Distant Relatives - Nas And Damian Marley
User Score
9.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 76 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 74 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 76
  3. Negative: 1 out of 76

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  1. sosa
    Nov 27, 2010
    10
    It's better than I expected, and I had high hopes for Nas and Damian Marley. Great production and lyrics from both seemed to complement each other very well.
  2. ghostfacekillah
    Dec 17, 2010
    10
    This is defintely one of the best albums of the year. Nas and Damian Marley are one of the two greatest living artists I know. The lyrics are mind blowing and the production is great but not excellent.
  3. Ouas
    Oct 3, 2012
    10
    I had to register and write a review for this CD because anyone who heard this and understood what they were trying to do on this one wouldn't have gave this CD lower then a 9 out of 10. No filler tracks, the songs go well together, they keep the CD going. Bad Meets Evil,Jay-Z and Kanye West etc. No one is going to make this good of a mainstream Collabo CD.

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Metascore
73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Mojo
    80
    [This album] finds a glorious similitude between the two disciplines. [Jul 2010, p.92]
  2. Q Magazine
    40
    Reggae-rap soundclash fails to catch fire. [July 2010, p. 136]
  3. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    The result is an exceptionally melodic reggae album that's intensified by rapping devoid of dancehall patois and a hard edge unknown to roots revivalism. The result is also an exceptionally political hip-hop album that's most convincing when it doesn't multiply Afrocentric distortion by Rastafarian reasoning.
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