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Universal acclaim- based on 325 Ratings
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Positive: 288 out of 325
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Mixed: 14 out of 325
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Negative: 23 out of 325
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MikeLOct 6, 2007Don't feel it. Don't like her voice, the beats annoy me. Not something I could listen to in any situation. I like Justice, Battles, !!!(chk chk chk), and this just does not work for me. I really tried to like it, but I can't.
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ErikHAug 21, 2007
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ProjectGSXFeb 27, 2008Just terrible. I tracked down this album after seeing its glowing reviews and I have no clue what the fuss is about.
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BillyBAug 30, 2007
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SparkDSep 4, 2007We hate UK rappers !
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McLovinAug 27, 2007Quite possibly the most over-hyped crap of the decade. This isn't genius. A least a couple publications aren't scared to lose critic-street-cred by calling it what it is. What a waste of time. Sad that folks think this is meaningful stuff.
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MiloszD.Jul 30, 2008I agree that this is overhyped. There *is* a big mix of styles, but that in itself doesn't really mean the album is great, even though some reviewers seem to have based it purely on this notion. It is like Vibe says unfocused, there's no poignancy and it ends up being something in between annoying and dull. 2 Points and that's even with some good will.
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JoeMJan 12, 2008Some of the beats are decent, but her voice tends to ruin them. Her lyrics are flat-out terrible. There is nothing interesting, deep, or creative about this music.
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GraemeSSep 13, 2007Really don't get the great reviews that this album's been getting. I've listened to it several times and I'm just not feeling it. I'm surprised to because I love Switch (Dave Taylor) who produced most of the album.
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ByronG.Aug 30, 2007I cannot believe that people actually consider this to be music. It brought to mind the children's tale "The Emperor's New Clothes."
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MattD.Aug 28, 2007A nearly unlistenable mix of chanting and shrill music.
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MattC.Apr 15, 2008Pure tripe.
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JoeyK.Feb 14, 2008The most OVER hyped, OVER rated album of the year. Combining obnoxious terribly off key vocals and contrived over thought out beats that are all painfully sporadic. The worst album of the year by far.
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Awards & Rankings
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Although there are a couple of failed tracks--like the tediously slow 'The Turn'--most of this stuff is groundbreaking.
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There are the terrible lyrics and more than a few moments where her one-style-fits-all MCing grates, but there's also the politics that no one else would touch, an intelligence, colour and humour, and the added benefit of centrifugally heavy production. Skip a couple, and you're in for a treat.
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Q MagazineEverything here is a fantastic hybrid, M.I.A. and her platoon of producers thieving fashionable street sounds from Baltimore hip hop to Brazil's baile funk. [Sep 2007, p.89]