The Craft
by Blackalicious
  • Record Label: Anti
  • Release Date: Sep 27, 2005
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14

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  1. SeanT
    Dec 11, 2005
    2
    huge letdown from blazing arrow

Awards & Rankings

88
#88 Best Album of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. AllMusic
    80
    While the first half of the album may sound like a watered-down Blazing Arrow, everything picks up when the duo unveil two of the grooviest message tracks since Stevie Wonder's "Livin' for the City" in "The Fall and Rise of Elliot Brown" and "Black Diamonds and Pearls."
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  2. Alternative Press
    80
    Smart, eclectically but authentically funky, and humane to boot. [Oct 2005, p.168]
  3. Blender
    60
    Full of clever wordplay one moment, kind of pretentious the next. [Oct 2005, p.134]
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