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Universal acclaim- based on 47 Ratings
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Positive: 41 out of 47
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DjChainZApr 6, 2004Unbelivible best Jay Z album
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GaryBSep 20, 2005As a major fan of the Beatles and a minor fan of Jay Z, I thought this work would be just a cheap rip off. How wrong was I. Dangermouse has made an enchating album which works incredibly well. I wish you could by this in the shops. It deserves to make money its sooo good!
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KulayMJun 19, 2006one of the most underrated, unreleased albums in hip-hop history. this album marks the ingeniousness of Danger Mouse, who would later go on to team up with MF Doom and form the group, Danger Doom.
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GregM.Apr 27, 2009Either love it or leave it alone.
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GMoneyJul 20, 2009This album is an almost surreal fusion of great music. The Beatles samples don't overpower Jay-Z, they instead give him a rousing echo that can't be found anywhere else, but the halls of Danger Mouse's studio.
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ChrisWFeb 27, 2004this album is the best rap album i have ever heard, and the way dangermouse puts together the beatles music with it is awesome
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izraelmAug 12, 2004this album is fantastic! Knocks the black album off it's pedestal
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DanCSep 7, 2004The fact that anyone can mix Jay-Z and the Beatles and pull it off is worth a ten!
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DavidDec 7, 2005holy holy
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jasonrFeb 8, 2005Amazing! Danger Mouse is a genius. and man he's got balls
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KirolosIFeb 6, 2007Its brilliant. Period.
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mohankDec 1, 2006fantastic. original. most tracks are better than the original jay z versions.
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ZachSSep 10, 2006Incredible! Loved it from the beginning to the end. The only song I was partial to was Allure (track nine). 99 Problems is great and Dirt Off Your Shoulder is fantastic. If you don't have it I strongly reccomend searching your favorite (legal :p) P2P network.
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MCDishJun 19, 2006
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ColmMMay 14, 2007this album is teh bling!
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KenSAug 31, 2004This album is absolutely brilliant. It's not nearly as good as the White Album, but it destroys the Black Album. This is a wonderful mix of r&b with all the old favorite Beatle songs. Download this now, especially "Helter Skelter/99 Problems". It is a little unnerving that the Beatles are put second to Jay-Z, but its a great album regardless.
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CarlosTJan 17, 2005This Album took balls to pull off. Danger Mouse must carry his testicles in a wheelbarrow
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mattaJul 11, 2005Incredible. There is only one track in my mind that doesn't really work, the rest is pretty much perfect, overall, better than the original Black album(but obviously not on par with the White Album). The second best rap offering of the year(just behind madvillainy).
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jackedupNov 22, 2007
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MichealPJul 23, 2004This musical collage is a wonderful amalgamation of cultures and color. It dissipates racial lines and brings a common truth to light: music brings people together. It's a brilliant effort regardless of commercial intent and content.
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TakFFeb 28, 2004
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WarrenMar 25, 2004The mixes were extremely clever and inventive. I haven't enjoyed a Jay-Z album in years, but I certainly could sit through this entire production with an assist from those four guys of Liverpool.
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DanManManManManJun 23, 2007Great, though not quite on the level of The Black Album and The White Album on their own.
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bobMar 2, 2004It's creative and a fun listen. Instant classic? Not quite, but it opens new doors and raises new questions about the nature of "new music".
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jamsJan 9, 2005Very nice, with some so-so cuts. Not as good as the White Album, not as good as the Black Album, but still good enough to warrent an...ahem...purchase.
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JonneCMay 24, 2004What a joke! What a shame that the intelligent, melodious work of the Beatles gets raped over and over again by the "music" of Jay-Z. Even the artwork shows Jay-Z in FRONT of the Beatles! In reality, he disappears in their shadow in almost every way. What a shame to reduce the genius of the Beatles to background noise.
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johnfMar 14, 2004stop fooling yourselves. the grey album doesnt open any new doors, does not stretch musical boundaries, it doesnt even bring anything new to the table. Far too many albums like this one are created for the grey album to be rightfully getting this much attention. Indeed, it is an enjoyable listen about once. after that it is just boring and hollow.
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DmitriyJan 26, 2007I love Gnarls Barkley, but I don't know what the hell Danger Mouse was thinking here. He took the greatest album of all time and mixed it with Jay Z's garbage. It's not an original concept and it doesn't work.
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DJUrbanCoolOct 30, 2006An abomination, a total bastardisation of a work of art by a talentless idiot, sounds like a 5 year old's mixed it in his bedroom, beyond boring, beyond appalling.
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AnonY.Apr 30, 2009I had the misfortune of hearing this album the other day. Abysmally mixed, far too bass heavy and with scant attention paid to tuning or tonality, this has to be one of the least pleasant things I've heard.
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[Anonymous]Dec 8, 2005a piece of garbage. sounds horrible, how could anybody think this is listenable.
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Awards & Rankings
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Dangermouse's actions have breathed creative life back into a 35-year-old record while inventing a completely new work of hip-hop art.
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SpinWhile the novelty factor alone makes it worth the download time, it works as a cohesive album long after the initial shock wears off. [Apr 2004, p.91]
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The diversity of the mixes on The Grey Album also is a testament to how carefully Danger Mouse has cut and pasted together his unauthorized sonic pastiche.