- Artist
- Jay-Z
- Album
- American Gangster
Early reviews. Based on 3 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PopMatters | 8/10 | 80 | “"This is black superhero music right here, baby!" It's a tossed off line, just something that shows up while Jay-Z is riffing at the end of American” |
| musicOMH | 4/5 | 80 | “It's always a challenge picking up and listening to an album 'inspired by the motion picture' without seeing said movie. However in Jay-Z's case I don't” |
| Slant | 4/5 | 80 | “Even when he’s trying to raise consciousness, Jay-Z doesn’t really have any valid solutions.” |
From B-Side Guys
- More on Jay-ZMorning Commute: Intellect – “Fonics”
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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