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Total Xanarchy
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2.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 102 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length release for the rapper features guest appearances from 2 Chainz, $teven Cannon, Diplo, and YG.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. HipHopDX
    Apr 10, 2018
    70
    Equipped with drowsy articulation tinged with a melodic pinch of raspiness, Xan is far from an astute lyricist but isn’t actually a slouch on the mic in terms of flow and rhyme schemes.
  2. XXL
    Apr 13, 2018
    60
    What makes Total Xanarchy shaky is also what makes for an honest debut. Sure, there are moments of redundancy and filler songs that could have been left on the cutting room floor. But a lot of music on this album is fresh, exciting and a sign of the changing times.
  3. Pitchfork
    Apr 11, 2018
    47
    If adult critics really loved this stuff, the Xanarchy team would no doubt feel they’d made a wrong turn somewhere. It’s punk, or it’s the thing people who don’t really know what “punk” means call “punk,” or it’s a dog whistle meant to sail over the heads of the the elderly (i.e. anyone over 24).
  4. The Guardian
    Apr 10, 2018
    40
    I can confidently report that there are no good lyrics on this album. ... Bad lyrics don’t necessarily matter in pop-rap, and his intermittent facility for hooks means that some of the tracks succeed nonetheless.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    Apr 10, 2018
    40
    Lil Xan is by no means the worst thing to happen to hip-hop, nor does he symbolise its death. However, he isn’t very good either. Stretched to a full album’s worth of material, Xan’s music, like a certain branded prescription drug, quickly tires those with little tolerance.
  6. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Apr 24, 2018
    40
    Underneath Lil Xan’s disengaged delivery, TOTAL XANARCHY ends up slogging through his sketches of abandonment, addiction, and, conversely, fame and success, with total listlessness.
  7. Spin
    Apr 10, 2018
    40
    The best you could say for Lil Xan is that he can be serviceable: “Saved by the Bell” and “Shine Hard” are catchy enough, and at least fully-formed ideas. The album may be bad but it is not especially so. It’s paint by numbers and as such blends in with everything else. You might hear it at an Urban Outfitters and confuse it for three other recent rap albums you’ve heard.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 33
  3. Negative: 29 out of 33
  1. thedeparted06
    Jan 27, 2021
    10
    Total Xanarchy > TPAB

    TX is the most influential album of the 2010´s, i eat flaming hot cheetos every time i listen to it
  2. MalcolmE
    Dec 6, 2018
    3
    Betrayed is a pretty solid song, but if you've heard that you really don't need to hear anything else. The album is repetitive, boring andBetrayed is a pretty solid song, but if you've heard that you really don't need to hear anything else. The album is repetitive, boring and uncreative.

    Best track: Betrayed

    Worst track: Diamonds perhaps? Or maybe saved by the bell.    … Expand
  4. jjh335
    Apr 11, 2018
    1
    An album filled with lazy lyrics, lazy flows, and lazy deliveries. The only high point on this entire album was the beat on "Betrayed", whichAn album filled with lazy lyrics, lazy flows, and lazy deliveries. The only high point on this entire album was the beat on "Betrayed", which was above average. Overall, it was a horrendous album.… Expand
  5. CharLusk12
    Sep 23, 2019
    0
    Quite Possibly one the worst projects in any genre of music ever. Absolutely embarrassingly lazy lyrics, mostly bad beats with a fewQuite Possibly one the worst projects in any genre of music ever. Absolutely embarrassingly lazy lyrics, mostly bad beats with a few exceptions, and Lil Xan’s voice sounds ear piercingly annoying or just not interested at all. Despite a few good beats and some alright features, this album is just migraine fuel.… Expand
  6. Mikehunt97
    Dec 21, 2020
    0
    One of the worst albums I have ever heard!!! If you like this than you have the worst music taste ever. I don't even need to explain whis thisOne of the worst albums I have ever heard!!! If you like this than you have the worst music taste ever. I don't even need to explain whis this album is terrible. I give this a -10/10. Notice the negative at the beginning… Expand
  7. Richard_Amor
    May 8, 2020
    0
    LMAO this **** **** sucks each song sounds like he’s talking drunk over a “depressing type beat 2020xNav”. Nav is also pretty bad
  8. juanselopez340
    May 14, 2023
    0
    It made me want to vomit just seeing the first songs, I mean, who is he? Where did he come from? There must be something to fall from thisIt made me want to vomit just seeing the first songs, I mean, who is he? Where did he come from? There must be something to fall from this life if they remember… Expand

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