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8.0
12782
8.0 |
The Independent
This excellent debut shares similarities of inflection and melodic appeal with OutKast, Cee-Lo Green and Dungeon family
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8.0
12824
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Despite his guests, he is the star of his own show, giving pride of place to an appealing vocal style that's part Wyclef Jean, part Bob Marley
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8.0
12913
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Every song here is a potential hit – something that few commercial rap albums can claim
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8.0
13028
8.0 |
BBC
This is a musician with creativity on tap and enough of it to burn through a little filler here while ensuring the prime cuts emerge perfectly
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Observer
The 21-year-old Atlanta multi-instrumentalist produced most of his eclectic debut album himself and it's impressively inventive
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6.0
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6.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
Get used to Bobby Ray, he is going to be around for a while
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6.0
13885
6.0 |
Q
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5.0
12785
5.0 |
Spin
A hip-hop Scary Movie, tossing off references (Vampire Weekend sample, Rivers Cuomo cameo) while struggling to establish a distinctive identity
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4.2
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Pitchfork
The Adventures of Bobby Ray is a curiously lonely affair, the sound of a singular talent being drowned in a tidal wave of cheerful banality
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Guardian
There's a distinct lack of passion, too; this is all put into striking relief on the album's final verse, an incendiary performance from Eminem
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4.0
13664
4.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
The Adventures of Bobby Ray, like bubblegum, loses its flavor after about 15 minutes
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3.5
12783
3.5 |
Beats Per Minute
Eminem steals the whole album. His verse isn’t even too lyrically fantastic, but there’s enough actual emotion in it to crush anything Bobby said on his entire record
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3.0
12988
3.0 |
NME
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