The Renaissance
by Q-Tip
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 64 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 64
  3. Negative: 4 out of 64

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  1. OwenP
    Nov 16, 2008
    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't really 'groundbreaking' in my view.

Awards & Rankings

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#43 Best Album of 2008
92
#92 Most Discussed Album of 2008
66
#66 Most Shared Album of 2008

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. AllMusic
    90
    His long-awaited return on The Renaissance is no disappointment, offering more of the same understated, aqueous grooves and fluid rapping that the Abstract Poetic has built his peerless career on.
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  2. 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.
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  3. Spin
    80
    Up-tempo and uplifting, this largely self-produced record blurs distinctions between accessibility and avant-gardism.
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