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Universal acclaim- based on 192 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 160 out of 192
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Mixed: 18 out of 192
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Negative: 14 out of 192
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blakKDec 10, 2007
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MichaelKMar 14, 2007I read all the hype about this album and, not being much of a hip hop fan, thought I'd listen to broaden my mind. Having listened several times I am forced to ask - can anyone tell me the difference between a good hip hop album and a crap one?
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F.ValeronJan 27, 2007Theemperor has hit the nail squarely on the head here. Indie mags like it, so Indie kids buy it, and everyone's afraid to say "what the hell is so special about this?"
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theemperorJan 10, 2007
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KingGJan 3, 2007
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GeraldAJan 2, 2007this CD was a great dissapointment. lyrics on this CD are of course dope. but the overall beats fall flat. neptunes (i blame pharrell) only impressed me on 2 tracks. and the CD has no overall feeling. it was much too anticipated and didnt meet the hype. there mixtapes are better then this.
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DiabloPDec 25, 2006
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NickYDec 19, 2006Yeah, it's ok, but does someone at metacritic want to explain what ind of warped weighting system gives this a metascore of 91? We have 20 reviews, 18 of which are equal to or less than 91, two of which are over 91...so Entertainment Weekly and Observer Music Monthly must be given a pretty ridiculously massive weight in metacritic's little system...seems a bit skewed to me.
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dollabillcurrencyDec 11, 2006most overrated album of the year. the drum beats are recycled 808 garbage. some of the rhymes are hot but overall critics have been far too kind.
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robDec 4, 2006only white people like this album. yawn. boring. nothing new, nothing exciting
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mikes.Dec 2, 2006boring album, production is hot but clipse struggles on the mic
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CalvinLDec 1, 2006Got to agree with Gary E. While the beats are a little better than what the neptunes usually offer it is still nothing special. Combined with their mediocre flow I just can't get into this album. I won't even try to analyze the lyrics if they can't excite me with the music (flow+beat).
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JaredB.Nov 30, 2006
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TKNov 29, 2006why is this getting such great reviews? I just don't understand. I listened to several of the songs after being suprised by the reviews, I listened expecting something amazing and instead I got something average.
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GaryENov 29, 2006I'm getting old, as I don't understand any of the praise for this album. The steel drum beats on Wamp Wamp are excellent but the flow just sucks. You people are nuts ... Wamp Wamp. Mr Me Too is straight up Neptunes tedium. Somebody else dog this album otherwise I'm rollin' out the rocker and retiring from Hip-Hop.
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Awards & Rankings
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BlenderIt's ghetto viciousness as literary exercise--an episode of The Wire with a better soundtrack. [Nov 2006, p.142]
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The best hip-hop album of 2006.
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There's a cold efficiency in how the Clipse delivers songs built on street-corner cockiness and billfold bluster. It's all shamelessly amoral, but the Clipse wouldn't be such savvy hustlers if they didn't know how to sling with style.