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Apr 6, 2017It’s concise and straight-to-the-point, with no signs of over-indulgence. In short, it’s the album fans of the New York rapper always knew he was capable of making.
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Apr 7, 2017He’s still reaching to the golden age for inspiration, but updating it so thoroughly that we’re reminded why we considered it golden in the first place.
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Apr 10, 2017ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ shows an ample amount of growth for a socially aware rapper discussing heavy issues.
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Apr 24, 2017All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ is the sound of a young rapper finding a voice and higher purpose, an exciting and powerfully insightful statement.
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Apr 14, 2017Diehard fans of Joey Bada$$’ older, more minimalist will applaud the latter half of the album. Whereas the top half dozen songs flex Joey’s evolved songwriting and beat selection, the bottom has Statik Selektah handling a few more beats and thus opening up Joey’s perfect in-pocket rhyming.
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Apr 6, 2017Courageous and passionate, Bada$$ is a well-timed soundtrack to social and political struggle. While the album specifically chronicles the horrors of being a young black man in America, Joey articulates his angst in a way that easily resonates with anyone stumbling under the weight of oppression.
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Apr 7, 2017The 12-song project is the Brooklyn native’s most well-rounded release to date.
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Apr 20, 2017This diversity in delivery is the savior of the first half of the record which pales slightly to the second.
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Apr 10, 2017All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ manages to find a balance between necessary gravity and inviting wistfulness. The message can be preachy, but the pace is conversational.
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Apr 7, 2017Although refreshing, visceral and completely understandable--when listening to the whole LP, the political themes are occasionally overwhelming.
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Apr 6, 2017The strange thing about the record is that the tracks just keep getting better and better as you go along.
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Jun 13, 2017While it's disappointing that Bada$$ doesn't offer more inspiring rhymes, it would be a mistake to write off "All-Amerikkkan Bada$$" because he isn't the second coming of Ice Cube.
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Apr 10, 2017While constant one-liners were a bit leaden on B4.DA.$$, they are sorely missed on AABA.
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The WireAug 8, 2017There’s a telling lack of conviction when he uses the past tense saying “I used to feel so devastated… now we on our way to greatness”. It’s a shame because when he settles for articulating rage from a less lofty position at the centre of a crowd he’s rejuvenated, alongside Schoolboy Q, J Cole, Styles P and Kirk Knight admitting a burn in his gut and boasting of how he’s “flowing religiously... Amerikkka’s worst nightmare, the super predator”. [May 2017, p.62]
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Q MagazineApr 12, 2017Amid too much mid-tempo drear it's left to Rockabye Baby to bring some fire to a n LP that rarely does more than enough. [Jun 2017, p.102]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 274 out of 302
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Mixed: 11 out of 302
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Negative: 17 out of 302
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