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Killer Mike

R.A.P. Music

Atlantan rapper Michael Render relocated to Brooklyn to record this album of straight up rap

ADM rating[?]: 8.1
Label: Williams Street
UK Release date: 15/05/2012
US Release date: 15/05/2012

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9.1 41925
9.1 | Pretty Much Amazing

With the help of El-P’s steady hand Killer Mike has created an important album for rap
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9.0 41521
9.0 | Spin

As exciting and wildly unclassifiable as hip-hop gets
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9.0 41522
9.0 | Consequence Of Sound

An end-to-end great album
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9.0 41523
9.0 | Prefix

Ambitious and incisive and frustrated and angry and serious
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9.0 41767
9.0 | PopMatters

A definitive statement from Mike and a legacy changer for El-P. What more could anyone really ask for?
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8.9 42366
8.9 | Beats Per Minute

Deceptively simple, a send-up to the aggressive cultural awareness of old-school rap on the surface, filtered through a hundred different post-apocalyptic scenarios, musical and lyrical
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8.8 42500
8.8 | Paste Magazine

Putting aside his berserk, imagination-defying technical skill—he stays deep enough in the pocket to get lost there—there’s not a wasted breath on R.A.P. Music
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8.6 41518
8.6 | Pitchfork

I don't think we'll hear a better end-to-end production job on a rap record than we do on R.A.P. Music
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8.5 44165
8.5 | The Quietus

An album that takes the energy of hip hop’s rebellious instincts as its heart and reminds us of their importance
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8.3 41519
8.3 | A.V. Club

A throwback to rap’s most provocative, conspiratorial era
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8.0 42002
8.0 | Drowned In Sound

R.A.P. Music is one of the most compelling albums of its kind released for some time, albeit one that comes recommended with a caveat that one’s repeat-play enjoyment of it mightn’t last too long
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8.0 49008
8.0 | All Music

Revolutionary stuff and absolutely no fluff, R.A.P. Music is outstanding
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8.0 43473
8.0 | The Irish Times

A lesson in hip-hop’s here and now
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8.0 43747
8.0 | Q

An inspired hook-up that brings out the best in both contributors. Print edition only
7.5 41668
7.5 | BBC

R.A.P. Music is a diary for the oppressed. It’s a battle cry for change and a call-to-arms for the socially disadvantaged
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7.0 41716
7.0 | Rolling Stone

His Ice Cube-style bark tumbles down over harried, aggro beats from indie-eminence El-P and hits like a gut punch of revealed wisdom
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5.0 41520
5.0 | NME

Half the album’s a grind. And not the good kind
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9.1 | Pretty Much Amazing

9.0 | Spin

9.0 | Consequence Of Sound

9.0 | Prefix

9.0 | PopMatters

8.9 | Beats Per Minute

8.8 | Paste Magazine

8.6 | Pitchfork

8.5 | The Quietus

8.3 | A.V. Club

8.0 | Drowned In Sound

8.0 | All Music

8.0 | The Irish Times

8.0 | Q

7.5 | BBC

7.0 | Rolling Stone

5.0 | NME

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