Curtis
by 50 Cent
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 22
  3. Negative: 4 out of 22
  1. The New York Times
    80
    Curtis seems surprisingly modest. The album is neither as contagious as "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" (apparently it's possible to have an entire album stuck in your head) nor as devious as "The Massacre."
  2. RapReviews.com
    75
    It's a solid performance, that is both better and worse than it could have been.
  3. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    75
    What the two boil down to is that a parvenu mastering pop music for money has turned into a made man running on vanity. I find that this renders his expert trivialization of murder and such rather less piquant, and I think he does too--that an audacious formal delight has become routine.
  5. AllMusic
    70
    In the end, Curtis is entertaining but only impressive in that 50 can run in place and still be on top.
  6. Rolling Stone
    70
    The I-need-love pop tunes are not getting any better, even with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake in the stripper ditty 'AYO Technology.' 'Follow My Lead” is an inexplicable Robin Thicke duet and 'Amusement Park' is even sillier. Much better is 'All of Me,' with Mary J. Blige. Wailing, "I got a feeling like I'm fiending on crack," Blige steals the show without even trying.
  7. PopMatters
    70
    It's a solidly above-average rap record, featuring a generous handful of very likeable songs and only two unqualified duds.
  8. Village Voice
    70
    Curtis is stuffed with tightly wound 21st-century pop songwriting, full of that invisible craft and flow that renders a thing eminently listenable even if it's gratuitously raunchy, politically reprehensible, and sexually retrograde.
  9. Lost At Sea
    70
    Nothing on Curtis is great, but everything is listenable or better.
  10. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    In the end, Curtis is nothing more than a competent corporate product. [21 Sep 2007, p.84]
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Awards & Rankings

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#28 Most Discussed Album of 2007
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#39 Most Shared Album of 2007

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User Score
4.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 208 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 208
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 208
  3. Negative: 110 out of 208
  1. axs126330
    Oct 17, 2014
    8
    Entertaining album. The production is phenomenal and 50 Cent has the finest producers on this album such as Dr. Dre and Timbaland. A lot ofEntertaining album. The production is phenomenal and 50 Cent has the finest producers on this album such as Dr. Dre and Timbaland. A lot of easy songs to like such as Get Money and Ayo Technology. This isn't Get Rich or Die Tryin' but can we really expect another album like that again? The closest song that is the old 50 is I'll still kill featuring Akon. One negative however is that there are too many guest features and we didn't hear enough of 50 Cent. But overall this album is something that everyone can have some fun with.… Full Review »
  2. RonaldOVOXO
    Jan 10, 2012
    7
    I like this album but it wasnt as strong as his previous albums. But Curtis was a good ablum and i enjoy listening to it and it makes me wannaI like this album but it wasnt as strong as his previous albums. But Curtis was a good ablum and i enjoy listening to it and it makes me wanna like 50 more… Full Review »
  3. JeremyW.
    Nov 27, 2007
    5
    Definitely not as good as his previous albums, a few memorable tracks then lots of filler. Nothing new here.
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