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83
Consequence of Sound

Where the Super Slimey too often felt like a requisite Xanax-blasted victory lap, one notably soft on hooks despite the successful street chemistry of Beautiful Thugger Girls’ hit single “Relationship”, Without Warning exudes vitality and menace.

83
Pretty Much Amazing
Not only do I think 21 Savage and Metro Boomin fit together perfectly and create something even more threatening because their casual styles (best seen in solo spot “My Choppa Hates Niggas”), I also think 21 Savage (I am very much tempted to use the word “offsets”) complements Offset despite how completely different their two approaches are.
80
Pitchfork

The two rappers and their super-producer strike a devious, almost perfect balance on their mixtape released on Halloween, where supernatural frights are replaced by guns and goons.

80
The 405
While this easily could have been an enjoyable throwaway, with two young artists linking up for the hype and moving it, it beats all odds to stand as one of 2017's most enjoyable and essential moments. The eerie vibe takes no prisoners, and leaves no listener behind.
80
XXL
The project isn't just some cobbled-together collaboration meant to appease listeners like the empty calories of a fun-sized candy bar, but rather it's a surprisingly cohesive project showcasing how well two rappers with vastly different strengths can come together.
80
Spill Magazine

Without Warning is one of the most well put together hip hop albums of year. It may not venture into new lyrical territory for the artists but the fun back and forth between the two rappers over Metro’s production makes the album more than worth your time.

70
Exclaim!

Metro Boomin is known for his trunk-rattling trap beats and bangers, but on this project he gets dark ... The two trappers hit each cut with a mess of menacingly murderous raps that supersede regular gun bars.

70
The Needle Drop
21 Savage, Offset, and Metro Boomin teamed up for a solid collaborative album just in time for Halloween.
65
Spectrum Culture

Without Warning is really worth it for the individual performances of its participants rather than for its songs.

56
HipHopDX

In theory, this collaboration album still ranks as a good idea but fans deserve a more concentrated effort.

AZIZ
89

I fux wit it. Should bump with the homies for the next couple of weeks than forget about it

EDIT: Still bumping it. Enjoying it more also

EDIT 2: Best Trap Album of 2017

EDIT 3: Trap Classic

EDIT 4: I wanna be friends with these guys.

EDIT 5: I love life.

RemisReviews
79

This was the first Trap album I ever listened to back in 2019. This album singlehandedly transitioned me from only listening to "lyrical" rap to bumping a lot of Trap. If it wasn't for this album, I probably wouldn't have ever given that album a chance. I was interested to see what my perspective on it is now, since you know, obviously my taste has changed drastically.

And to my surprise, this thing still goes dumb hard and is easily one of the strongest Trap albums ever released. ... read more

Rollo_P
85

Going from Issa Album to this is one of the greatest glow ups of all time, easy. No filler, no distractions from the overall mood, just trap excellence performed by the biggest names in the game. This is the soundtrack to breaking shit and getting away with it, bones included. Good doggo on the cover, too.

SChefini
84

wow, this is a gem on the genre, for explaining how good this is i have to go back to "Savage Mode" a record where I liked the atmospheric and dark production but not how monotone it was, that seems not to be a problem on "Without Warning" album where the best characteristics of that EP are enhanced while the problems are not apparent.

this album reaches everything that it aims, giving us some of the biggest trap bangers of the decade in the process, songs like ... read more

75

Um álbum que não combina muito com o que eu gosto de ouvir, o que, no entanto, não quer dizer que não seja inegavelmente bom.

Without Warning mistura a atmosfera de filmes de terror (principalmente slasher dos anos 80/90) com batidas de trap atuais. A produção de Metro Boomin é impressionante, trata-se de uma ideia verdadeiramente criativa. 21 Savage e Offset fazem um bom trabalho em rimas. No geral, é um bom álbum de trap.

85

The biggest baddest glow up in the game, a nice boost to Offset's discography, and Metro Boomin's best beats? How can you beat that?

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Track List

1Ghostface Killers
4:28
89
2Rap Saved Me
4:17
feat. Quavo
85
3Ric Flair Drip
2:52
90
4My Choppa Hate Niggas
2:28
84
5Nightmare
2:27
81
6Mad Stalkers
3:22
81
7Disrespectful
2:40
76
8Run Up the Racks
3:09
76
9Still Serving
3:51
74
10Darth Vader
3:48
79
Total Length: 33 minutes

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Added on: October 31, 2017