| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| HipHop DX (USA) - The 25 Most Important Albums of the Decade So Far (2015) | No Order |
| Ratings | |
| All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4 Stars |
| Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade | B+ |
| Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) | 74 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Amazon (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | 3 |
| Death & Taxes (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | No Order |
| Glide (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | 35.5 |
| HipHopDX (USA) - Top Albums of 2012 | No Order |
| Spex (Germany) - Top Albums of 2012 | 15 |
