The Naked Truth
by Lil' Kim
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Sep 27, 2005
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 57 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 57
  3. Negative: 12 out of 57

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  1. oldskoolHipHop
    Nov 12, 2013
    10
    QUEEN OF RAPPPPPPPPP! Her rap flow was VICIOUS! and Lyricism was PERFECT. Kim Expressed so much and you felt what she was feeling. Literally she did no wrong in the album. Beyond under-appreciated. Just one of the many things that makes her the reigning queen of hip-hop and rap. No-one can take that away from her!
  2. DariusB
    Nov 2, 2005
    10
    You guys are crazy. This album is HOT! Kim is spittin' like a rap legend, her lyrics are meaningful, and the beats are bangin'! She really opened up on this album, and I think it's too bad that any printed medium would say anything different. This album is definitely a classic because she reminds us how rap ought to be done and what hip-hop really is all about. 10, 10, and You guys are crazy. This album is HOT! Kim is spittin' like a rap legend, her lyrics are meaningful, and the beats are bangin'! She really opened up on this album, and I think it's too bad that any printed medium would say anything different. This album is definitely a classic because she reminds us how rap ought to be done and what hip-hop really is all about. 10, 10, and another 10!… Expand
  3. Anderson
    Oct 30, 2005
    9
    The critics who reviewed this album and didn't care for it must be idiots. Whether she sampled other artist's flow she still did most of the tracks justice. Which they fail to mention. Lyrically the album is up to par. The only problem is maybe 2 or 3 tracks and the excessive skits. This album is superior to Hardcore and Naked Truth is her most solid work.
  4. RandyB
    Oct 19, 2005
    9
    It is rare that a rap album can make me care. I am usually bored with the rhymes and unless the production is superb I get frustrated hearing the genre because of its repetetive themes and holier than thou attitude. But Lil' Kim is different. Her lyrics are intelligent (just look at "Shut Up Bitch", "Quiet" and "Spell Check"), sexy ("Kittie Box"), and just wholly more interesting It is rare that a rap album can make me care. I am usually bored with the rhymes and unless the production is superb I get frustrated hearing the genre because of its repetetive themes and holier than thou attitude. But Lil' Kim is different. Her lyrics are intelligent (just look at "Shut Up Bitch", "Quiet" and "Spell Check"), sexy ("Kittie Box"), and just wholly more interesting than what most rap artists have to offer. And she has flow. Her voice doesn't plod along with the beats, it's one with the beats. Listening to these songs it feels like she almost is the music. Almost every single track demands to be heard, and rightly so, because coupled with the lyrics and voice the production work here is really amazing. I'm not sure how someone could like "La Bella Mafia"(Kim's previous effort) more than "The Naked Truth", but somehow the critics here manage it. If not one of 2005's better albums, it at least serves as Lil' Kim's finest work and yes, it's better than Kanye West's "Late Registration" and 50 Cent's "The Massacre".… Expand
  5. SteveP
    Dec 13, 2005
    8
    I'll admit I'm slightly chauvinistic when it comes to rappers, but Lil Kim came through on this one. It's a really solid album. She switches up her flow repeatedly, which is a little jarring, but you cannot hate on the lyrics and the production.
  6. DustinP.
    Oct 31, 2005
    10
    Great.
  7. jod
    Oct 21, 2005
    9
    Wow! Why are so many people giving lil' lim crap about this album it is preety good. The first half is bangin but then it finda inst as good. It atleast desevres a 8 but i gave it a 9. Hey the public does like lighters up is on the top 40 and peaked at number 6 on the album charts
  8. AnglaB
    Oct 25, 2005
    9
    The album is great. I bought one for my car and one for the house and I plan to give it as stocking stuffers. The album shows growth and maturity, no one complained when madanna sampled different styles and looks. I loved the album
  9. ToneDef
    Feb 23, 2006
    10
    As far as females go..she's locked it..but shes just as good on this album as any male artist out..Thise album is solid classic material.
  10. jOsELin
    Apr 25, 2006
    10
    The best rap album 2005, nothin more to say! A Classic.....
  11. Shynedoesit
    Nov 25, 2005
    10
    This album is the hardest shit out this whol year. Ain't no one doing it better then Kim. This album can play all the way through and not bore me. My favorite song is whoa, oh yea fuck Jr. Mafia faget ass bitchs
  12. DaBlackNight
    Jan 8, 2012
    10
    Lil' Kim is doing her thing. This album is a total classic. You can't get enough of her undeniable lyrics, and production. She really got off about rapping about sex a lot. She's more into money, power, rhymes, and skills on this one. The opening track, "Spell Check" has a good beat thats catchy, and her rhymes are really like a true rapper. "Lighters Up" is one of my favorite tracks.Lil' Kim is doing her thing. This album is a total classic. You can't get enough of her undeniable lyrics, and production. She really got off about rapping about sex a lot. She's more into money, power, rhymes, and skills on this one. The opening track, "Spell Check" has a good beat thats catchy, and her rhymes are really like a true rapper. "Lighters Up" is one of my favorite tracks. "Quiet" is her borrowing Eminem's flow. Not stealing. She attacks Foxy Brown real good on that one, especially the lines in that song: " She prove you a liar/ Tryn' deny her/ Jackie-O proved you far from a fighter/ Comin' at me **** you playin' with fire/ i could come back at you, but comin' after your ghostwriters"! Thats the queen rapping right there. "Whoa" is an intense, hot nice track. Slippin' has some good lyrical content. The Naked Truth by far is truly a classic by Lil' Kim. Two classics actually, Hard Core.… Expand
  13. BWETMatangi
    Aug 16, 2013
    9
    The best Lil' Kim album. With rap songs like "Shut Up" and "Listen Up", how isn't it? Lil' Kim will always be one of the top female rappers. Great work, Kim.
  14. briannaperry1
    Nov 12, 2013
    10
    Some of her most raw music, She adresses so many situations she went through during this period, She Flawlessly executes the persona of a bad from bedstuy brooklyn. This album without a doubt is some of her best work. Effortlessly give the queen bee 10/10! Such a flawless album.
  15. Felipecritic
    Nov 3, 2017
    7
    Lil' Kim provou ser uma das melhores rappers. Na minha opínião, ela só perde pra MIssy Elliott, que sem dúvidas é a rainha. "The Naked Truth" é uma prova do quanto Lil' Kim é boa.
  16. LispectorLTX
    Nov 23, 2017
    10
    The Queen of Rap! In the edge of going to jail, Lil' Kim return with an incredible album, including the hit single and Brooklyn's anthem "Lighters Up". Even if it was a failure on sales, "The Naked Truth" shows ripening on the rapper's rhymes - even though she don't need.
  17. vxmagame
    Mar 4, 2018
    10
    This álbum is sooo god i just love it, this album sold 2,7 millions worldwide with any promo, and 1 million in US. I LOVE IT

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#90 Most Shared Album of 2005

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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. cokemachineglow
    37
    This album is as fake as Kim’s physique, as vapid as the fashion she flaunts, as undeservedly praised as her entire career.
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  2. Dot Music
    70
    Though hardly in the running for rap album of the year, there's plenty to recommend "The Naked Truth". Yet equally, there's an abundance of wearing phone skits, phoned-in guest performances and shameless fillers to get in the way.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    Her very-real-life drama has inspired some of her most focused work... and also some of her worst. [21 Oct 2005, p.75]
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