It's Only Me
by Lil Baby
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Rolling Stone
    Oct 18, 2022
    80
    Most of the time, Baby is in prime form here — technical enough to earn his hip-hop cred, and stylistic enough to keep the uncommon kids from feeling like he’s common. When he’s at his best, it’s best to let him gobble you whole.
  2. Clash Music
    Oct 17, 2022
    80
    It captures the trials of his journey so far whilst celebrating his current success and the gross potential to do even more. The collaborations are authentic and humble, apt for the LP’s subtly intimate nature. Lil Baby has set the tone for his next phase.
  3. HipHopDX
    Oct 20, 2022
    70
    For better or worse, at an overwhelming 23 tracks, It’s Only Me is more of a playlist experience than a concise and focused album, an endless stream with occasional stylistic flourishes but a mostly consistent energy.
  5. Slant Magazine
    Oct 17, 2022
    70
    For the most part, though, the writing on It’s Only Me is rife with rich details.
  6. AllMusic
    Oct 28, 2022
    60
    Ultimately It's Only Me sticks to the formula that's taken Lil Baby to the top, but somehow fails to communicate the personality and creative fire that was hard to miss on earlier albums.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    Oct 17, 2022
    60
    If the trimmings were removed from ‘It’s Only Me’, it might rival his previous releases – instead it’s a few notches shy of greatness
  8. Pitchfork
    Oct 19, 2022
    55
    The nuts and bolts of the singsongy rhythms matter. Lil Baby is at his best when he’s using those tricks to switch between moods, but there’s just one on It’s Only Me, and it’s indifference: not in the too-cool-to-care kind of way, but in the way when words have no weight behind them.
  9. Variety
    Oct 17, 2022
    55
    The vast majority of tracks come in under three minutes, yet it’d be wrong to give credit to Baby for not overstaying his welcome on these songs when the record, aside from a predictable variation of keys or strings that introduce each new track, practically blurs into one indistinguishable song.
  10. Consequence
    Oct 17, 2022
    50
    The final product is an exercise in meh as he tries blending who he is with who he used to be, along with his more significant commercial responsibilities.

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4.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 5 out of 12
  1. Lphone
    Jun 29, 2023
    0
    Was looking forward to this so much since My Turn in 2020 was phenomenal. This just felt like new iterations of the same songs on that album.Was looking forward to this so much since My Turn in 2020 was phenomenal. This just felt like new iterations of the same songs on that album. Nothing creative, nothing risk-taking, nothing outside of his comfort zone. This is Lil Baby rapping over "Lil Baby type" beats from youtube… Full Review »
  2. Lukee66738
    Oct 21, 2022
    10
    What a **** album. Baby smashes it again, the future feature is insane too. Baby the goat
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