Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
  2. Negative: 0 out of 20
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  1. Jun 11, 2012
    70
    [The album offers] an easy, accessible entry point into this Dark Knight's world.
  2. Jun 13, 2012
    70
    If you avoid Mysterious Phonk during the impatient daytime hours, you'll find it impressively dark and uncomfortable.
  3. Jul 19, 2012
    78
    He may not have superstar charisma on the mic, but his ability to create an enveloping, dungeon-like sphere of sound practically guarantees you'll be seeing his name pop up on plenty of great releases for years to come.
  4. Jun 11, 2012
    70
    It's scattered, without a singular vision, and successful nonetheless.
  5. Jun 11, 2012
    80
    His singular sound gives the project a wonderful sense of cohesiveness and gels Purpp's vision together with a maturity beyond his young years.
  6. 70
    An obsession with sex that's rarely heard outside Lil Wayne albums is combined with the woozy sizzurp lilt of A$AP Rocky and his own stunningly sinister devil's whisper delivery to create something remarkably dark and original.
  7. Jun 13, 2012
    80
    SGP's ability to create a quarantined universe explains why Mysterious is often absorbing rather than oppressive.
  8. Jul 20, 2012
    70
    A plenty addictive listen.
  9. Jun 11, 2012
    80
    Like A$AP Mob and Odd Future before him, Purrp arrives fully formed, with his own unique, fully realized aesthetic vision.
  10. Jun 25, 2012
    70
    An air of menace and depression hangs over this album, embodied in SpaceGhostPurrp's stream-of-consciousness raps, leaning on sneering boasts and mantralike chants. This single-mindedness can be invigorating.
  11. Jul 19, 2012
    70
    Mysterious Phonk feels extremely private in ways that are powerful but not entirely sorted out yet. Purrp finds numerous occasions to talk about smiling in the face of a cold world, but even a facetious smirk never really cracks, and the world is cold in only the most brightly-lit, fantastical, and dystopic ways.
  12. Uncut
    Jul 5, 2012
    70
    A nifty wordsmith whose drawled delivery complements the menace of his woozy productions. [Aug 2012, p.80]
  13. Jul 17, 2012
    70
    There's something about it--the entire album has such a tone you can't help but get sucked into its slowed down world.
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Jul 16, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. The beats are good which makes MP a little bad (in my opinion) it was badly remastering some songs from BLVCKLVND RVDIX 66.6 and forcing to remove some samples from them Full Review »