Okayplayer's Scores

  • Music
For 148 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 96% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 3% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 12.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 85
Highest review score: 98 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Lowest review score: 50 Beaus$eros
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 148
148 music reviews
    • 70 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Make no mistake about it, most of the instrumentation on the album is just Toro y Moi. More so ‘Moi’.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is the sound of a musician at the top of his game marking his entry into the big time.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    This album is a violent frenzy maxed out to the “nth” power, so it may not be for everyone; however, most who embrace hardcore hip-hop will undoubtedly love this album.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As an album, there is nothing Aaron Neville is offering in these remakes that would make anyone want to listen to his versions instead of the originals. Therefore the album falls flat, and comes across as a well executed, but arbitrary project, from a legend.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors has a much more electronic feel to it, with a plethora of synthesizers. The brassy street thump of past Big Boi releases is still present, it's just more centralized.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    GMB
    GMB is Pac Div's best and most consistent work to date.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    It's an indulgent side project and the monotony of the production is enough that the 'McKayla is Not Impressed' face may be unavoidable.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's good time music written to the sound of heartbreak and everyday affairs, which makes it even more relatable, accessible even.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Perhaps it's best enjoyed as an album of two halves--with funk on the A side, and a more introspective flipside. Either way, Sinkane's trip to the Red Planet is more than worth signing up for.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    9th Wonder and Buckshot have delivered a plate of comfort food that fans will enjoy, if not necessarily savor.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    At it's best, Reloaded rocks like Evidence liberated from the jungle of Premo beats and given enough space to go believably gangster.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    It's functional, escapist, I-hate-my-job-and-live-for-my-weekends, music.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Overall, in fact, it might feel like a little too much of The Weeknd all at once. But then again the music is so good it might just be what the doctor ordered.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    It's got guest collabs that make sense without being overbearing, a few genre defying styles that go from almost dancey to instrospection and back but it never loses track.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    This is a very solid debut release and well worth the wait.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    If A Dream Deferred isn't the best produced album this year, it's gotta be in the top three.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 94 Critic Score
    Surely there's despair and persistent uncertainty, but there's an unspoken beauty to the struggle.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    All in all, it's the sound of a bunch of musicians from the top of the game performing at the top of their game. Ruthlessly tight, deeply soulful with tunes to keep you riveted to your stereo until deep into the night.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    You won't find much in the way of a message on Mic Tyson (closest thing might be on the driving "Pyrex": "wake up, all that crack and the street talk/is made up like Jack & The Beanstalk"), but you will find a raw rap sound seldom heard in these calloused days
    • 77 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    The Man with the Iron Fists soundtrack is certainly an adequate companion piece to the film, and will likely earn a spot in the collection of most Wu diehards. Still, it feels like a missed opportunity for a grand musical statement to further bolster the Wu-Tang legacy as it makes its transition to the silver screen.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    It's a pleasure to listen to, and perhaps its sheer existence (thanks in part to crowdsourcing on Kickstarter) is a fact to be celebrated in itself
    • 70 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    As the album unfolds you're drawn inexorably into a world of high quality music that deserves to be savoured, devoured, replayed and pored over, and above all, enjoyed.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    There is an earnestness to Blak & Blu, even in its bumpier moments, that holds your attention, even if it's the testosterone fueled bombast that initially grabs it by the throat.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 89 Critic Score
    Not only does the duo own the niche that they have established on their EPs, they also break new ground, infusing other elements and genres within the album. Overall, a great listen.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Murs and Fashawn have done what few collaborative albums do: create a complete and cohesive album, that actually lives up to lofty expectations.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Once again, he masterfully conveys his understanding of the free jazz form, and yet never duplicates his father in the least. In fact, Spirit Fiction may just be his most forward-thinking album thus far.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Solidarity is a straight up funky, raucous, dancefloor-troubling, riot-provoking monster of an album.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    They swing like only the second line can. All in all, it's a cause for celebration (and fifty more years of Preservation Hall).
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    His inexhaustible penmanship coaxes listeners to further sink their ears to the album's abyss, a pull that's hard to defy.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's not a bad album, it's actually pretty good. Just not their best.