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The Black Album
by Jay-z
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
3.2998
Avg. Critic Score:
3.2000
The Black Album Rank 3 Reviews
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ShakingThrough.netCarter's sulky obsession with proving himself against a field that has all but laid down and acknowledged him as its master detracts from the hard-won grandeur wrought by this nostalgic magnum opus of self-regard (to say nothing of the engaging beats and ...more
E! OnlineA streamlined effort that's stylish, cool and has a sense of finality. ...more
Rolling StoneGiven one last chance to make an impact, Jay-Z has come up with one of the better albums of his career, though perhaps a shade lesser than his very best, Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint. ...more
Neumu.netThe Black Album is a spectacular farewell if that's what it turns out to be. ...more
The Onion (A.V. Club)It's essentially The Blueprint 3.0. ...more
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PitchforkEven in falling short of Jay's classics, Reasonable Doubt and 2001's The Blueprint, it manages to eclipse 1999's brilliant Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter as his third-best album-- which in itself still makes it one of the year's best. ...more
Amazon.comWhile it probably won't be remembered as his best album, The Black Album is his most personal to date and features some of his most compelling writing. ...more
PopMattersThe Black Album turns out to be... a surprisingly meticulously constructed coda to Jay-Z's extensive and prosperous career. ...more
Tiny Mix Tapes.comIt’s been a rocky road being a closet Jay-Z fan for the last eight years. Yes, beyond my indie poseur attitude lays a discriminatory love for what Sean Carter has to say. Even from the beginning when his ultimate osmosis into hip-hop occurred ...more
Pitch Fork Media01 Intro [w. Ryan Schreiber] For Shawn Carter, the last seven years have been ridiculous. In 1996, he came up from an impoverished childhood in New York's Marcy projects to record a debut that would eventually come to be considered one of ...more
nme.comAnd now, the end is near. The jigga faces the final curtain. 'The Black Album' is Jay-Z 's ninth album in seven years and, if we're to believe this elegant hip-hop institution, the last one he'll ever make. "Pound for pound I'm the best that ever ...more
All Music GuideImpresses on the same level as the best of his career. ...more
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