Ella Mai
by Ella Mai
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 83 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 67 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 83
  3. Negative: 9 out of 83
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  1. sammyanthony
    Oct 13, 2018
    5
    This Ella Mai album is a music to have intercourse to. Nevertheless, it's just a bland 'traditional R&B' album with 'improved' production quality that fails to fit into this era. A number of spoken word cuts that attached in several tracks didn't work well; for a suggestion, Ella should've take a good look at SZA's 'CTRL' and Solange's 'A Seat at the Table' for her reference.

    p.s. the    This Ella Mai album is a music to have intercourse to. Nevertheless, it's just a bland 'traditional R&B' album with 'improved' production quality that fails to fit into this era. A number of spoken word cuts that attached in several tracks didn't work well; for a suggestion, Ella should've take a good look at SZA's 'CTRL' and Solange's 'A Seat at the Table' for her reference.

    p.s. the Rolling Stone's review is 100% acceptable this time.    … Expand
  2. molases
    Oct 13, 2018
    6
    No está bien. Es como escuchar la canción 'Boo'd Up' una y otra vez porque todos ellos tienen similitudes.
  3. jsingh
    Oct 30, 2018
    5
    Could've done a lot more with this debut. So much room to grow though. Hoping for a better release in about a year or two.

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. HipHopDX
    Nov 1, 2018
    82
    The subtle wave of acoustics, sparse pianism and occasional bass bump work as an apt complement to Ella’s oration. The production also displays the underappreciated diversity of Mustard’s bottomless bag of beats.
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  2. PopMatters
    Oct 25, 2018
    70
    Her album might be suffering from a case of bloat, but it doesn't detract from the talent she clearly has.
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  3. Clash Music
    Oct 24, 2018
    70
    While she might play it safe as far as messages are concerned--generally exploring relationships--her metaphoric representation of them somehow manage to keep the oft-played theme quite fresh.
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