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Trinity (Past, Present and Future) - Slum Village
Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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  1. PopMatters
    80
    With an uplifting mellow party vibe, ear-catching rhymes and a Zen-like minimalist style that takes decades of music and points them toward the future, Trinity stands tall on its own.
  2. The A.V. Club
    80
    What Trinity lacks in consistency, it more than makes up for in ambition and eclecticism, as Slum Village careens assuredly from aggressive, sinister dance-rap to funky minimalism to blissed-out soul.
  3. CDNow
    70
    Trinity is a more diverse album than their last, but there are times when the songs feel too disjointed.
  4. Mixer
    60
    As a document of solid, if not always spectacular, post-modern hip-hop that dips into soul and R&B, Trinity is worth the money. [Aug 2002, p.82]
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  5. CultureDose.net
    60
    Even with all the enjoyable tracks, many of the choices SV makes with their production will keep some fans scratching their heads.
  6. All Music Guide
    60
    Despite a bloated track listing and a mostly overblown concept, though, Trinity (Past, Present and Future) is an excellent statement from one of the most mature groups in the rap underground.
  7. Rolling Stone
    60
    By combining the cinematic ambition of Massive Attack with A Tribe Called Quest's soul-clap minimalism, Slum Village step forward on Trinity -- even if, at sixty-nine sprawling minutes, it could have used some serious pruning.
  8. Vibe
    60
    Though T3 and Baatin's verbal syncopations punctuate Trinity's big-bottomed sound, their words are consistently trite. [Sep 2002, p.248]
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  9. Pitchfork
    45
    After a few tracks, it becomes increasingly more difficult to ignore the pathetic lyrics and boring flows-- even the production seems redundant, bland, and horribly imitative and regressive.
  10. Alternative Press
    40
    Trinity is almost perversely uninvolving on first listen. [Sep 2002, p.90]
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  11. Q Magazine
    40
    Some interesting musical touches and flashes of intelligence remain, but muddy mixing and one-paced production make this an overlong bore. [Nov 2002, p.114]
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  12. Launch.com
    30
    Trinity drags from track to heavily blunted track like a doped-up Tribe Called Quest, vainly searching for the group's warm and soulful vibe of yesteryear.
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