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7.0
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7.0 |
Prefix
While it's likely to be a huge album - and far more interesting than any other releases of its size - it's not the leap forward his last couple albums were
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7.0
31281
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Lil Wayne spends most of Tha Carter IV brooding over death, imprisonment and the passing of time
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7.0
31433
7.0 |
BBC
The album to introduce you to the never boring world of an artist whose importance remains so significant that, should he finally collapse like the star he is, he’s likely to take half the rap game with him
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7.0
32042
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
In terms of quality if not sales, that throne of Jay-Z and Kanye’s is safe
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6.8
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6.8 |
Paste Magazine
In its relentlessly schizophrenic assault, you might end up falling in-and-out of love several times
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6.2
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6.2 |
Pitchfork
Almost everything about Wayne is relaxed, regurgitated, or regressing here
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6.0
31402
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Consequence Of Sound
Overall, by the end of the album it feels like Wayne maybe pushed Tha Carter series one installment too far
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6.0
31325
6.0 |
Spin
He remains a compelling artist and a standard-bearer for a generation of endlessly productive rappers. But nothing lasts forever. Weezy is dead. Long live Weezy
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
For the last four years there's been no greater force in hip-hop, but this isn't the way President Carter should be launching his campaign for a second term
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5.8
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5.8 |
A.V. Club
There’s plenty of great rapping on Tha Carter IV, but for the first time, most of it isn’t coming from Lil Wayne
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5.0
31286
5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Wayne has lost the spark that made him great. For the most part he’s slowed his flow down and that puts a ton of pressure on his punch lines
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5.0
31719
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The Quietus
A dozy batch of mediocre bores, intertwined with a small supply of well-crafted, radio friendly singles
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5.0
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Wayne seems content to let others upstage his verbal acumen
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4.0
31787
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NME
It would be a waste if, as rumoured, this is the album he bows out with
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4.0
31485
4.0 |
PopMatters
As a possible swan song for Lil’ Wayne, Best Rapper Alive, Tha Carter IV ranks among hip-hop’s most disappointing
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3.0
32783
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Drowned In Sound
When Busta Rhymes machine guns his voice over the ‘Outro’ it’s by far and away the best thing on the album
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2.5
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2.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
More than anything, Wayne just sounds a bit like he’s run out of things to say
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2.5
31323
2.5 |
Beats Per Minute
He is reduced to playing showtunes versions of himself
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