Cadillactica

Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
Critic Score
Based on 12 reviews
2014 Ratings: #47 / 1042
User Score
Based on 334 ratings
2014 Rank: #271
Liked by 15 people
November 11, 2014 / Release Date
LP / Format
Def Jam / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
PopMatters

An intriguing concept, exceptional production, and captivating lyricism ensure that a trip to Cadillactica is one that will stick with you for life.

90
AllHipHop

Cadillactica is the one of the best albums released this year, and the best album from a southern hip hop artist in years.

90
HipHopDX
K.R.I.T. isn’t slept on, but he’s proven again that he should have a bigger bandwagon by now.
83
Consequence of Sound

Cadillactica ... is a confident piece of work even during the slower jazz rap sections.

80
AllMusic

Cadillactica is an album where an artist launches a superior second act while losing none of the essential elements that made the first so powerful.

80
Exclaim!

Cadillactica surpasses the rudimentary purpose of filling his sophomore album slot, sending fans swirling through a textured orbit of flavourful production and detailed storytelling.

80
XXL

Even without much mainstream appeal, K.R.I.T.’S relatability keeps it accessible, and ultimately, Cadillactica proves to be something the game barely knew it needed.

75
Pitchfork
It’s no doubt a conservative record, maybe even a deeply unfashionable one, but much of its strength lies in the fact that it sounds different from everyone else out there.
70
Complex

While Cadillactica is, overall, K.R.I.T.'s modest trump of Live From the Underground, the album's Grade A cuts are hardly a match for the last album's highest-highs.

Rollo_P
64

The underwhelming projects in KRIT's discography can always be a little confusing. The dude is so naturally talented, to see him slip up is rather odd. And while KRIT IZ HERE is the more recent one in people's memory, I thought that album was passable. However, Cadillactica was a really noticeable turnover for KRIT at the time of its release. This was just after Kendrick's Control verse and, to counter, KRIT dropped Mt. Olympus, the end-all, be-all best Control response to be made. That high ... read more

StreetsDisciple
79

After hearing the original 'Mt. Olympus', (which is the song of the year), I was hoping this would be good and K.R.I.T. has done it. After the slightly disappointing official debut album, 'Live From the Underground', and the same old sounding 'King Remembered in Time', I feel like with this album K.R.I.T. has come closest to matching the success of his first three free albums/mixtapes or whatever they're labelled as. I felt like with 'King Remembered in Time' that he was getting repetitive with ... read more

ItzProMusic
59

I personally don't think Cadillactica is as great as an album compared to K.R.I.T.'s other work. It's kind of generic and a bit uninspiring as well. Now with the negatives aside, the rapping is great. The production is a pretty nice step up from last time and it's enjoyable as well. A bit long though and kind of boring to get through if you ask me.

purplerain70
85

This is solid. Third eye my shit

Zess
70

He can do way better than this

thearcticchxld
80

Fantano was wrong

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Added on: October 9, 2014