High Off Life
by Future
  • Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: May 15, 2020
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. HipHopDX
    May 28, 2020
    78
    There are 21 tracks on jammed with booming, mellow Atlanta trap flare and some inconsistency between bangers and filler tracks with similar minimalist, psychedelic soundscapes.
  2. Pitchfork
    May 26, 2020
    71
    Except for the previously released singles that pad the end of the record in keeping with industry norms, High Off Life is better-paced and sequenced than most of Future’s recent releases—the whole thing seems to glide by frictionlessly.
  3. AllMusic
    May 28, 2020
    70
    With so many tracks, there's something for every mood and listener, a lengthy collection of familiar sounds punctuated with just enough choice cuts to keep it interesting.
  5. Rolling Stone
    May 19, 2020
    70
    High Off Life is Future at his most optimistic, as the man from Pluto decides to send out a positive message. But it’s still got the spaced-out melancholy that always fills his sound, as he clocks some serious demon hours in the late-night druggy strip-club haze of his soul.
  6. Exclaim
    May 19, 2020
    70
    Pretty much the only complaint is that, similar to all of his releases since the infamous EVOL, it delivers and lives up to the hype, but it doesn't build and surpass his previous work. It remains to be seen whether he will ever create an album that is better than everything he's done so far, but this is still an extremely solid release.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    May 19, 2020
    67
    While the commercial prospects for High Off Life remain high, Future seems, at least creatively, in a state of arrested development here. ... Still, when High Off Life succeeds, it does so extraordinarily.
  8. Beats Per Minute
    May 20, 2020
    60
    Surprising title be damned, High Off Life can’t seem to help feeling like a rerun – albeit an enjoyable one.
  9. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 19, 2020
    60
    Despite its glimpses of greatness, though, this album revisits too many of the rapper’s trademark themes to truly make good on his jubilant pre-release promises.
  10. The Telegraph (UK)
    Sep 9, 2020
    40
    Rap has been around for four decades now, and you might have hoped it would have evolved beyond this kind of backwards, deeply misogynist, abusively macho, greed- and status-obsessed posturing.

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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. master_sebo
    Jun 3, 2020
    8
    High Off Life is one of the most enjoyable records of this 2020, proving the musical skills of Future. Although some tracks give you theHigh Off Life is one of the most enjoyable records of this 2020, proving the musical skills of Future. Although some tracks give you the feeling of being easily forgettable (I’m thinking about Harlem Shake and All for Bad), the album is filled with flexing tracks (like Too Comfortable, Tycoon, 100 Shooters, Solitaries and Trillionaire) but also with deep songs that address the listener to ponder about Future’s life and career (Up the River, Accepting My Flaws and Last Name), and you never think that this records has clear weaknesses… Full Review »
  2. Joel_Freecheck
    May 29, 2020
    5
    Aside from a few tracks, namely "Life Is Good", "Solitares", and "All Bad", the album suffers from unpolished production and a general lack ofAside from a few tracks, namely "Life Is Good", "Solitares", and "All Bad", the album suffers from unpolished production and a general lack of innovation.… Full Review »
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    Oct 17, 2021
    10
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