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- Summary: The hugely successful Brooklyn rapper worked with an A-list of producers (including Just Blaze, Kanye West, Aqua, Eminem, Rick Rubin and The Neptunes) on what he has stated will be the final release of his career. (Sure it will.)
- Record Label: Def Jam
- Genre(s): Rap
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Top Track
99 Problems | |
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If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son I got ninety nine problems but a bitch ain't one I got the rap patrol on the gat patrol Foes... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 19
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Mixed: 2 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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MojoA magnificent record. [Jan 2004, p.104]
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There are better storytellers, there are better battle rappers, there are undoubtedly rhymers with more on their minds. But there isn't a better MC around, if you're talking about the art of sheer mic domination.
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The Black Album stands up alongside Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint as Z's most ambitious work.
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While it probably won't be remembered as his best album, The Black Album is his most personal to date and features some of his most compelling writing.
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Q MagazineExcellent, although not quite the epoch-defining triumph its hype suggested it might be. [Jan 2004, p.108]
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Impresses on the same level as the best of his career.
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For all the dark wordplay, the album is an aural equivalent of that old American favourite, the schmaltzy biopic.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 62 out of 65
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Mixed: 1 out of 65
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Negative: 2 out of 65
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Aug 22, 2011
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JasonCFeb 16, 2004
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zackAug 4, 2004i like the cd the best
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RobertCFeb 21, 2006He goes through his whole career perfect send off
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Jul 14, 2017
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Mar 20, 2021
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TonyGNov 24, 2003The "whack" Album.
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