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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 178 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 33 out of 178

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  1. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    Amazing album, Wayne brings it once again. This album is filled with amazing punchlines, deep subject matter, great flows, and flawless production. Wayne's best project since S4TW2.
  2. Jul 9, 2015
    10
    very pleasing album from start to finish, can't really find a bad spot on it. tho "im that **** wasn't the best song ever it was still listenable. i can get with this album. can't wait to play it in the whip and at a party.
  3. Jul 9, 2015
    10
    great lyrics, great flows, great beats, great features. overall just a great album. i modern day classic. one of the best albums to drop in a while. rap was dying with hopsin barely keeping it alive but wayne helping now.
  4. Jul 13, 2015
    10
    I usually hate Lil Wayne, but after listening to this album, I realised what was wrong with my life and changed the way I think. I was a 13 years old white boy from Mississippi who always listened to country and now I live in the Bronx as a black 25 years old.
  5. Jul 9, 2015
    10
    Just an incredible concept album about a man who views himself in chains and barred by the harshness in society, who wants to be free. Can't wait for To Pimp a Weezy
  6. Jul 9, 2015
    10
    This album is way better than Beezus or Feminem. The only artist currently that can compete with this album is probably Hopsin, G-Eazy, Macklemore, Birdman, Immortal Technique, and Tech n8ne. Thats it. This album is the second greatest hip hop album ive ever heard, and ive only heard 4!
  7. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    doooope album sooooo dope man wayne you done it once again you blew my mind out of the water i love everything that he does and this is just another classic album # 15 for wayne every song is sooooooooo goooooood.
  8. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    this album is very very smooth some chill tracks some bangers some love **** great balance on this album. he also raps about the cops and black people problems on a trask which is also dope as **** great job wayne.

    i admit as a hopsin fan this album was a huge surprise to me.
  9. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    Weezy fukd my beech Weezy fukd my beech Weezy fukd my beech Weezy fukd my beech Weezy fukd my beech Weezy fukd my beech Weezy fukd my beech Weezy fukd my beech Weezy fukd my beech
  10. Jul 9, 2015
    10
    i personally think the critic score does not reperesent this album at all. its at leas a 90/100. it's a 100 for me but it shouldn't be any lower then a 90.

    anyways this album is great, the concept is insane and waynes bars are fianlly back. i love this album so much. THANK YOU WAYNE.
  11. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    Album is so creative and so different from anything you've heard from Wayne before. His most complete and best album since Tha Carter III. And this is coming from someone who was starting to give up on Wayne after all the lackluster projects he's put out,
  12. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    As an esteemed rap fan and heavy stan of 90's hip-hop, I went into this expecting garbage, and that's how it seemed to me on first listen. But after several more listens, it grew on me so much that it just surpassed Kendrick's To Pimp A Butterfly as the best album of 2015 for me.
  13. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    Amazing album. Way better than to pimp a butterflie, pinata, illmatic xxx, nas is dead and all those other albums that people are prasing from this year so why hate? just wow.
  14. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    I love david so much, but he really doesnt care for me. he usually ignores me. he mostly just humors me. that isnt cool. but i will always love him. he is so chill and cool
  15. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    this is a very nice album overall every song is dope and every feature brought they same for every Producer. while wayne isn't at prime level he is very close to it and still better then 95% of rappers on this album.
  16. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    WAYNE IS A LEGEND! stop ahting on the man just because he made it on his own. that's no reason to diss his mixtapes and albums you jealous haters, go suck ur own d.
  17. Jul 9, 2015
    10
    damn i smoked so many kush to this music, i smoked more kush to this music then i did to the schoolboy q music. this album almost as good as Dedication four and five and I am not human 2. great album wezzzyyyy.
  18. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    Its great. It wasn’t bad line after bad line after bad line, like IANAHB2.

    To conclude, it’s Weezy’s best album since Tha Carter III. Tunechi sounds sober, his tracks are cohesive, his flows have improved, and I am personally excited for Tha Carter V.
  19. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    I love this album, wayne is finally able to be creative again and make great music again now that he is off of Cash money who really held back his Creativity. this album is one of the best of 2015 and a classic imo.
  20. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    This is one of my favoritre albums ever for a reason. In my opinion, its Wayne's best project. He brings everything you'd want from a rap album, from amazing beats (who as the beatmaker btw? this is fantastic) to very clever rhymes. Check this one out!
  21. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    i hoenstly feel this is one of his best albums to date, he kills every song on here he sound hungry agian from the cash money beef. i really love this album one of the best of the decade. Wayne you the king.
  22. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    fantastic album. full of great wity lines and dope hooks and dope verses and great production. wayne really surprised me on this album i thought he had fallen off i didn't even want to listen to this but damn i'm glad i did listen to it.
  23. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    Another classic masterpiece by the man, Lil Wayne. Your favorite rapper, be it Eminem, Kanye or Nas, likely looks up to the man, and its for a reason. Wayne's been killing it since he was 15 until now in 2015. DONT SLEEP ON THIS!
  24. Jul 8, 2015
    9
    A stunning return to form with his creative shackles finally free from the Cash Money conglomerate. With several concept songs and sharp performances, the Rapper lil Wayne reminds the world why he was once so feared. No longer do we have the days Wayne would spit line after Iine of charming eccentric raspy witticisms but a more conscious, controlled and sharp rapper whose only faults stemA stunning return to form with his creative shackles finally free from the Cash Money conglomerate. With several concept songs and sharp performances, the Rapper lil Wayne reminds the world why he was once so feared. No longer do we have the days Wayne would spit line after Iine of charming eccentric raspy witticisms but a more conscious, controlled and sharp rapper whose only faults stem from often a subject matter the squeamish are unable too handle. A formidable madman Wayne remains. Expand
  25. Jul 9, 2015
    10
    DAMN DOPE ABLUM BRUOHHHHH, I SMOKED SO MUCH TO IT. i was so interested in his lyrics bruh, he was really rapping about stuff and not stupid **** like weed and girls bro.
  26. Jul 9, 2015
    10
    this album is a masterpiece, album of the decade to me man. i'm from compton so i know how wayne came up through the streets. this album is so awesome!!!!! way better then to crap a **** buy kendrakewannabe lamear. nice album weezy.
  27. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    You may know me as one of the most popular users on the Rap Genius forums. Truth be told, I've been dissing this album for days without having heard it, but now that I did, its one of my favorites this year and definitely a 10.
  28. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    great album full of great songs and lyrics. ignore the troll reviews by **** websites like Exclaim who are just trolling for click bait, this album is the return to waynes prime and it's his best album since the carter III a pure classic with no bad songs.
  29. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    Why the **** are people hating on this? A 3, a 7??? really? I dont normally listen to rapper music but this is easily the best i've heard, that's why im rating it a 10.
  30. Jul 8, 2015
    10
    insane lyricals, bro i smoked so mannie dank weed plants to this bruh i cant even stopppp smiling right now holy **** im so high listening to this and its so dope bruh i can smoke like 4 grams of Reggie to this man. ty wayne.
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. The Wire
    Sep 2, 2015
    70
    Those who lost interest after Tha Carter III may want to start paying attention again. [Sep 2015, p.57]
  2. 60
    Free Weezy Album is one of those records you sift through for flashes of greatness, rather than sit back and let it wash over you.
  3. Jul 14, 2015
    65
    Free Weezy Album is on the whole decidedly mixed. Weezy still has his swagger, and with a little more effort he could add some substance to go along with it.