EVERYTHING IS LOVE
| The Carters
EVERYTHING IS LOVE
Everything Is Love is a collaborative studio album by American singer Beyonc and rapper Jay-Z, credited jointly as the Carters. The duo self-produced the album with a variety of collaborators, including Cool & Dre, Boi-1da and Pharrell. -Wikipedia
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The Guardian
glossy and glorious
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Rolling Stone
Splendidly Celebrates Their Family Dynasty
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Pitchfork
It is a celebration of resilient black love and proud black extravagance.
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NME
overarching mood is that of pure joy
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Tiny Mixed Tapes
plays less like an artwork and more like an advertisement for the lives of its creators and the world they live in.
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The 405
It’s an album of love, and all the forms it can take in and outside of you.
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Slant
stands as a monumental testament to keeping it real.
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Highsnobriety
a monumental ode to the power of the hustle
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The New York Times
artistic, financial, marital, erotic, historic.
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Red Brick
there's something distinctly different about this newest installment.
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Independent
documenting marital strife and newfound bliss
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Beat Media
Bold and braggadocious
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Crack
so impactful is that it’s musically on-par with anything else either artist has released in their careers.
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Consequence of Sound
A triumphant, albeit compromising, capstone to the superstars’ reconciliation saga
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Daily Journal
impeccable flow
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Music OMH
an enjoyable collection of tracks from the power couple.
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Bazaar
This is, as Black love and Black family is and has been in America, a matriarchal gift.
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earbuddy
theme of endless wealth is what stands out most
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arena
the most candid, honest sides of themselves
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The Times
vast and spectacular
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VOX ATL
The Carters have banded together and proved that love really is everything
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Daily Trojan
groundbreaking work that gracefully connects Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s musicalities
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The Young Folks
a statement of unshaken love
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HIPHOP DX
Pure Musical Matrimony
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Variety
Solid and generally satisfying, but not the best from either.
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sputnik music
Hip-hop's royal family back and better than they've been in a while.
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The Citizen
feels a bit like being allowed access into the Carter’s bedroom.
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Newsday
Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrate their love and good fortune by creating soulful beauty
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DBK Music
Beyoncé stole the show on ‘Everything Is Love’
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Esquire
the greatest trilogy in modern music.
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The Student Playlist
an enjoyable if somewhat flawed trap-influenced album.
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Vulture
It’s a gripping trilogy
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US Weekly
Beyoncé outshines her husband on much of the record
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NOW Toronto
reconciles infidelity and betrayal, but also humility vs. hubris and the realities of Blackness vs. the privileges of wealth
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TIME
resilient and focused
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The Rating Game
Every single beat on it had its own foot to stand on, each bringing something unique to the party.
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The Washington Post
the Carters have also figured out how to transpose their cataclysmic marital strife into colossal music
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Exclaim
a top-to-bottom banger
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The Ringer
a swaggering victory lap for music’s first couple
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411 Mania
a dynamic rewriting of the entire luxury rap playbook.
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Medium
an album that confronts the darkest depths of a relationship
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richer sounds
their best work since 2002’s “Bonnie & Clyde” or 2003’s “Crazy In Love”.
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Unclear Magazine
an emotional journey of betrayal, forgiveness, and love. In addition to showcasing themes of resilience, power, and money,
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press play ok
It’s an expression of solidarity and excess.
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Bernard Zuel
commercial, social, personal -
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Queens Radio
preposterous and glamorous, ripe with respect, love and wit
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Hand Me The Aux
not their best, but like a glove, this album fits just right
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Nowhere Bros
the complete package artistically, visually, and aesthetically
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LA Times
the two flex their muscles like it’s an Olympic sport
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The Musical Hype
nothing short of fire
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keekie
It's fun, full of bangers while maintaining conscious and well-thought-out content.
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Hood Politics
a standout release from 2018
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Nappy Afro
I can’t even count how many times I’ve listened to this album.
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Stereogum
On a certain level, it’s beautiful.
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The Illixer
it might come off as braggadocio and over-compensation, but it's not.
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XFDR
While it’s worth a listen because of its fixture in the cultural sphere of 2018, what EVERYTHING IS LOVE does best is make me crave the next Beyoncé solo album more than ever.
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A Bit Of Pop Music
brilliantly planned and brilliantly executed
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Verrastro Album Review
as a whole, it just felt incomplete.
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Thomas Bleach
an impressive collection of emotionally reflective and therapeutic songs
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Hit Up Ange
the story reaches a happy ending with “Everything Is Love.”
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Tampa Bay Times
might be enough to bring Jay and Bey that elusive top Grammy
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Cypher Crew Label
dealt with skillfully
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Caroline Fassl
it's.. dare I say.. perfect.
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Diamond Mob
The album is lyrically somewhat shallow and most lines are as they appear on the surface.
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remonews
it's one of the most satisfying album of events from a while, and it seems like a labor of love.
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The World News
Uniting in musical matrimony
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tech2
While the album does not meet the ambitious and intense highs of its two predecessors, it is one of the most satisfying.
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Legends Will Never Die
a lovely way to end the trilogy
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The Telegraph
it is Beyoncé's voice that illuminates and lubricates Everything Is Love
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First Post
The beats are masterfully done, but again, there is rarely any variation as the record shifts from one track to the next.
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Focus Hip Hop
To me, it’s pretty much everything I dislike about commercial Hip Hop.
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All of it
likely one of the most satisfying event-albums in a while, and it looks like a labor of affection.
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THEFRESHCOMMITTEE
although I wished for more overall substance, this duo’s chemistry more than makes up for it.
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anhedonic headphone
a high spirited and captivating pop album
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average reviews
felt hit and miss
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Brooklyn Vegan
an all-star collab that’s worth it
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