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Party Music
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85

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: Perhaps best known for being the album that depicted the World Trade Center towers in flames on its cover (before the events of September 11 necessitated a last-minute change of artwork), 'Party Music' is the fourth full-length for the ultra-political rappers.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    100
    Imperfect, definitely. But only because perfection is on the table.
  2. Spin
    90
    They've also inflected the mix with OutKast's quick complexity; and, like 'Kast, the Coup have progressed from story rapping to more mercurial rhymes. [Oct 2001, p.125]
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  3. L.A. Weekly
    90
    Not as consistent as The Coup’s outstanding Steal This Album from 1998, Party Music still manages to be one of 2001’s best.
  4. AllMusic
    80
    Party Music doesn't really break much new ground for the Coup; it's more a consolidation of their strengths, touching on a little bit of everything they've done well in the past.
  5. CDNow
    80
    May be the Coup's tightest album yet.
  6. Alternative Press
    80
    The duo's brand of hip-hop sounds like a mind-meeting between Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton and pimped-out Bay Area rapper Too Short. [Oct 2001, p.91]
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  7. Village Voice
    60
    Many of the lyrics on Party Music amount to no more than slogans, maxims, opinions.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. AnikulapoC.
    Jan 2, 2002
    10
    A masterpeice.
  2. MikeR.
    Jan 10, 2002
    10
    This album rocks!
  4. AlisonK.
    Jan 27, 2002
    10
    People like Boots are making the world a better place.
  5. SN
    Aug 30, 2006
    10
    Medicine for a ghetto soul. Boots spits radical, deep but direct and accessible. A singular talent--and did I mention that it's funky, Medicine for a ghetto soul. Boots spits radical, deep but direct and accessible. A singular talent--and did I mention that it's funky, fun, and positive as well?… Expand
  6. LawrenceP
    May 10, 2005
    10
    Some the best tunes hip-hop has to offer these days. Super!
  7. patriot
    Dec 30, 2001
    0
    anti-American, anti-police, anti-capitalist CRAP

Awards & Rankings

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#21 Best Album of 2001
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#97 Most Discussed Album of 2001
100
#100 Most Shared Album of 2001