Black Market
by Rick Ross
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Dec 4, 2015
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23
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  1. fallouts
    Mar 27, 2016
    0
    Terrible album with ok beats and very very bad lyrics. I have no idea who this album is made for ! Skip this and save your hard earned money..............
  2. geedup
    Dec 9, 2015
    6
    Too much Of R.R leads to a watered down Mixtape. Stretching himself too thin? No inspiration in that it all sounds the same? I did like the Premo produced track and the one with Nas. But (although he enlists quality helps from Legend, Blige, etc, the songs arn't something for me at all. MMMMMMaybach Music. No, MMMMMayonaise music.
  3. Junghova
    Dec 9, 2015
    8
    One thing people cant take away from Rick Ross is his ability to know a dope beat when he hears one. I found this album to be pretty strong: a) dope beats - check, B) better than average raps/lyrics - check, c) strong features (Nas, Mariah, MJB, etc) - Check. Most of the tracks are strong (free enterprise, one of us, color money, crocodile python) but there are a few clunkers (dope dickOne thing people cant take away from Rick Ross is his ability to know a dope beat when he hears one. I found this album to be pretty strong: a) dope beats - check, B) better than average raps/lyrics - check, c) strong features (Nas, Mariah, MJB, etc) - Check. Most of the tracks are strong (free enterprise, one of us, color money, crocodile python) but there are a few clunkers (dope dick - really?). If you ever liked Rick Ross, or had to urge to say UGH, you cant go wrong with this album, which I found better than his previous couple.… Expand

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Rolling Stone
    Jan 15, 2016
    50
    Ross' eighth album, though, raises doubts about how he'll fare in the era of the confessional, emotionally bare rap superstar. The man who once boasted 10-car garages and uncollected favors from dictators is now trafficking in the same honesty that made Future a critical smash and J. Cole a commercial one.
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  2. Q Magazine
    Jan 12, 2016
    40
    His once winning formula now sounds wanly formulaic. [Feb 2016, p.112]
  3. Clash Music
    Dec 21, 2015
    60
    There's a great Rick Ross album in here somewhere. If only the boss had abstained from some of his extravagant habits and used his editing sheers more cuttingly.
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