Ice Spice‘s Y2K! got a higher Pitchfork rating than a bunch of critically acclaimed hip-hop albums and it blows our minds.
The internet is in an uproar over Pitchfork‘s review of Ice Spice‘s Y2K! album, which the music review blog gave a 7.6 out of 10. On Monday (July 29), the publication shared a detailed review of Y2K!, which many fans criticized on its first listen when the album dropped on Friday (July 26). Pitchfork gave the project the highest rating of a female rapper this year. Y2K! was also one of the publication’s highest-reviewed rap albums in general, with ScHoolboy Q’s Blue Lips being the only album to beat it out with a rating of 8.3.
Similarly, Pitchfork rated Ice Spice’s debut EP Like…? a 7.6 in 2023, which was higher than Drake and 21 Savage‘s album, Her Loss, Future‘s I Never Liked You and Lil Baby‘s It’s Only Me. All of those albums were praised for being some of 2022’s best rap albums.
Overall, it seems Pitchfork has a real affinity for Ice Spice, more so than a lot of legendary rappers. For example, Y2K! was given the same score as Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, which is just blowing our minds.
Check out 20 other reputable albums Pitchfork reviewed that were ranked lower than Ice Spice’s Y2K! below.
See 20 Hip-Hop Albums Pitchfork Rated Lower Than Ice Spice’s Y2K!
Megan Thee Stallion’s Megan – rated 6.6
Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You – rated 7.0
Gunna’s Wunna – rated 7.2
J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive – rated 6.9
Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady – rated 4.8
Missy Elliott’s Under Construction – rated 7.2
Lupe Fiasco’s Samurai – rated 7.4
Jay-Z The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse – rated 7.5
Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday – rated 6.5
Future’s Future – rated 7.3
21 Savage’s American Dream – rated 6.8
Mac Miller’s Swimming – rated 7.5
Killer Mike’s Michael – rated 6.5
Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV – rated 6.2
Nas’s Kings Disease 3 – rated 7.1
JID’s The Forever Story – rated 7.3
Jeezy’s TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition – rated 6.7
Childish Gambino’s Bando Stone and the New World – rated 6.7
Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon: The End of Day – rated 6.7
50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – rated 7.0