Hell Can Wait [EP]
by Vince Staples
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Nov 10, 2014
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 69
  3. Negative: 1 out of 69
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  1. muslimsloverap2
    Mar 25, 2020
    10
    a banging collection of hard grimy songs that shows the sides of living the streets with the seasoning that only Vince excels at which is showing knowledge of the repercussion caused by the lifestyle he chose.
  2. tevin_pa9551
    Jun 24, 2017
    8
    Not my first introduction to Vince Staples. I listened to the mixtape he did with Mac Miller, a mixtape that Vince says he was never serious about when making it. Also "Nate" song off his solo mixtape I really liked. Hell Can Wait is like a mini-bio that comes before thee critical acclaimed album Summertime 06. I actually held to listening to this EP right before his debut album came outNot my first introduction to Vince Staples. I listened to the mixtape he did with Mac Miller, a mixtape that Vince says he was never serious about when making it. Also "Nate" song off his solo mixtape I really liked. Hell Can Wait is like a mini-bio that comes before thee critical acclaimed album Summertime 06. I actually held to listening to this EP right before his debut album came out from 2015. With music today you can't keep up. The songs that drawn me to the EP was easily Blue Suede just the beat alone you know it's some WC-ish. So yeah this was a tone setter.

    Favorites: Blue Suede*, 65 Hunnid and Screen Door.    … Expand
  3. homer4president
    Mar 10, 2016
    9
    Wish it wasn't so short but it sure is fire.I really enjoyed the different flows he had in this album like Limos and 65 Hunnid. A really overlooked rapper, can't wait til he blows up.
  4. eli_obeid
    Feb 12, 2016
    10
    Flames is an understatement, Vince executed it so swiftly in this project................ just wow, what a beautiful work of art. Now excuse me while I go and bump this album in my car
  5. BLeat
    Nov 24, 2014
    7
    Vince Staples is glowing with potential on this EP. He understand how to make hooks that are catchy but not 2 chains simple. The flow is ok. even though the pace and intensity of the flow does not change too much from song to song. His biggest issue is lyrical complexity. There is just not enough content on there to carry the whole album. Yet, in all, this is easily top 10 albums thisVince Staples is glowing with potential on this EP. He understand how to make hooks that are catchy but not 2 chains simple. The flow is ok. even though the pace and intensity of the flow does not change too much from song to song. His biggest issue is lyrical complexity. There is just not enough content on there to carry the whole album. Yet, in all, this is easily top 10 albums this year. This album, I see, as more of a raising action in his career than a climax.… Collapse

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The Wire
    Dec 15, 2014
    60
    With Hell Can Wait, he inches logically towards a modernisation of the chaotic wall of noise formula that defined Public Enemy than immediately pulls back from it. [Nov 2014, p.76]
  2. Boston Globe
    Nov 11, 2014
    80
    He makes his points quickly and it feels like a small but potent dose of reality.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Nov 11, 2014
    85
    Hell Can Wait is a dense and rewarding EP from a rapper who is refreshingly serious about his craft.
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