• Record Label: iHipHop
  • Release Date: Mar 3, 2015
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
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  1. Aug 12, 2015
    0
    Review from March:It didn't seem too bad at first but after a couple of listens it got boring and became a disappointing album from a duo which released one of the greatest underground hip hop albums 14 years before. It has cool artwork but that isn't enough to make me listen to it ever again. 2/10

    Review in August:This albums makes my brain vomit. If i had to choose between watching
    Review from March:It didn't seem too bad at first but after a couple of listens it got boring and became a disappointing album from a duo which released one of the greatest underground hip hop albums 14 years before. It has cool artwork but that isn't enough to make me listen to it ever again. 2/10

    Review in August:This albums makes my brain vomit. If i had to choose between watching Zoella or listening to this again i'd choose Zoella, and i really hate Zoella. Seriously though this is terrible definitely worst release of the year for me (worse than the new Public Enemy album, worse than the Megan trainor album, worse than troy aves album, worse than everything ugh **** my life) 0/10
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71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. The Wire
    Jun 5, 2015
    60
    They're indubitably human this time around. [Jun 2015, p.54]
  2. May 8, 2015
    60
    Blade of the Ronin is a modest, dignified return for one of underground hip-hop fans’ long lost favorites. It won’t be a memorable record, but for fans who have waited this long for something new, it provides.
  3. May 8, 2015
    70
    Blade of the Ronin comes shockingly close to the sound and the excitement of their 2001 effort The Cold Vein, and offers the same kind of combination of street knowledge and sweet punch lines, all delivered over rickety yet compelling beats.