The Epic
by Kamasi Washington
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 78
  3. Negative: 2 out of 78
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#61 Best Album of 2015
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#91 Most Shared Album of 2015

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. RapReviews.com
    Jul 2, 2015
    90
    It is an album that pushes boundaries and yet is always listenable and relatable, even at its most intricate and complex.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Jun 18, 2015
    70
    To be sure, it's a jazz album, as much about tradition as expanding it, informed by Coltranes (John and Alice), Miles Davis fusions, bebop and more; yet it's clearly shaped by crate-digger funk and film scores, hip-hop collage and gospel.
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  3. The Guardian
    Jun 18, 2015
    80
    Only a shortage of thematic surprises--given its extravagant length--keeps it from being quite the seismically jazz-changing departure that some admirers are claiming.
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