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The WireDec 5, 2012Lyrically it is all shamelessly hollow, but Ross's album is seductively swish, its production sophisticated and strings and saxophone abound. [Oct 2012, p.75]
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Aug 16, 2012God Forgives' best moments... are fine examples of how big-budget rap can skilfully avoid crass clichés, and even convey no little emotion.
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Aug 13, 2012God Forgives, I Don't is slick, large, and sounds like wealth.
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Aug 10, 2012God Forgives is a comedown--sporadically introspective, occasionally rousing, and sort of without purpose.
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Aug 7, 2012While some tracks may feel more like Bay and Ratner, Ross more often than not hits his mark.
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Aug 7, 2012Though it's solid enough to maintain Ross' reputation as one of commercial rap's most reliable album artists, God Forgives rarely feels like an event, and by the standards of a rapper who once threw a press conference in his own honor, that makes it a minor disappointment.
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Aug 1, 2012With its share of both musical indulgence and serious self-reflection, it's an album as big and sturdy as the man behind it.
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Aug 1, 2012If Teflon Don was a buffet-style feast with deluxe entrées laid out for the listeners, God Forgives, I Don't is a full-course dinner that starts with a plate of bruschetta and ends with a zeppole.
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Jul 31, 2012God Forgives is the first album that really feels like it was made by a boss.
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Jul 31, 2012While not as electrifying as "Teflon Don," this 70-minute set deftly mixes grandiose gestures and ominous bravado.
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Jul 31, 2012Skip the umpteenth "BMF" re-treads and the album's soggy R&B bottom quarter and there's much to savour.
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Jul 31, 2012The rapper's midair brush with death only intensified his hunger. On this commanding, complicated album, he wants more out of more.
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Jul 31, 2012This album [is] unabashedly fun and very easy to listen to.
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Jul 30, 2012There is still some great music on God Forgives, but it is somewhat overshadowed by higher-profile misfires.
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Jul 30, 2012The beats are huge, varied enough that they don't become tedious, and the guest talent is deep and broadly selected.
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Jul 30, 2012All of it works, there's plenty of ambition with little over-reaching, and the most striking bits of the album are striking for unexpected reasons.
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Jul 30, 2012Bold and indulgent, God Forgives, I Don't embodies why Rick Ross has become a fixture that listeners can depend on, as well as an executive who can strategize success for not only himself but others around him.
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Jul 30, 2012There are times when God Forgives is as engrossing and surprising as rap can be.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 38 out of 72
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Mixed: 17 out of 72
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Negative: 17 out of 72
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