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Renegades

by Rage Against The Mac

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All Time

of 455,776

9,753
2000's

of 266,014

1,925
2000

of 38,671

131

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.5860 Renegades is ranked overall as 2.5860 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.8874 Renegades has an avg. critic score of 2.8874 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

The group's relatively unheralded musicians (guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk) have developed into such a nimble and cohesive unit that they'd sound pretty exciting even without someone spewing rapid fire invective over their grooves. ...more

Rolling Stone

Thanks to Limp Bizkit and their legion of imitators, rap metal now gets dismissed as an evolutionary mistake, the bastard realm of repetitive two-bar guitar riffs and sledgehammering monochrome beats. ...more

Rolling Stone

Not only do Rage understand the sweep of rock and rap history, but they had bold and unusual ways of tearing that history up. ...more

All Music Guide

As could be expected, the set works best when the group focuses on material from its most recent forebears: rappers and hardcore bands. ...more

All Music Guide

Rush released after the late-2000 split betweenZack de la Rochaand the rest of Rage Against the Machine, the covers albumRenegadessalutes the band's musical and philosophical roots, ranging from the old-school Bronx to the hard-rockin' Motor City to ...more

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Village Voice

The most penetrating and engaging album of their career......read the complete review at Village Voice

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Alternative Press

A tour through three decades of sonic recalcitrance, Renegades is the genome map of seditious...read the complete review at Alternative Press

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Q Magazine

Those lying closest to their own unsubtle ouevre, ie the Minor Threat and Cypress Hill tracks, are as crunching as die-hards could hope for. But the arch sneer of The Rolling Stones' Street Fighting Man and Bob Dylan's Maggie's Farm are predictably...read the complete review at Q Magazine

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The Austin Chronicle

Rage Against the Machine's dual role as social conscience and rap-metal gods has apparently pulled the group asunder. With MC Zach de la Rocha departed and working on a solo album, the group's future is as clear as a Florida election, most...read the complete review at The Austin Chronicle

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The A.V. Club

Rage Against The Machine inspires both praise and criticism in excessive measure: The importance of its albums, particularly 1999'sThe Battle......read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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