VOIR DIRE

Pitchfork 7.8/10 The surprise album from an elite rapper-producer combo is lean and beautifully crafted. Both make excellent use of each other’s light and shadow.

The Needle Drop 7/10 Earl might be painting himself into a corner a little bit, but it’s hard to go wrong with him & Uncle Al.

The Line of Best Fit 8/10 Where his contemporaries can let a song be no more than a verse simply due to their resolute sense of confrontation and energy, Sweatshirt lets the world spin while he remains put; his tenor may be relaxed, but his nuance is second to none.

All Music 4/5 Voir Dire pushes the bounds of both Alchemist's old school warmth and Earl's heady verses, landing someplace new that neither would have gotten to on their own.

Clash 8/10 ‘Voir Dire’ is part of a glorious run from both artists ... Together, this project might rank as a career high, a work of breathless yet intoxicatingly accessible complexity.

Beats Per Minute 86% The dire gloom of the early years is gone, and the garbled mutations of Some Rap Songs and Feet of Clay have grown in clarity without losing any of their labyrinthine and gothic dynamics. Without calling a masterpiece just yet: this is a very special moment, both for Thebe and his fans.

RapReviews.com 7.0/10 “Voir Dire” isn’t bad. But to speak the truth, in the spirit of the album, both men have had more superior output.