Rolling Stone (p.74)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "He really is the best rapper alive....As usual, Wayne's tumbling freestyle rhymes are full of imagination and surprise, but his voice itself is half the fun."Rolling Stone (p.88)
- Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "Lil Wayne's greatness lies not just in what he says, but in the way he says it..." Spin (p.96)
- "[T]he purest product of the most transformative, chaos-inducing man-made disasters of the 21st century -- New Orleans, hip-hop, and the Internet." Spin (p.53)
- Ranked #2 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[With] rapping, Auto-Tune crooning, groping guitar strings, and rasping for air over a digital patchwork of beats and synths..." Entertainment Weekly (p.88)
- "[W]ith a handful of sturdy funk-blues tracks that offer genuine value." -- Grade: B Entertainment Weekly (p.66)
- "There's some intricate art here: 'Dr. Carter' and 'A Milli' have bursts of spectacular rhyme..." The Wire (p.64)
- "Wayne's album is a surprisingly coherent assemblage of rags, riches and a bit of doubt-me-now rage." The Wire (p.64)
- "'Misunderstood', based around the Nina Simone track, has lines that come straight from the heart, and the vital signs are strong..." XXL (Magazine)
(p.98)
- "Wayne's supreme confidence as an MC dominates the album....His songwriting skills continue to get more thoughtful and focused..." Blender (Magazine)
(p.80)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "His taste in beats and sounds is omnivorous, his crushed-charcoal rasp equally indebted to crisp East Coast complexity, Southern sing-song and his own warped imagination." | 
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