMatangi
    Aug 6, 2013
    0
    This is a really horrible CD. Mike Posner will always be a one hit wonder. The only good song is "Cheated" that isn't even one of my top 100This is a really horrible CD. Mike Posner will always be a one hit wonder. The only good song is "Cheated" that isn't even one of my top 100 songs. This is my least favorite CD I ever bought.… Expand

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