Art Official Intelligence (Mosaic Thump) - De La Soul
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75 out of 100

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  • Summary: The rap outfit's first album since 1996's 'Stakes Is High' is the first in a planned trilogy.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    91
    The lyrics are intelligent of course, clever and moral and street-conscious and just gnomic enough, but their art is in their beats and flow and tunes too.
  2. Neumu.net
    80
    The grooves are righteous and the vibe is right.
  3. Alternative Press
    60
    The first De La Soul full-length lacking a consistent vibe throughout... [#147, p.81]
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  4. The Wire
    30
    Mosaic Thump lives up to its name only too well, displaying a fragmentary mess of rhyming schemes, contributing artists and leaden beats. [#199, p.45]
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. NseE.
    10
    Wow! From 'The art of getting jumped', 'All good', etc, etc, the boys are back showing that they are miles ahead of anything out there. Great stuff. I listen to it over and over and over.… Expand
  2. DannyD
    10
    This sh_t is rockin

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