Rebirth
by Lil Wayne
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 21
  3. Negative: 11 out of 21
  1. Billboard.com
    56
    Although the cleaner melodies and pop polish seem to mute the rapper's stream-of-consciousness salvos, he still shines on "Drop the World," featuring Eminem.
  2. Rolling Stone
    50
    The problem is that Wayne has very questionable taste in rock. He splutters and wails over tracks stuffed with aggro stomp and bland riffage; it sounds like he's been holing up with a bunch of Spymob and Incubus records.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    50
    Lil Wayne’s status and influence is now clearly working against him, the choice to release a rock record has backfired, yet obviously no-one has had the guts or inclination to tell him that the overblown choruses and riffs of Rebirth drag him away from the in-your-face lyricism and unorthadox flows that he is best at.
  5. Pitchfork
    45
    Concocting the world's finest excrement-related rhymes, Rebirth is most definitely a flop, terribly unsexy, and contains surprisingly few shit jokes.
  6. The Guardian
    40
    For the most part, though, Rebirth underlines what he can't: the problem of rap-metal remains unsolvable, even by him.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    40
    When he emerged from his stupor, he announced that he was giving up rap to make a guitar album. Which brings us to ‘Rebirth’, a shlock-rock record so absurd it makes Alien Ant Farm seem like a legitimate musical venture.
  8. AllMusic
    40
    It’s more interesting to ponder Wayne's reasons for making Rebirth than to actually listen to it, because the end result is a loud and ignorable bore.
  9. PopMatters
    40
    Tere are no sultry Organized Noize beats, no effortless Sleepy Brown hooks, no ferocious Raekwon verses—just an endless stream of abysmally written, Auto Tune-drenched nothings.
  10. Uncut
    40
    At least it is in its worst moments the songs beome subservient to clunky genre experiment. [Apr 2010, p.92]
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#18 Most Discussed Album of 2010
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#35 Most Shared Album of 2010

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User Score
3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 210 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 210
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 210
  3. Negative: 139 out of 210
  1. Dogbiscuit
    Feb 19, 2010
    2
    Don't give it a zero. 'Drop The World' and the intro to 'Runnin' were kinda good.
  2. ReviewCritic
    Jan 17, 2012
    1
    Drop The World and one other song were good, but the rest of the album is just a horrible and disgusting mix of rock and pop. WORST ALBUMDrop The World and one other song were good, but the rest of the album is just a horrible and disgusting mix of rock and pop. WORST ALBUM EVER! I never knew a legend like Lil Wayne could disgrace himself this much.… Full Review »
  3. Chrislake94
    Jun 3, 2011
    0
    Hip Hop went from LL Cool J, Boogie Down Productions, RUN DMC, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, A Tribe called Quest, Kool G Rap, NWA, Too Short, Nas,Hip Hop went from LL Cool J, Boogie Down Productions, RUN DMC, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, A Tribe called Quest, Kool G Rap, NWA, Too Short, Nas, pioneers of Hip Hop to this!!! Hip Hop hasn't even lasted half a century and albums like this get Platinum certification and are able to be Mainstream. Hip Hop is going downhill and more ignorant fans emerge from the surface, where is the Hip Hop fans who could acknowledge support the great artists, don't look for the commericial artists find the real ones.… Full Review »
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