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I'm New Here - Gil Scott-Heron
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78 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: Poet, musician, and singer/songwriter Gil Scott-Heron is one of the most influential progenitors of hip-hop music. Such artists as Kanye West, Mos Def, Black Star, and Air have sampled his work. Now, the poet returns with his first album in 15 years released on XL Recordings.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    100
    I'm New Here is an outstanding album and one of beauty and substance and for the first time in fifteen years, Scott-Heron is back.
  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    It's a steely blues record at heart--the sound of a damaged man staring in the mirror without self-pity but not without hope.
  3. PopMatters
    30
    I'm New Here is a thin affair-musically weak and lyrically narrow.

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