MTMTMK
by The Very Best
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. NOW Magazine
    Aug 2, 2012
    60
    On MTMTMK, the duo moves through a range of global sounds, from Congolese kwassa kwassa to reggaeton to electro house.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Jul 31, 2012
    60
    MTMTMK dispels doubts, improving on the debut with bigger hooks.
  3. The New York Times
    Jul 16, 2012
    60
    The partnership [Afro-Euro balance] is more complicated and less satisfying.
  5. The Observer (UK)
    Jul 16, 2012
    60
    Their second still bears that warmth and immediacy ... but the decision to supercharge so many tracks with clubbier beats – in other words, to make them sound a lot more like the rest of the charts – is disappointing.
  6. Mojo
    Jul 19, 2012
    40
    It seems more about Africa's love affair with US urbana, and so less endearing. [Aug 2012, p.94]
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  7. Slant Magazine
    Jul 11, 2012
    40
    Decidedly un-fun... Stuffed with manufactured Euro-pop, stale preset beats, Auto-Tuned vocals, and other assorted fallbacks, the album lacks both the harmonic precision and jubilant, vista-inspired mood that defined Mwamwaya's modern rendition of Malawi music on Warm Heart of Africa.

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