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The Black Album

by Jay-z

ALBUM RANKINGS:

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  • All Time
    of 455,300
    1,054
  • 2000's
    of 265,592
    109
  • 2003
    of 34,566
    15
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating: 3.2997 The Black Album is ranked overall as 3.2997 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 3.2000 The Black Album has an avg. critic score of 3.2000 out of 4 stars

The Black Album Album Reviews

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Excellent
4
 
(5)
Very Good
3
 
(15)
Good
2
 
(2)
Fair
1
 
(0)
Poor
0
 
(2)

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Entertainment Weekly
The Black Album's bling-bang reportage mostly rings redundant
Rolling Stone
Given 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
PopMatters
The Black Album turns out to be... a surprisingly meticulously constructed coda to Jay-Z's extensive and prosperous career. ...more
All Music Guide
Impresses on the same level as the best of his career. ...more
Stylus Magazine
Review 1: ...more
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Mojo
A magnificent...read the complete review at Mojo
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ShakingThrough.net
Carter'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...read the complete review at ShakingThrough.net
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The Guardian
For all the dark wordplay, the album is an aural equivalent of that old American favourite, the schmaltzy biopic....read the complete review at The Guardian
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The A.V. Club
As befits a rapper who calls himself "the black Warren Buffett," and whose label is named after a family that embodies wealth and capitalism, Jay-Z has always been as much a businessman as a rapper. He's already gone from celebrating his mastery of the...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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