Rolling Stone (1/03/02, p.119)
- Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001".Spin (1/02, p.76)
- Ranked #7 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - "...Dig the planet's most charismatic egoist flowing like Cristal....Punk record of the year? Fo'sheazy!" Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, p.72)
- "...Jay spits his outlaw boasts and pimp-slap toasts with the same cooly obstreperous flow that's always gilded his thug-life cliches..." - Rating: B- Q (12/02, p.67)
- Included in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2002." Q (11/01, pp.122-3)
- 3 out of 5 stars - "...Drenched in slinky, '70s soul samples this time round, the hooks, and inevitably the hits, just keep on coming." Uncut (12/01, p.108)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "...The sonics here are relentlessly ear-catching. Almost every tune sounds like a hit..." The Wire (1/02, p.40)
- Ranked #12 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001". Vibe (1/02, p.74)
- Rated as Vibe's "Best Album" of the year, 2001. Vibe (11/01, pp.145-6)
- 5 discs out of 5 - "...Like a bookend [to his forst album 1996's REASONABLE DOUBT], or the second key on a double-bolt lock. Only better...he is our cleanest poet, rethinking space..." NME (Magazine)
(12/29/01, p.59)
- Ranked #4 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001". NME (Magazine)
(10/6/01, p.41)
- 8 out of 10 - "...Eloquently maps out life's foundations: laughter, tears, joy and pain, and marks the Jigga as the complete rapper..." | 
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