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Jean Grae

Jean Grae’s albums, ranked by what the critics we trust thought of each one. 4 have a B-Side Breakdown, averaging 78 (Keeper). See the discography in release order.

What is Jean Grae’s best album?

By the critics, it’s Attack of the Attacking Things (2002), with a B-Side Breakdown of 79 (Keeper) from 7 reviews. 86% of them liked it.

Next best: Jeanius (78) and This Week (77). Lowest rated: Everything’s Fine (Jean Grae and Quelle Chris album) (76).

Jean Grae albums ranked

Best to worst by B-Side Breakdown.

  1. 1. Attack of the Attacking Things (2002): 79 Keeper
  2. 2. Jeanius (2004): 78 Keeper
  3. 3. This Week (2004): 77 Keeper
  4. 4. Everything’s Fine (Jean Grae and Quelle Chris album) (2018): 76 Keeper

Jean Grae discography, in release order

The earliest here79Attack of the Attacking Things, 2002. Still the best reviewed.The latest76Everything’s Fine (Jean Grae and Quelle Chris album), 2018. 3 points below Attack of the Attacking Things.

The career, by Breakdown

Every Jean Grae album with a B-Side Breakdown, in release order. Above the dashed line, most critics liked it.

6010070likedAttack of the Attacking Things (2002): 79792002Jeanius (2004): 78782004This Week (2004): 77772004Everything’s Fine (Jean Grae and Quelle Chris album) (2018): 76762018

Every Jean Grae album we track, oldest first.

  1. 2002Album cover for Attack of the Attacking Things by Jean GraeAttack of the Attacking Things79 Keeper
  2. 2004Album cover for Jeanius by Jean GraeJeanius78 Keeper
  3. 2004Album cover for This Week by Jean GraeThis Week77 Keeper
  4. 2018Album cover for Everything’s Fine (Jean Grae and Quelle Chris album) by Jean GraeEverything’s Fine (Jean Grae and Quelle Chris album)76 Keeper

Which critics love Jean Grae, and which don’t

Each outlet’s scores set against the other critics on the same albums. Outlets that scored at least 3 Jean Grae albums.

Warmest on Jean GraeRapReviews11 points above the other critics, on average, across 3 albums.Warmed up over timePitchfork4 points below the other critics in its reviews from 2002–2004, 8 points above from 2008–2018.

Outlet by outlet

Average points above or below the other critics. Tap an outlet for its scores album by album.

RapReviews3 albums+11
  1. Attack of the Attacking Things 200290 vs 77 from 6 others +13
  2. Jeanius 200490 vs 75 from 4 others +16
  3. This Week 200480 vs 76 from 5 others +4

All RapReviews reviews

HipHopDX3 albums+3
  1. Attack of the Attacking Things 200280 vs 79 from 6 others +1
  2. This Week 200480 vs 76 from 5 others +4
  3. Everything’s Fine (Jean Grae and Quelle Chris album) 201880 vs 75 from 5 others +5

All HipHopDX reviews

Pitchfork4 albums+2
  1. Attack of the Attacking Things 200269 vs 81 from 6 others −12
  2. Jeanius 200483 vs 76 from 4 others +7
  3. This Week 200479 vs 76 from 5 others +3
  4. Everything’s Fine (Jean Grae and Quelle Chris album) 201884 vs 74 from 5 others +10

All Pitchfork reviews

AllMusic4 albums0
  1. Attack of the Attacking Things 200280 vs 79 from 6 others +1
  2. Jeanius 200480 vs 77 from 4 others +3
  3. This Week 200470 vs 78 from 5 others −8
  4. Everything’s Fine (Jean Grae and Quelle Chris album) 201880 vs 75 from 5 others +5

All AllMusic reviews

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