The Take Over
by Zion I
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Alternative Press
    50
    The album as a whole is scattershot; it's easy to appreciate the boundaries that Zion I are pushing, but the best authors have great editors. [Feb 2009, p.107]
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  2. PopMatters
    50
    There are certainly worse ways to make party music, but it doesn’t make it any less disappointing, especially if Zion I is going to keep up some of its backpackery, fight-for-change rhetoric.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Their quirky, inventive take on hip hop deserve a bigger audience. [Mar 2009, p.98]
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  5. RapReviews.com
    75
    Zion I--on four songs, at least--maintain their sterling reputation as one of the most underrated acts around.
  6. Spin
    70
    Unabashedly upbeat, MC Zumbi compares ghetto life to being a "caged bird," but even when he dismisses haters ("Burning incense, yeah, they tried to call us yoga"), he sounds optimistic.
  7. Uncut
    40
    Its wilful eccentricity distracts from the Native Tongues style that's their strongest card. [Mar 2009, p.107]
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  8. Vibe
    80
    The Take Over--a post-modern sonic mash-up for Generation O--is Zion I’s best attempt at turning their underground crusade into an overground movement.

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Yayo
    Mar 2, 2009
    9
    They switched it up, but still come correct. Open your mind and don't sleep.
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