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For 889 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Undun
Lowest review score: 20 Neon Icon
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 723 out of 889
  2. Mixed: 164 out of 889
  3. Negative: 2 out of 889
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    You Only Live 2wice
    Each of the eight songs on You Only Live 2wice can be taken as different scenes from a movie, with the one-trick pony effect dulling brighter moments such as “Homesick.”
    • 76 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    SweetSexySavage
    Kehlani’s decision to provide spoonfuls of candor throughout the album is why she’ll reach the apex of R&B sooner than a lot of her contemporaries.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Slime Season 3 [Mixtape]
    Young Thug's extensive catalog is spotted with dynamic moments and this project seems to forgo such progressiveness. The range is still there, but sectioned into neatly packaged offerings.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vodka & Ayahuasca
    Underground Hip Hop in the right and literal sense of the term, Vodka & Ayahuasca is an uncompromising listen that dwells in the underbelly of an increasingly saccharine rap scene.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them
    There's nothing to startle about the music or the lyrics and there's little that isn't coated with a whiff of having heard it all before.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sour Soul
    The inclusion of a small handful of featured emcees spices up the pot appropriately and where and when they cook are choiced well.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Souled Out
    The songwriting is so intentionally simple and evocative that you’re as much sucked into wondering just what she’s going to say next as much as you just want to hear a high-quality song.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At.Long.Last.A$AP
    Its focus on breadth is also part of its charm, and although the project is 18 songs deep it does not feel rushed through, but rather lived through.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This Time
    This Time isn't Sigel's strongest endorsement as an emcee--that would be The B. Coming--but it is a testament to his impeccable ability to select production.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    King of Hearts
    More sexual than sensual, King Of Hearts fulfills the bare minimum of love, lust and heartbreak, all the while showcasing Young Goldie's affinity for the female body.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I'm Up [Mixtape]
    Although it is still to be determined if Thugger can step it up a couple of notches for an album that will be touted as an official release, I’m Up doesn’t offer up any reason to doubt him.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Golden Era
    In sum, Golden Era is an extremely tight, solid package, clocking in at less than 40 minutes through ten tracks.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Eat Pray Thug
    Eat Pray Thug is a remarkably moving opus condemning ethnocentricity and wallowing in relational grief.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Here
    HERE is sewn up together nicely and a testament to what Keys always gets right--speaking from the heart as she strokes those 88-keys.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ARIZONA BABY
    At times Abstract is advancing the alternative Hip-Hop genre, while in other moments he’s relishing in an indie-pop fantasy. Generally, he’s at his best when he’s building off his previous Hip Hop success.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Are You Gonna Eat That?
    Hail Mary Mallon gives us one of the better independent albums released of the year. The artists' ability to have fun, while weaving a complex and serious narrative is the thing that only seasoned lyricists could pull off.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Who Made the Sunshine
    Who Made the Sunshine is a solid offering, even if not Gunn’s most wholly compelling body of work. It doesn’t break any ground or expand his dynamics in the way that A King To A GOD did for Conway, but it is Gunn doing what he does best — at a very high level.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    The Off-Season
    Despite the casualness of everything, The Off-Season still earns buckets from the level of microphone craftsmanship he’s developed for himself and the melodies it brings.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Coming Home
    On COMING HOME, Usher meets the moment without trying to eclipse the past, serving as a reminder that the King of R&B hasn’t gone anywhere.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium
    Challenging listeners on Cellar Door, their next level aesthetic is a double-edged sword since the strong flows that help them stand out require great effort to process.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Watch the Throne
    Today's Hip Hop scene has a rotating cast of notable stars, yet Watch The Throne simply wouldn't have felt the same had it been two different rappers converging for something this monumental.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    You Still Here, Ho?
    Although You Still Here, Ho? doesn’t boast as many catchy hits as its predecessor, Flo Milli’s studio debut still finds success by exploring new genres. Contrary to the record’s cohesiveness, each track is unpredictably experimental in sound and style when compared to Flo Milli’s previous work.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Drip Or Drown 2
    This album is a big win for Gunna, an even bigger win for executive producers Wheezy and Turbo but a championship win for contemporary rap as a whole that should be appreciated by all.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Woptober 2
    There is little here that challenges the listener — let alone Gucci himself. Your take away from it rests on how willing you are to listen to the ATL pillar cruise-control over particularly predictable soundscapes with lazy bars that make themselves malleable to mainstream playlists and simultaneously unworthy of multiple replays.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Blue Chips 7000
    It’s unabashedly fun and a refreshing celebration of sample-based beats in a genre largely moving away from them. There’s no deep thinking or worldly insight here, but Bronson has never tried to be that artist. He sticks to what he does best and succeeds in doing so.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Back in Black
    Back In Black certainly sounds like the core duo is having more fun making music than in years past. The album features some of the best music the group has made in years but doesn’t stack up to their trailblazing efforts of the ’90s.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Effected
    Genre inconsistencies aside, Effected is a clear statement Cozz doesn’t just want to be the conversation with the best rappers.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Russian Roulette
    Although it feels druggy and improvisational at times, the outcome is soberingly great.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Unbreakable
    Overall Unbreakable, while it feels like Terry, Jimmy and Janet may have over saturated the album with essentially too many tracks (if there can be too much Ms. Jackson if you're nasty) making the album more than 60 minutes of run time, it works.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Freebase [EP]
    Throughout this descent into 2 Chainz’ world he vacillates between the surface level fun of his previous recordings and the slightly introspective allowing us to see the other side of the man formerly named Tity Boi.... Interestingly enough, these contradictions make the tape more fun than anything we’ve heard from 2 Chainz in a while, and, equally, it shows the most fun for a listener is a hint of depth added to a raucously good time.
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