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8.5
74127
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
What makes it unique and uniquely Hima; to be specific, it's that it manages to be both obstinate and intelligent, outspoken but sly
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8.0
74018
8.0 |
Spin
In many ways, Eat Pray Thug is a prequel to Das Racist, filling in the biographical gaps of a seemingly inscrutable wiseass from when he had to cry before he could laugh
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8.0
73927
8.0 |
All Music
Uncompromising rhymes means Eat Pray Thug falls firmly in the category of "ain't for everybody," but that's the thrilling bit, as everything else about the album is alluring
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8.0
73942
8.0 |
Exclaim
There are more questions here than resolutions, making Eat, Pray, Thug a thinking person's record
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7.5
73924
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Never feels like a forced or obligatory stab at maturation. Instead, it seems like Heems has a lot to get off his chest and has little use for obfuscation, hooks, or irony
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7.0
73972
7.0 |
PopMatters
Without Das Racist, Heems’ limitless creativity has completely erupted, and as messy as it all is, it’s a little beautiful, too
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7.0
73932
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Heems' attempt at an "honest" record basically means doubling down on the hallmarks of traditional New York underground rap: hard beats, knotty rhymes and a political streak
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6.7
73923
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
Deeply personal and intensely agitated, the album manages to stay pissed off and in love at the same time, all while maintaining the wordsmith reputation he earned during his years with Das Racist
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6.3
73926
6.3 |
Pitchfork
Eat Pray Thug isn’t lacking in ideas, just focus, and there are long stretches where it’s much harder to connect to Heems’ persona
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6.0
73925
6.0 |
The Skinny
His political material far outshines the comparatively blunt relationship post-mortems but both are buoyed by an idiosyncratic, Bollywood-inflected production
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6.0
74335
6.0 |
NOW
Suri's clearly committed to losing his joke rapper image, and while this attempt is not consistently successful, the high points balance out the stumbles
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