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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
The confidently understated What A Time To Be Alive suggests you’re better with Drake than against him
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8.0
80673
8.0 |
PopMatters
Full of the quality hip-hop that's expected of its creators
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8.0
80804
8.0 |
The Observer
Uneven, but ultimately thrilling, 11-track mixtape
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spectrum Culture
The highlights of What a Time to Be Alive come when Drake and Future take advantage of their differences
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7.5
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7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
The sound of two of our biggest current pop figures using each other’s strengths to bring out their own
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
It's a quickie and it sounds that way: a six-day digital dash in the studio. Yet that's why it feels fresh and spontaneous
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7.0
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7.0 |
Pitchfork
What the tape lacks in congruence, it makes up for in glimmering Metro Boomin production
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7.0
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Spin
Not the best album of 2015, but it is the album that best defines 2015 so far
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7.0
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The 405
What A Time To Be Alive, even as a concept centers itself around the idea of 'now,' instead of striving for the notion of 'classic'
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7.0
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Sputnik Music (staff)
A solid assortment of irresistable bangers
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7.0
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7.0 |
Beardfood
The first 3 spins will blow your car speakers to bits
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6.7
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6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Works best when wunderkind producer Metro Boomin stirs the pot by his lonesome
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
All-star mixtape that's more glitter than gold. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s an interesting meeting of minds, with Drake’s snarky, melancholic tones clipping at the heels of Future’s hypnotic, oddball vocals
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6.0
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NOW
While Future has a menacing, no-fucks vibe, Drake, going hard, sounds eager to please
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6.0
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6.0 |
Clash
Only on the daft-but-enjoyable 'Plastic Bag', an amusing late-night salute to a hard-working stripper, do the pair come close to functioning as a cohesive unit
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6.0
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6.0 |
Exclaim
If you're a fan of Future or Drake, there's a lot to love in this 11-track mixtape
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