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Originally Posted by louder
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Wow. Yes that is very rare for a new release (more common for reissues of classic albums, but even then it's pretty goddamn rare, and reserved for the Kind of Blues and White Albums of the world).
For a little context, Kanye West is the most critically revered musician of the 2010's, but he's only scored TWO 5-star ratings (Late Registration, MBDTF). His other classics all hover around the 4.5 star mark (Yeezus, Graduation, Life of Pablo) with 808's -- oddly -- only getting 3.5.
And Kendrick Lamar has never had a 5-star album. Good Kid got 4, TPAB got 4.5.
Beyoncé's never had over 3.5 as far as I know. Everything from Sasha Fierce on has been 3-3.5. 3.5 is considered pretty goddamn good. 4 and 4.5 are instant classics, and 5's are reserved for what RS thinks are perfect records.
I haven't listened to Lemonade yet, but I'm going to with extra interest now.