• Record Label: !K7
  • Release Date: Jul 31, 2016
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Dec 22, 2016
    91
    Telefone is a unique project that points to even greater things for Noname in the future.
  2. Dec 22, 2016
    83
    Telefone shows a great sense of promise and complex beauty.
  3. Dec 22, 2016
    80
    It’s a record swathed in simple but effective neo-soul melodies, echoing Chance, but also early 00s R&B with its gentle pianos and smattering of light hi-hats and percussion. Warner’s own languid style of delivery only adds to the lilting nature.
  4. Dec 22, 2016
    80
    [Noname] enlists a cast of varied, rich voices: Raury’s starry eyed spirituality, Xavier Omär’s velvet croon, and Cam O’bi, who sums up the record’s charms perfectly on Diddy Bop: “This sounds like growing out my clothes, with stars in my pocket, dreaming about making my hood glow.”
  5. Dec 22, 2016
    80
    Her skipping cadence and ability to dance around words while establishing that each one is equally important are poet's skills, making you listen to every word without ever seeming overdetermined or obvious.
  6. Dec 22, 2016
    70
    It's some of the year's most thought-provoking hip-hop.
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 53
  2. Negative: 0 out of 53
  1. Apr 10, 2017
    9
    Beautiful ballads of fear, insecurity, childhood wonderment, regret, and love. The wonderfully disjointed songs, that work as streams ofBeautiful ballads of fear, insecurity, childhood wonderment, regret, and love. The wonderfully disjointed songs, that work as streams of consciousness instead of streamlined experiences creates a hauntingly beautiful mix of music. Full Review »
  2. Dec 20, 2018
    10
    i like it sooo much///very emotional and so rare just for me, listen to it.
  3. Dec 28, 2016
    9
    One of the best projects of 2016. So unique and happy, while also having emotional peaks throughout. Can honestly say I haven't heard anythingOne of the best projects of 2016. So unique and happy, while also having emotional peaks throughout. Can honestly say I haven't heard anything else that sounds like this. Full Review »