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Universal acclaim- based on 257 Ratings
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Positive: 228 out of 257
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Mixed: 17 out of 257
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Negative: 12 out of 257
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Feb 26, 2014
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Feb 26, 2014This is the album which portrays the "m.A.A.d city" to Kendrick Lamar's "good kid", with Schoolboy Q adopting a variety of flows, instrumentals and musical personas.
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Mar 6, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 12, 2014
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Mar 5, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Apr 6, 2014
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Dec 17, 2014Schoolboy Q has made the best west coast hip-hop album of the year. This album is helping revive Gangsta Rap and it is one of the best hip-hop albums of the year.
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Jun 30, 2014
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Mar 26, 20157.4/10................................................................................................................................................
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Feb 25, 2014
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Feb 25, 2014Above average production, flow, and delivery. Oxymoron is one of the most definitive albums of our generation. It speaks well on how mainstream rap is evolving and changing it's sound. The album has both its serious moments with it's dark and erie title track, but it also keeps a sense of fulfillment and joy with tracks like Man Of The Year.
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Feb 25, 2014Exceptional production, Great Features, Every song has something special to offer, This is Schoolboy Q at his finest, Who thought that Gangsta Rap could make it in 2014!
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Feb 25, 2014
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Feb 26, 2014
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Feb 26, 2014
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Feb 25, 2014This album is the new thing in the rap scene, and it is reasonable to compare it to albums such as good kid, m.A.A.d city: albums that have their own concepts and bring new styles of rap and music in general. Songs use catchy beats to convey meaning and the raps are full of life and feeling. A worthy listen.
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Feb 25, 2014
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Feb 26, 2014
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Feb 25, 2014Horrible, horrible album. Screaming into the microphone isnt rapping, and its all Q does on this album. Not an enjoyable listen at all, I wish I could have my time back i wasted listening to this.
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Feb 27, 2014The worst album i have ever heard bar none. Not only is it boring. its not even good. lyrics are boring. beats are flat, bad order of songs. just a poor effort from Quincy.
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Feb 27, 2014Do not compare this to maad city. DO NOT. you cant. totally different. anyway this album is fairly consistent as his its hits. Not big hits but shine when you bring up the album. He is dark with great lyrics but some beats are meh.
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Mar 12, 2014Oxymoron is missing the initial consciousness we saw on Habits & Contradictions, but is still a good album, with well produced, well written, listener-friendly tracks like Man of the Year and Collard Greens. Step in the right direction.
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Mar 19, 2014REally didnt enjoy anything this album gave me except for the Man of the Year hook, and even on that neither of the verses were good, only the hook. Everything he does is very uninteresting aside from the DJ Dahi beat. Everything is just so lackluster and boring
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May 5, 2014
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Aug 7, 2017
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Feb 16, 2019
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Mar 4, 2014
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Apr 23, 2014The lyrics on this album aren't amazing, but this album has some great hooks and a great variety of beats. The precision here is also impressive. A very gritty and vulgar album that in many ways is a bit of a throwback to the 90's era gangster rap scene, but with a more modern and progressive tone.
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Feb 27, 2014
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Dec 8, 2014
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Aug 1, 2015Very solid commercial project from Q even if it's a little bit of a step down from Setbacks and HnC. I enjoyed the production and aggressive rapping all throughout the album.
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Dec 7, 2019Oxymoron by ScHoolboy Q is an awesome album that I can listen to it over and over again
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Feb 12, 2020
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May 15, 2020
Awards & Rankings
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The SourceApr 18, 2014For those unfamiliar with Q's pre-Interscope material, his official debut provides insight, and an appetizer of what his more than respectable discography can do to not only entertain fans of 2010s rap, but inspire them. [Apr/May 2014, p.81]
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Mar 20, 2014Oxymoron is all killer, no filler--and despite some tracks here not quite translating to radio, in the album context nothing feels out of place.
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Mar 13, 2014While Oxymoron is never dull, thanks to Q’s indisputable skills as a rapper and beat selector, by its conclusion you’ll wish he’d given less of its runtime over to his gangsta persona and more to exploring his own identity.