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For 859 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 The Iceberg
Lowest review score: 15 Excuse My French
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 697 out of 859
  2. Mixed: 142 out of 859
  3. Negative: 20 out of 859
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    TSOL
    His delivery is just as smooth and his lyrics are as slyly clever as before. Shad continues to grow as an artist and has adjusted well to his newfound success. While the old prince no longer has to live at home, he shows true leadership skills in the ability to connect with listeners.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Mr. Wonderful
    Though Bronson does try new things on his first major-label outing, he still includes his characteristic lyrical qualities along with elements from past releases. In a sense, he's re-introducing himself.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Quakers
    Despite the many cooks involved in this project, it maintains a sonic and lyrical cohesiveness.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Dreamer/The Believer
    This isn't an album of 1990's styles brought to 2012 - these are contemporary beats and rhymes that can hang with anything else coming out on the scene
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Remind Me In 3 Days
    The music is kept grounded throughout by the guitar work and some exceptional sung hooks, but the MCs' ability to craft and deliver backpacker quality lyricism is what holds the whole thing together.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    OST
    The irony of the Notorious soundtrack is that it may actually be a better "Greatest Hits" album than his actual "Greatest Hits" album, even though it's not presented as such.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective
    Simply put, it is an essential document of hip hop history, an interesting collection of sound art, and a lot of fun to listen to as well.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Emeritus
    No one will forget after Emeritus, an album that proves Scarface deserves accolades and titles just as much as we deserve for him not to retire.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
    Ali is a mess of contradictions, but his latest effort proves how well those contradictions work together. Mourning In America is another amazing album by Ali, hip-hop's best street preacher.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Pro Tools
    Pro Tools could be called a return to form, but since GZA never lost the form in the first place, it would be more apt to say that he's kept the peak form he already had and just honed his lyrical tongue to an even sharper and more polished edge.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Kiss Of Death
    Kiss of Death is the Jadakiss album that everybody's been waiting for, 'Kiss fans and critics alike.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Amerikaz Nightmare
    There are songs on here so thorough and ill they'll send a chill down your spine and raise the hair on your neck.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Raw Footage
    This is Cube's strongest performance musically and lyrically in many many years, so he's not only forgiven for using such an absurd word, he's actually given me hope that it might eventually show up in the hip-hop dictionary.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Wake Up!
    This is The Roots band, jamming their way through the wealth of protest soul that rocks and rolls, and obviously a crooner like the Grammy award winning John Legend is far more important to capture that soul and make it his own.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    All the Beauty in This Whole Life
    With All the Beauty in This Whole Life, he created not just an album that represents an arranged amalgamation of his own experiences, but also a hip-hop album with so much soul that Rakim would blush.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Dedication
    Whatever genre you want to label Dedication as, it is a remarkable album.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Everybody
    However he chooses to create his albums, both Logic's talent as an emcee and his insightfulness can't be denied.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Deeper Than Rap
    He certainly gets outshined by the original score--but that only serves to make a much better album than many anticipated from the Boss himself.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Depart From Me
    The lion's share of Cage's fans will see this newly found exposure as Chris Palko taking steps towards getting his story out to a wider audience with this personal and quite exceptional release.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Strength & Loyalty
    Considering how tight "Strength & Loyalty" is, it's not likely anybody is going to forget Bone Thugs-N-Harmony any time soon.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    PL3DGE
    I'm curious to see and hear how an album that addresses nothing but social issues would turn out, but I'm more than satisfied with this release in the meanwhile as Mike continues to pledge his allegiance to getting rich independently, or simply put, the grind.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Book of Ryan
    By providing a cinematic narrative throughout, Royce proves that he is more than a one-trick-pony witty lyricist. He's introspective and not afraid of laying down confessional lyrics.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    4eva N A Day
    Personal, heartfelt lyrics and soulful production have been key factors in K.R.I.T. building the following that he has amassed up to this point in his career, and this time around he's coming with much of the same.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Renaissance
    Whilst not quite a true Renaissance for hip hop, it certainly is a rebirth for Q-Tip--and fans of A Tribe Called Quest will dine out on this album for the next nine years too.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Free At Last
    Balance is the key element that Freeway absolutely nails. Amongst these joints that sound like pure commercial hits, Freeway, drops enough dope introspective material to prove that he is well-rounded.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    RTJ4
    Because of the themes it addresses, “RTJ4” is indeed a hip-hop album chaotically reflective of the modern times and much needed for the same reason.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces created an album that is deep, dense, cryptic, hypnotic, and beautiful in its own freaky way.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Fishscale
    Ghost continues his tradition of being the Wu's most consistant soloist.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Splitting Image
    It's not a new sound, and, at points, the tracks feel monotonous as they bleed into each other. Still, there are certainly standouts.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    We Don't Even Live Here
    Usually an artist can try and re-create the album that gave him so much acclaim, or he can scrap everything and create something new and fresh, with the risk of alienating his fan base. P.O.S chose to do the latter with We Don't Even Live Here, but unlike many artists, he pulled it off without a hitch.
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