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73 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 52 Ratings

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  • Summary: The seventh album produced by Kanye West (who also guests on one track), features appearances from Lily Allen, DJ Premier, D'Angelo, and Bilal.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. RapReviews.com
    95
    'So Far to Go' embodies everything great about Common--his witty delivery, smooth flow, loquacious lyrics and perfect sense of timing --but then the same could be said for virtually any track on Finding Forever.
  2. Dot Music
    60
    On paper then, Finding Forever has the dubious distinction of being the equal of "Be". In practice, its jaded formula falls someway short of the genuine energy of its predecessor's finer moments.
  3. cokemachineglow
    35
    The type of pretension that rears its fluffy manicured head on Finding Forever is one flatly insidious, lying in plush vibing harpsichord wait ("Intro"), in pattered bongo spoken word nobility ("Black Maybe"), and finally erupting in a 7½ minute crossharp-cooing, Crash-namedropping, butterfuck of pretension, exploding the boundaries of how fucking wack we ever, ever, ever thought Common could get.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 35
  3. Negative: 2 out of 35
  1. TONYB.
    10
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  2. Paulc
    5
    It's hard to follow up an album as good as Be, so Common was almost doomed to fail from the start. Finding Forever sounds like it has potential but never really bursts forth. Common sounds tired on half the tracks. Even Pop's rap was sub-par. I still love Common but this is the most disappointing since Electric Circus.… Expand
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  3. richardj.
    2
    Just get The People and So far to go...but if people like Hip-Hop they would have the latter from J Dilla's Album "The Shinning" which has more oomph then this...so my advice is what? Just get "The People" track as the rest is tired, boring and uninteresting...this is souless hip-hop and is an insult...BE was disappointing but this is worse, Common stop being a sell-out and go back doing an album "Like Water For Chocalate"....that is what works for you...this stuff is sh*t… Expand
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