Return Of The Mac - Prodigy [of Mobb Deep]
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75 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: This solo release (somewhere between a mixtape and a true album) for the Mobb Deep rapper was produced by the Alchemist.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Pitchfork
    85
    What it is is the announcement of a stunning and unexpected late-career renaissance; Prodigy is tapping back into the fearsome frustration that once drove him.
  2. RapReviews.com
    80
    "Return of the Mac" is everything that "Blood Money" should have been and wasn't.
  3. All Music Guide
    80
    Even if this is familiar ground, an album so tight in theme and feel is refreshing in an era where most lyricists invite anybody and everybody.
  4. PopMatters
    50
    Return of the Mac presents a more refined and progressive Prodigy than the one we heard on Blood Money, but there’s no indication that Hell on Earth‘s Prodigy will be heard from anytime soon.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. NateL
    8
    Modern hip-hop's tales of gangsters and gunplay have recently saturated the rap scene. Many times with dissapointing results. However, the veteran MC, and Mobb Deep capo, Prodigy, and and the equally legendary producer Alchemist make the most of old soul samples and bragadocious gangster talk.… Expand
  2. mikes.
    7
    a good old school album. Prodigy and the mc do a good job providing a nostalgia mood.

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