Skins
by XXXTentacion
  • Record Label: Empire
  • Release Date: Dec 7, 2018
Metascore
44

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 3 out of 9
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  1. Pitchfork
    Dec 14, 2018
    30
    The album never makes a case for X as anything other than a thinly subversive figure and never even rationalizes the baggage that comes saddled with it. X’s musical legacy will forever be interlinked to violence. Skins is merely a shallow attempt to overwrite that legacy gone awry.
  2. Slant Magazine
    Dec 10, 2018
    30
    Many of the album’s nine songs feel unfinished, with only half managing to crack the two-minute mark.
  3. The New York Times
    Dec 10, 2018
    30
    Skins barely leaves a mark. The ideas aren’t original. The record is short--clocking it in at just 20 minutes--but feels extremely threadbare. ... The songs on Skins are shards, sketches. Even calling them demos feels generous.

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#72 Most Shared Album of 2018

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User Score
3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 186 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 186
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 186
  3. Negative: 102 out of 186
  1. BlackManta
    Dec 11, 2018
    2
    Not a fan of this XXXTentacion album. Hopefully his next album will be better
  2. thedaywalker
    Dec 11, 2018
    1
    XXX has released 3 albums and i'm still failing to see what is so appealing about his music... Skins is just unnecessary cash grab, by whoeverXXX has released 3 albums and i'm still failing to see what is so appealing about his music... Skins is just unnecessary cash grab, by whoever is gonna profit from the sales of it.

    It is clearly compilation of unfinished work, with plenty songs with X just making some "melodic" sounds to the mic, over some amateurish beat selection and blend samples.

    The song one minute sees Kanye West just attention seeking and a very out of place, screaming XXX, the instrumental does not fit with what XXX wanted to achieve. Together with the single BAD! Which i can barely call a song, with so little said and what was said was basically said mumbling.

    Small highlights are the 2 first songs, Guardian Angel and Train Food, that show a more rapping XXX, more sharp with his delivery, even though lyrically it's nothing out of this world, but those 2 songs are definitely more pleasing to listen to then the rest of this album, unfortunately they aren't good enough to make this album any less of a drag to listen to. Really my least favorite album this year

    Favorite Tracks: Guardian Angel, Train Food
    Least Favorite Tracks: Rest of the album    … Full Review »
  3. GrantD243
    Dec 11, 2018
    4
    I mean, it's not downright terrible and I probably will listen to it occasionally, but it's extremely short and quite forgettable.
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