Bad Vibes Forever
by XXXTentacion
  • Record Label: Empire
  • Release Date: Dec 6, 2019
User Score
3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 58 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 58
  3. Negative: 29 out of 58
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  1. clem666
    Aug 5, 2020
    5
    This album is so hard for me to review. XXXTENTACION was an artist as great as Mr. Jekill was a good doctor. Just like him he had that dark facada as an independant character in his life. I pertinently know that this project was born from bad intentions as making a lot of money off a dead body. The great majority of the tracks in 'Bad Vibes Forever' is not even arranged and everythingThis album is so hard for me to review. XXXTENTACION was an artist as great as Mr. Jekill was a good doctor. Just like him he had that dark facada as an independant character in his life. I pertinently know that this project was born from bad intentions as making a lot of money off a dead body. The great majority of the tracks in 'Bad Vibes Forever' is not even arranged and everything feels so messy because of that.
    However I can't deny that these tracks are the true reflection of XXXTENTACION's work while he was among us. The presence of more or less talented artists is just to make the record last a little longer. But still we got a bit less of an hour of music for 25 tracks. And that's a sad shame. The artist's music did not lose any of its anger, emotion and power and some tracks just inexplicably find the way of your heart and will remind you the recklessness of XXXTENTACION during his best times. Unfortunately the rest of the album is just a bland cream in which you can hear more of other voices than the one of the artist himself. Anyway 'Bad Vibes Forever' will remain an album in which you can take refuge when you realize XXXTENTACION's voice, creativity, emotion and work miss you so much in this boring world.    … Expand
  2. harry_j_harry
    Dec 22, 2019
    4
    Best song: Bad Vibes Forever (PnB Rock and Trippie Redd) 8/10
    Worst Song: School Shooters (Lil Wayne) 1/10
  3. 305Records
    Mar 5, 2023
    6
    This album was putting unfit puzzle pieces and demos and slapping on features. While the production is nice and the features are cool, these songs feel like they would’ve sounded very different had they been finished if X was still here. RIP XXX, and the media can go to hell for demonizing him

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. HipHopDX
    Dec 30, 2019
    60
    This 25-song compilation renders itself as a gift to the die-hard X fans that are rightfully craving anything new from the late rapper – even if it’s simply lo-fi humming over baselines for a hot second.
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  2. RapReviews.com
    Dec 17, 2019
    75
    It’s a good album. ... Emo rappers often tend to release short albums with even shorter tracks, and this one is suspiciously long and incredibly overloaded with talent.
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  3. AllMusic
    Dec 16, 2019
    50
    The makeshift album drags, even with its stylistic diversions. Bad Vibes Forever is less a testament to how XXXTentacion helped shape the wave of rap during his brief career and more a bottom-of-the-barrel-scraping of partially cooked ideas he left behind.
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