Grateful
by DJ Khaled
  • Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: Jun 23, 2017
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. XXL
    Jul 5, 2017
    80
    Khaled sticks to what he knows best throughout this LP and that’s creating hits with ease. The 22 songs on Grateful aren’t anything out of the ordinary for Khaled or any of his featured guests but they remain hits nonetheless.
  2. HipHopDX
    Jun 29, 2017
    76
    The first half of the album, Khaled showed precise execution, stacking banger after banger. Had he sliced the album down to 15 or 16 tracks, he could have secured a very special project.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Jun 27, 2017
    75
    With so much talent and so much content, it’s frustrating that he couldn’t deliver a higher-quality product.
  5. RapReviews.com
    Jun 27, 2017
    70
    This is a star studded line-up with Drake ("To the Max"), Future ("I Can't Even Lie"), Nicki Minaj ("Nobody"), and a few of your "grimy" favorites like Fat Joe and Raekwon ("Billy Ocean"). So are you going to enjoy all 80+ minutes of this double album that COULD have been a single disc? Unless you're not a fan of Migos and Travis Scott, yes.

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User Score
3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 87 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 87
  3. Negative: 46 out of 87
  1. MrMemeister
    Jun 29, 2017
    4
    With more than two dozen featured artists and a running time of almost an hour and a half, DJ Khaled's "Grateful" is one of the mostWith more than two dozen featured artists and a running time of almost an hour and a half, DJ Khaled's "Grateful" is one of the most overstuffed and unnecessarily long albums of the year so far. Most of the singles leading into this thing signaled a very "soundtrack of the summer" type sound, especially with "I'm the One"and "Wild Thoughts". Sadly, any expectations of this being this year's "soundtrack of the summer" are quickly destroyed when listening through it. Songs like "On Everything" and "Nobody" continue the singles's energy, but the album quickly dissolves into filler. "It's Secured" wastes a feature from Nas, "Iced Out My Arms" is a boring banger that also wastes two very good producers, while "I Love You So Much" is the most lyrically bankrupt tracks DJ Khaled's ever presented. This album is sadly an unfocused, amateurish mess that could have been cut down a disc, a disappointment compared to last year's "Major Key".
    Favourites: "Wild Thoughts", "I'm the One", "On Everything", "Nobody", "I Can't Even Lie"
    Least Favourites: "It's Secured", "I Love You So Much", "Pull a Caper", "Iced Out My Arms"    … Full Review »
  2. djdenzel777
    Jun 30, 2017
    7
    The singles that came out before the album are all fantastic, but after that the rest of the album is very hit or miss. The trap songs areThe singles that came out before the album are all fantastic, but after that the rest of the album is very hit or miss. The trap songs are definitely the highlight of the album, along with the very cool Calvin Harris collaboration.… Full Review »
  3. chidime
    Jun 28, 2017
    2
    Don't waste your time. The only songs worth listening to here are the ones already released as singles (specifically 'Wild Thoughts' ,Don't waste your time. The only songs worth listening to here are the ones already released as singles (specifically 'Wild Thoughts' , 'Shining' and 'To The Max'). The rest of them are just endless loops of recycled sounds punctuated with endlessly annoying shouts of 'DJ Khaled' and some other irksome associated phrases. 2/10… Full Review »
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