The Formula
by 9th Wonder & Buckshot
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The Boston Phoenix
    100
    The record bursts with energy and purpose, revealing the brilliance that advocates like the Roots’ ?uestlove have long suspected 9th had in him.
  2. RapReviews.com
    80
    Minor complaints aside, 9th and Buck have definitely upped the ante on their debut, so much so that a re-naming might be in order.
  3. Prefix Magazine
    80
    The chemistry between them, first displayed on 2005's "Chemistry" and now on The Formula, is consistent from song to song.
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  5. Dusted Magazine
    70
    Not quite the revelation of the seamless debut, and missing the duck-down mentality of the Beady Eye in his prime, The Formula is the hip-hop definition of maintaining.

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#55 Most Shared Album of 2008

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