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Positive: 13 out of 32
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markDec 9, 2008Underrated; its short, but it doesn't need to be any longer and it seems like people go into the album hoping to come away hating it because of the change of sound, even though it doesn't appear to be a permanent style change... it's really not all that bad to be honest.
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PeterFJul 10, 2009This album is awesome. From best first track of album ever (UMC- maybe best song on album, definitely best beat on album) to great turntablism in Inhale. In my ladder of US hip-hop albums, second after 808s and Heartbreaks.
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FrantzL.Dec 10, 2008
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TheRapManDec 9, 2008
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TonyB.Dec 9, 2008Not bad. Not great. Solid.
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LawrenceH.Dec 9, 2008Universal Mind Control is generally a fun album to listen to if you can get past Common's mediocre punchlines and lyrics.
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Universal Mind Control seems to move Common backward instead of forward, which for a lyricist of his caliber is truly disappointing.
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Huh? A Common album without a soul-jazz opener? Well, rap's deep thinker wanted to make club bangers. So he got the Neptunes to shape this sexed-up set.
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While we're used to Common in the role of poetic prophet or self-righteous rhyme slayer, Universal Mind Control is primarily a rhythmic celebration, paying tribute to Afrika Bambaataa and Jonzun Crew jams.