Dope Don't Sell Itself
by 2 Chainz
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Feb 4, 2022
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Exclaim
    Feb 10, 2022
    70
    While Dope Don't Sell Itself does not inspire immediate playback like Chainz's last outing, So Help Me God!, and doesn't contain the breakout hits of 2017's acclaimed Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, it is a testament to the rapper's longevity and his vital role in ATL's shifting scene as a gravitational figure for all to aspire to become.
  2. Pitchfork
    Feb 4, 2022
    64
    The songs here are serviceable, thanks to 2 Chainz’s ear and charisma. But they’re more like templates than novel creations, far from his days of sampling Hall & Oates or trading verses with Kendrick Lamar over a Pharrell beat seemingly constructed from cutlery and trash cans.

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User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. spacemanrecords
    Feb 6, 2022
    7
    I feel that my enjoyment of this album, and its actual merit as a work of art, are two very different things...

    Dope Don't Sell Itself, is    I feel that my enjoyment of this album, and its actual merit as a work of art, are two very different things...

    Dope Don't Sell Itself, is sonically pleasing, and the features may as well have been generated by an AI robot... (Predictable, except for the Stove God Feature).

    Its just that, in terms of concept and or any focused direction... I just don't think its here...

    I give it a light 7    … Full Review »
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