Eardrum

Critic Score
Based on 14 reviews
2007 Ratings: #118 / 746
User Score
Based on 112 ratings
2007 Ratings: #310
August 21, 2007 / Release Date
LP / Format
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Critic Reviews

WM0002
80

The album could've been trimmed down a bit. There was no need for it to be 80 minutes long, but there's also no bad songs. And the highs on here can compete with some of the tracks on Quality.

Z.Younk
78

Great album but the Jean Grae track and "Country Cousins" really were misfires.

69

Way too long got boring after the first half of the album

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bummy22
92

SO consistent throughout the album. Really hard to find any flaws on this record, it's just classic Kweli style beats with classic Kweli style rapping. Overall it's certainly one of the many great Talib Kweli albums which is why I'm feeling a 92.

Also when reading other reviews for this project I find it absurd that people are calling this project too repetitive because what I just heard is something completely on the contrary! Even though there were a few tracks here and there ... read more

dripgod1mill
77

Bloated but still a very good album coming from Talib

Dmercy20
78

A little disappointed with this but this is still a really solid album and an improvement over his 2004 effort.

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