User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 270 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 20 out of 270

Review this album

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
  1. ShamS.
    Dec 18, 2007
    9
    one of the year's best hip-hop album...Lupe Roooles.
  2. TonyB
    Dec 18, 2007
    10
    Heat. Easily one of the best of the year.
  3. Akerss
    Dec 18, 2007
    9
    I don't quite know if it's better than Food & Liquor, but it's still great. Favorites include Superstar, Go Go Gadget Flow, and Dumb It Down. Intelligent lyrics, great production, and the best flow around currently.
  4. JJE.
    Dec 18, 2007
    10
    Original, positive and refreshing music. Loved it.
  5. DemitriK.
    Dec 18, 2007
    10
    Instant Classic. The only reason those 60s look bad is because they are 3/5 which doesn't sound as bad as 60/100. and the 75 is a 3/4 which is great.
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 30
  2. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Even considering the over-abundance of elaboration on all fronts, it's a credit to Lupe that he has made an album that cannot be processed after one or two listens, and if you have the time, its inscrutability turns into mere complexity.
  2. It turns out randomness makes for a surprisingly unifying concept.
  3. Lupe Fiasco and his producers--mostly Soundtrakk--have clarified the lyrics and brought out the hooks. The result is a three-act allegory that’s also one of the year’s best hip-hop albums.