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8.0
107561
8.0 |
Clash
Against all the odds this is a triumph
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7.6
107527
7.6 |
Earbuddy
Is Tha Carter V a new beginning or the final chapter to Lil Wayne's relevancy?
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7.5
107598
7.5 |
A.V. Club
He’s introspective, approachable, overly generous, and occasionally flashing that old manic, extraterrestrial charisma
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7.4
107524
7.4 |
Pitchfork
The long-delayed album captures Wayne how we want to remember him: openhearted, word-drunk, and exhilarated by the possibilities of his own voice
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7.0
107525
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
It’s an album full of fire and passion from an artist who doesn’t have anything left to prove
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7.0
107528
7.0 |
Exclaim
Lil Wayne strips down to a more bare-bones version of himself, showcasing his discomforts, vulnerabilities and self-acceptance
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7.0
107530
7.0 |
All Music
For all the excess and buildup, this exhibits Wayne on an upswing, lucid and invigorated
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7.0
107531
7.0 |
Spin
What we have is an album that’s mostly pretty good. It’s certainly an improvement over Tha Carter IV--likely his least memorable album ever--but it’s also not a record that is going to reignite a second peak from Wayne, if that was the hope
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6.7
107526
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
Weezy proves he doesn't need to update his style to appeal to the next generation
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6.0
107529
6.0 |
NME
It could have been his emotional swansong, and much of this long-delayed record is an elegiac homage to Lil Wayne’s outlier status as an elder statesman of hip-hop. Yet he cheapens himself on ‘Tha Carter V’
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6.0
107560
6.0 |
The Observer
The beat is (just about) still on
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6.0
107623
6.0 |
NOW
On the long-awaited The Carter V, he shows he can still hang with contemporary rap flows and sometimes improve on them
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