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Based On A True Story

Will Smith

Based On A True Story

First full-length album in 20 years from the actor/rapper featuring guest appearances from Big Sean, Fridayy, Jaden, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Joyner Lucas, Marcin, India Martínez, OBanga, Jac Ross, Russ, B. Simone and Teyana Taylor

ADM rating[?]

3.4

Label
SLANG
UK Release date
28/03/2025
US Release date
28/03/2025
  1. 5.0 |   Rolling Stone

    NEW Based on a True Story is clunky and sullied by the fallout of the 2022 Oscars, when it could have been so much more
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  2. 4.0 |   The Independent

    NEW It seems fair for Smith to want to exorcise the past few years. It’s just a shame that he’s chosen to do it with quasi-inspirational songs that don’t bang
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  3. 4.0 |   musicOMH

    NEW Following that Oscars slap, could the sometime Fresh Prince’s first album in two decades be a raw, cathartic, mask-off moment?
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  4. 3.0 |   Clash

    NEW An often-insubstantial record, ‘Based On A True Story’ doesn’t offer much beyond surface. If Will Smith wanted to get his feelings down on tape, this album doesn’t come close; what emerges is instead a flailing, futile gesture
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  5. 2.0 |   A.V. Club

    NEW A prime example of why some comebacks should remain hypothetical
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