★★★★★
French Montana :: Excuse My French :: Bad Boy/Maybach Music Group
as reviewed by Grant Jones
'My first album had no famous guest appearances, the outcome, I'm crowned the best lyricist' - "Got Ur Self A.." by Nas.
Looking at the abundance of guests featured on French Montana's debut "Excuse My French", I can't help but think of Nas' line from "Ether"...
- www.rapreviews.com
2013-06-27
★★★★★
French Montana Excuse My FrenchBy Peter MarrackFrench Montana is a product of the times; he lacks substance, integrity and talent, but looks good in a photo. The snakes in big downtown offices know this character well; they drape him in Egyptian fabrics, massage his ego and wait to collect on their loan. Meanwhile, the music suffers...
- exclaim.ca
2013-06-22
★★★★★
'My first album had no famous guest appearances, the outcome, I'm crowned the best lyricist' - "Ether" by Nas. Looking at the abundance of guests featured on French Montana's debut "Excuse My French", I can't help but think of Nas' line from "Ether". It's difficult to know what is more surprising, the fact that "Stillmatic" is now twelve years old, or that rappers still insist on putting features on near enough every song, on an album that is supposed to welcome the world to your talents...
- rapreviews.com
2013-06-18
★★★★★
Here's a guess: if you can't promise that your blockbuster rap album will outsell the National and Darius Rucker, you don't have a blockbuster rap album. And, as such, you do not get a blockbuster rap album budget. It's rare when Billboard statistics can prove anything these days, but in the case of French Montana's Excuse My French, its meek first week numbers are an echo of an apathetic reception, the dull thud of a sunk cost...
- pitchfork.com
2013-06-05
★★★★★
It's inadvisable to expend too much energy thinking about Excuse My French. One can practically feel the record bristle under such scrutiny, an understandable response given the number of legitimate conventional criticisms that could be levied at the Bronx, NY rapper's full-length debut. Branded by no less than four distinct label imprints and saddled with nearly two dozen vocal guests, French Montana seems a belovedly pitiable runt of the rap litter at a time when he purports to be leading the...
- thequietus.com
2013-06-11
★★★★★
Outlandish street rapper French Montana has released his Bad Boy debut album, Excuse My French. A native of Morocco, Montana has slowly built up a loyal fanbase over the past six years, during which time he has dropped more than 25 free mixtapes.
Included on the 13-track LP are previously-featured single selections "Pop That," "Marble Floors," "Freaks," "Ain't Worried Bout Nothin" and "Fuxk What Happen Tonight...
- www.djbooth.net
2013-06-03
★★★★★
Album Review: French Montana, Excuse My French
May 22nd, '13 • Music • by nmb • 13 Comments
What French Montana has always lacked in technical ability, he's made up for with personality. French is a stone cold charmer; a Waka Flocka Flame with less energy in many ways...
- www.xxlmag.com
2013-05-25
★★★★★
The Moroccan born New Yorker's long-delayed debut finally arrives, and much of it lands with blunt force without quite demonstrating a fully formed vision. Montana borrows from various sources for his tales of hedonism and nihilistic street posturing. His verses and music are informed by both East Coast brusqueness and Southern trap music...
- www.bostonglobe.com
2013-05-28
★★★★★
French Montana is a poor man's rap star, but that hasn't stopped him from getting rich. He shares Future's knack for sing-songy choruses, lending memorable hooks to hits by Rick Ross ("Stay Schemin'"), P.A.P.I. ("Tadow"), and Chinx Drugs ("I'm A Coke Boy"), yet he isn't half as innovative or imposing as the Auto-Tuned ATLien. He's a gleeful lout like 2 Chainz, minus the color and charisma. He's even more of a cipher than A$AP Rocky but lacks Rocky's carefully refined audio-visual fashion sense...
- www.avclub.com
2013-05-21