Without Warning
by 21 Savage
  • Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: Oct 31, 2017
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 89 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 89
  3. Negative: 7 out of 89
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  1. gtwist
    Nov 26, 2017
    4
    With only good songs, being Ghostface Killers and Ric Flair Drip, this album isn't very good. Most of the beats and lyrics sound the same, which makes this album bland. However, Ghostface Killers and Ric Flair Drip are truly AMAZING, and they make this album alright.
  2. LinttaFlamingo
    Dec 20, 2017
    6
    The song "Ghostface Killers" which starts off the album is a real banger with tight verses from Offset, 21 Savage and featuring Travis Scott, and the whole album overall has a very cool halloweeny dangerous vibe to it, but even after two listens the other songs never really hooked as well as the first one, and a lot of times the lyrics are pretty much the same stuff. None of the songs areThe song "Ghostface Killers" which starts off the album is a real banger with tight verses from Offset, 21 Savage and featuring Travis Scott, and the whole album overall has a very cool halloweeny dangerous vibe to it, but even after two listens the other songs never really hooked as well as the first one, and a lot of times the lyrics are pretty much the same stuff. None of the songs are bad or anything but it disappointed after the amazing first song… Expand
  3. TheKuz
    Apr 15, 2019
    5
    While the album doesn't push anything for 21 Savage or Offset, Metro Boomin seems to do his thing at his best on Without Warning.

    Offset, the most versatile and skilled of Migos, presents the extreme majority of lyrical substance on Without Warning, and without Offset I wouldn't be able to tolerate the ramblings of 21 Savage. Even so, Offset sounds like the same Offset; not overly    While the album doesn't push anything for 21 Savage or Offset, Metro Boomin seems to do his thing at his best on Without Warning.

    Offset, the most versatile and skilled of Migos, presents the extreme majority of lyrical substance on Without Warning, and without Offset I wouldn't be able to tolerate the ramblings of 21 Savage. Even so, Offset sounds like the same Offset; not overly impressively skilled unless compared to 21 Savage on Without Warning or his fellow members of Migos. Metro Boomin, as mentioned, produced the album nicely.

    The album was better than the majority of albums in its sub-genre of rap music—music that 21 Savage, Kodak Black, Migos, Future, and Travis Scott dominate. It concisely summed up the little that can be appreciated from these 'lit' artists, and stayed in that lane, while barely scratching the surface of what we call "art." While Without Warning is more noteworthy than it's album-peers, in the grand scheme of rap and hip-hop, it's not the slightest bit remarkable. I might play this for my kid in 2027 when he asks, "What music was popular when you were in highschool?"    … Expand

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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. The Wire
    Dec 19, 2017
    80
    All the more powerful for jumping from comic invocations of Ric Flair and Friday The 13th to casual and viciously flippant references to Xanax and other addictions. [Jan 2018, p.78]
  2. RapReviews.com
    Dec 12, 2017
    60
    The "Issa Album" was a full course meal while "Without Warning" ends up being more of a snack.
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  3. Pretty Much Amazing
    Nov 15, 2017
    83
    The best song comes early in “Ghostface Killers”, with an excellent rapped chorus from Offset that’s been running through my head since the tape dropped and Travis Scott sounding excellent as always even if he doesn’t say much anything at all.
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