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82 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 38 Ratings

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  • Summary: Q-Tip returns to release his first solo album in nine years with guests such as D'Angelo, Amanda Diva, Norah Jones, and Raphael Saadiq.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    His music now seems as fresh and necessary an alternative to rap's mainstream as it did when Tribe first arrived. Welcome back, old friend.
  2. Delusions of Adequacy
    100
    The Renaissance is arguably, the best hip-hop album of the year.
  3. Uncut
    60
    The Renaissance offers a compromise between the rootsy East Coast rap he helped to define and the LP you imagine the label wanted. [Jan 2008, p.111]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. ClaireF
    10
    One of the best albums I have bought in years...immense!
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  2. EricM
    10
    This album is magnificent, a great experience
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. OwenP
    3
    Not really that interesting to me. I found it sort of dull and lacking any character. Then again, I'm a huge Wu-Tang fan, so this isn�39;t really 'groundbreaking' in my view.… Expand
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