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8.0
35009
8.0 |
musicOMH
Manages to avoid the pitfalls of creative redundancy and combines a classic sound with a contemporary twist to perfect effect
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8.0
35010
8.0 |
BBC
Blige’s most enjoyable, exciting and consistent album in years
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8.0
35186
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
She can conjure golden moments when the listener is transported simultaneously to the church pew and the dancefloor
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7.5
35263
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Blige is now 10 albums into her career, and she has yet to make a bad one
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7.0
35285
7.0 |
AU Review
For the most part this is a refreshing reminder of why Blige is fully deserving of the esteem she’s held in
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7.0
35673
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
She can go from tripped-out, beat-heavy tracks to earnest love songs in a moment, and that “moment” is something she inhabits achingly well
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7.0
35079
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
After all these years, she can still make pain pleasurable
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6.0
35138
6.0 |
The Guardian
With guest turns from Nas, Busta Rhymes, Drake, Rick Ross and Beyoncé, it feels elegant, refined and, for the most, part up-to-date. But it's also far too long
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6.0
35011
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
A listenable chapter in Blige's ongoing Remembrance of Joints Past
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6.0
35012
6.0 |
Evening Standard
For the most part, her talent lives on
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6.0
35015
6.0 |
The Independent
The high priestess of emotional turmoil
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4.0
35260
4.0 |
The Scotsman
Way too long, only getting to the meat of the matter with a trio of ballads in the latter stages
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