No Poison No Paradise

Black Milk - No Poison No Paradise
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2013 Ratings: #197 / 1115
User Score
Based on 91 ratings
2013 Rank: #83
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
HipHopDX

With No Poison No Paradise, Milk has grown tremendously as a composer and lyricist. Now that’s something worth bragging about.

80
AllMusic

Don't call it a comedown because No Poison No Paradise tempers all this down-trodden acceptance with hope and pride, and while the more approachable Album of the Year makes for an easier entry point into the man's discography, this one is deeper, and artistically more filling.

80
The Needle Drop

Detroit rapper and producer Black Milk outright wows me with some creative, grimy beats set against some very personal stories on this latest full-length of his, No Poison No Paradise.

73
Pitchfork

The more willfully ugly the music of rapper/producer Black Milk becomes, the better he gets. No Poison No Paradise, his latest, features some of the ugliest- sounding, and therefore best and most fully-realized, music of his career.

60
Consequence of Sound

They’re not unlistenable, but missteps like these partially put Black Milk in the less interesting “J Dilla Reverence” category and make No Poison No Paradise feel more like a sidestep, albeit a very well-produced one.

PelicanManners
86

Black Milk’s magnum opus, it’s truly his best album. I’ve always liked him as a producer, but here he proved himself as a capable rapper. He’s got this simple way of rhyming, that I actually find sincere. He’s not blowing me away with his lyrics, but on some of the songs, his storytelling shined. Now let me touch on the production. It’s unbelievable, completely unique to him. He combines the best parts of Detroit’s boom bap with interesting ... read more

AllAboutMusic
90

Well shit, this album excellent in so many things that a great rap album usually has. It’s hella consistent, has a decent amount of standouts, dope rapping, fire beats, great features (especially that Black Thought feature which blew me away), etc.

Interpret Sabotage and Deion's House are such a good way to kick off the album. Both have dope rapping, and both have incredible beats that constantly have your head bobbing.

I could go in depth on basically every other track, since there ... read more

Rollo_P
91

No bad or forgettable songs? ✅

Experiments with previous influences in new, inventive ways? ✅

Cohesive concept that stretches the whole record? ✅

So unique, that you struggle to think of albums that sound similar? ✅

Monster Black Thought feature? ✅

I don't know what else to ask for from a hip-hop album. Absolutely sensational what Black Milk was able to do here. Consider me a fan and then some.

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Added on: October 14, 2013