★★★★★
Third time's the charm for horrorcore rapper Hopsin, as the angry and often awful character balances his aggressive, violent vocal style with more pop and approachable music during the rewarding Knock Madness. Check the superior single "Rip Your Heart Out" with Tech N9ne for the top-notch proof, but drop the needle, laser, or slide bar just about anywhere and the album consistently gives up shocking lyrics and infectious hooks.
- www.allmusic.com
2013-12-12
★★★★★
Hopsin Delivers Raw Lyricism In 'Knock Madness'
Dec 3rd, '13 • Music • by XXL Staff • 15 Comments
What truly lurks inside the ill mind of Hopsin? That is something the lyricist's annual video series of the same name could never really answer, not with any real depth at least; those records are small pieces of a much grander, more vivid sonic puzzle...
- www.xxlmag.com
2013-12-06
★★★★★
Hopsin, your rapper's favorite rapper, is back with his latest album. Or, perhaps he would be your rapper's favorite rapper if he didn't spend so much time angrily insulting his fellow rappers and the rap game at large. Hopsin's Knock Madness, his third official studio album and second released on his own independent label, Funk Volume, is a dark and angry response to the rap world and the effects of his increased fame as a result of 2010's Raw...
- www.djbooth.net
2013-11-27
★★★★★
2012 XXL Freshman Hopsin is as well-known for amassing a mini-independent empire -- which includes his label, Funk Volume, and amassing over 120 million YouTube views -- as he is for the largely unreturned salvos he's fired at rappers Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West and Odd Future. Three years after the release of his breakout album comes , a self-produced, 18-song return that sees Hopsin turn his multisyllabic flow inward, focusing on the anxiety that comes with newfound fame...
- exclaim.ca
2013-12-05
★★★★★
No text for this review; see http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2010-08-25
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