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10.0
39620
10.0 |
The Skinny
This is solid, exciting, experimental hip-hop with an old-school soul. Destined to become a classic
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9.0
39684
9.0 |
No Ripcord
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you, coming all the way from left field, the best album of 2012 so far
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9.0
39877
9.0 |
Clash
Stuffed with bomb-ass beats and rhymes that will bang from Cali to Darlington
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8.7
39621
8.7 |
Beats Per Minute
As both a display of production mastery, and as a hip hop effort, Quakers is one of the most consistently refreshing albums in recent memory
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8.5
39616
8.5 |
BBC
Cult vocalists and complete unknowns trade the mic on this Earth-shaking hip hop set
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8.0
39617
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Quakers is not only for those missing unadulterated hip hop, but it also serves as a fantastic starter for anyone looking to broaden their horizons in the field
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8.0
40125
8.0 |
The Irish Times
The rappers shine – Guilty Simpson on Fitta Happier, Aloe Blacc on Sign Language and Lyric Jones on Raid, for instance – but it’s the production that powers the momentum from beginning to end
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8.0
40413
8.0 |
Q
Lean and propulsive despite its sprawling, scattershot nature. Print edition only
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7.1
40019
7.1 |
Pitchfork
It's a sprawling, overstuffed deluge that feels longer than it is, but can't really be pared down or scrapped for parts
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7.0
39622
7.0 |
Uncut
A sprawling part-time hip-hop collective whose ranks include Aloe Blacc and Dead Prez. Print edition only
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7.0
39619
7.0 |
Spin
Geoff Barrow-helmed project is Portishead-meets-Dilla-meets-Madlib-meets-Alchemist... plus a lot of indie rappers
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6.5
40476
6.5 |
hhv.de mag
The album’s good moments outweigh the bad ones, like when Aloe Blacc shows that he can actually rap quite passably
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6.0
39618
6.0 |
NME
If you like your rap homespun, rich, physical and all ‘summer-in-NYC ’95’, it’s a dream. But considering he once reinvented the genre, it’s disappointingly reactionary
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5.0
40114
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s unclear why Quakers insisted on packing this much material onto one release, considering how much it sounds like they didn’t leave anything on the cutting floor
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