Based on 10 reviews from outlets we track. Scores run 60 to 85.
By the numbers: 5 of 10 critics liked it.
| The gist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consequence via Wikipediaby Matt Melis | B | 85 | 2018 | “The blockbuster Georgia trio prescribe the right medicine but the wrong dosage.” |
| NME via Wikipediaby Jordan Bassett | 4/5 | 80 | 2018 | “This follow-up to 2017’s ‘Culture’ sees Migos cement their reputation for musical innovation, sly humour and louche delivery.” |
| Q via Wikipedia | 4/5 | 80 | 2017 | |
| The Guardian via Wikipediaby Alexis Petridis | 4/5 | 80 | 2018 | “The new album from the biggest group in rap is very long, and mostly about cars and drugs. But there’s comfort in repetition – and some genuine eeriness and melancholy” |
| PopMatters | 8/10 | 80 | “The Atlanta-based hip-hop trio Migos was one of the dominant forces in popular music in 2017. Together and separate, they were omnipresent, with guest” | |
| AllMusic via Wikipedia | 3.5/5 | 70 | ||
| Pitchfork | 6.4/10 | 64 | “Where Culture was an event, its follow-up feels more like an occurrence, the quality of its songs handicapped by an album that plays like a long and formless grab bag.” | |
| Rolling Stone via Wikipediaby Charles Aaron | 3/5 | 60 | 2018 | “On the follow-up to last year's smash 'Culture,' the Atlanta trap-rap superstars stretch out for 24 stupefyingly decadent tracks.” |
| Exclaim! via Wikipediaby Calum Slingerland | 6/10 | 60 | 2018 | |
| Slant | 3/5 | 60 | “There’s as much lazy delivery of the goods on the album as there is engaging interplay.” |
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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. Approval is the share of critics who scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not how many 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. Published is the date on the review itself, read from the outlet’s page, so you can see whether an album’s reputation came at release or years later. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number. Scores marked via Wikipedia are archive ratings, mostly for older albums, taken from the “Professional ratings” box on the album’s Wikipedia page (published openly through Wikidata); each links to the original review when we can find it online, and to that Wikipedia entry when we can’t. When an outlet reviewed an album twice, years apart (often for a reissue), both scores count, each labeled with its year.
A-Side marks the critics’ top tier. An album earns it automatically, from its numbers alone: a Breakdown of 90 or higher, from at least 5 reviews, with at least 75% approval. Nobody hands it out and nobody can buy it; if new reviews pull an album below the line, it loses the badge.
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