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Brooklyn's Don Diva
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6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: The rapper from Brooklyn releases her much-delayed follow-up to 2001's "Broken Silence."

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. RapReviews.com
    70
    Foxy's ability to be honest about her trials and tribulations is refreshing, and the album is mostly successful regardless of her extra-long absence from store shelves.
  2. NOW Magazine
    60
    This “mix­tape album” decently whets the appetite.
  3. PopMatters
    50
    Brooklyn’s Don Diva isn’t a stellar offering, but it’s not terrible either.
  4. AllMusic
    50
    A couple tracks and a few stray lines aside, these verses could have been dashed off by the MC at just about any earlier point in her career.
  5. Spin
    40
    Fox gets tripped up by uninspired rap-reggae mashups, electro-pop beats better suited for Nelly Furtado, and rhymes that dwell on designer labels and raunchy sex. [Mar 2008, p.98]
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  6. Village Voice
    40
    Take Foxy Brown's (belated) fourth album, Brooklyn's Don Diva, as the latest missed opportunity.
  7. The New York Times
    30
    The production is bargain bin, and lyrically, she sounds leaden.

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. NicoDaFlagburna
    Jan 27, 2011
    5
    Somewhere in the mix are good hip-hop foundations that are let down by ordinary productions, average flows and middle-of-the-road lyricalSomewhere in the mix are good hip-hop foundations that are let down by ordinary productions, average flows and middle-of-the-road lyrical content. There is no attempt at any originality but the rhythms and rhymes are strong enough to meet audience expectations. It is the type of album you would listen to once and then forget about. This is not to say its a bad album but the sounds are forgettable and Foxy Brown's style is hugely out of fashion right now in 2008. The standout track is 'The Quan' which sounds great thanks to Lady Saw. 5/10 48/100… Expand
  2. briannaperry1
    Nov 12, 2013
    0
    I just don't know where it went wrong, her lyricism fell short, her flow somewhat didn't seem convincing. I LIVE for the ill na na but hadI just don't know where it went wrong, her lyricism fell short, her flow somewhat didn't seem convincing. I LIVE for the ill na na but had lost all faith when i heard this album. it seemed rushed and i felt cheated, waiting so long for foxy and had been let down. This all happened after Lil' Kim owned her lyrically.… Collapse

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