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77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Jun 5, 2023
    80
    I Hope You Can Forgive Me, ten songs under a half hour that move quickly but stay with you long after, is a full-fledged real-time resume that demonstrates how complex rhythms and careful arrangements can elevate the human voice to the ultimate instrument.
  2. The Wire
    May 19, 2023
    80
    The result is a project dripping with atmospheric sound and real emotional weight. [May 2023, p.64]
  3. May 19, 2023
    80
    It's a concise debut album that, with the exception of a few tracks aided by either Biako or Andrew Lappin, McFerrin produced herself, and it also exhibits her range as a singer and lyricist.
  4. May 19, 2023
    70
    I Hope You Can Forgive Me captures the messy, confusing headspace that precedes future growth.
  5. May 19, 2023
    60
    The effect is gorgeous, atmospheric – at times spine-tinglingly so – and undeniably cool. Yet she doesn’t distinguish herself from the glut of similarly minded artists from Greentea Peng to KeiyaA.

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