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Reloaded (Roc Marciano album)

Reloaded
Reloaded (Deluxe Edition).jpg
Studio album by Roc Marciano
Released November 13, 2012
Genre Hip hop
Length 54:32
Label Decon
Producer
Roc Marciano chronology
Marcberg
(2010)Marcberg2010
Reloaded
(2012)
Marci Beaucoup
(2013)Marci Beaucoup2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 83/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
Allmusic 4/5 stars
Consequence of Sound 3.5/5 stars
Exclaim! 9/10
Pitchfork Media 8.1/10
Spin 9/10
XXL 4/5 stars (XL)
Sputnikmusic 4/5 stars
RapReviews.com 9/10 stars
HipHopDX 4/5 stars

Reloaded is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist Roc Marciano, released on November 13, 2012, by Decon. Marciano produced most of the album and was assisted by The Alchemist, Ray West, Q-Tip, and The Arch Druids. The album features guest contributions by rappers KA and Knowledge Pirate.

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 13 reviews. Nick de Molina of XXL praised its production as "bold and experimental", and called Reloaded "a thrilling upgrade of signature East Coast delivery in the new age and one of the best albums of the year to date." Phillip Mlynar of Spin felt that "Marciano's writing style elevates [the album] to a great one" and stated, "he's written perhaps the most vivid rap album of the year — and possibly of his lifetime." Peter Marrack of Exclaim! called it "a sequel nonpareil in its originality and craftsmanship ... a humbling exhibit of spoken poetry knitted to orchestral magic, mixed and beautified by Q-Tip himself." Although he found it thematically "narrow", Pitchfork Media's Ian Cohen found Marciano's "lyrical genius ... so captivating on a second-by-second basis that these criticisms feel misplaced or even irrelevant", and stated, "Reloaded improves on Marcberg in every conceivable way."

About.com ranked the album #4 on its list of the "Top 10 Rap Albums of 2012."Spin ranked the album #6 on its list of the "40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012."


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