- Artist
- Jay-Z
- Album
- The Blueprint
Early reviews. Based on 3 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| musicOMH | 4/5 | 80 | “With this record Jay-Z wraps up the Blueprint project he began eight years ago and first released on September 11, 2001 – a fact not lost on the rapper.” |
| Slant | 3.5/5 | 70 | “The album is filled to the brim with elite production and rapping, but it lacks the hungriness, spirit, and craziness of a classic.” |
| Uncut | 2/10 | 20 | “Double CD follow-up to last year's mainstream rap classic proves that bigger is rarely better” |
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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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