| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Complex (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the Complex Decade 2002-2012 | 84 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013) | 77 |
| XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Albums by Year (2014) | No Order |
| Clash (UK) - The Top 100 Albums of Clash's Lifetime (2004-2014) | 61 |
| The Guardian (UK) - Guardian Writers' Favourite Albums Ever (2013) | 17 |
| 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) | 75 |
| Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars | 4.5 Stars |
| Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) | 4 |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Billboard (USA) - Top Albums of 2010 | 7 |
| Pitchfork (USA) - Top Albums of 2010 | 42 |
| Rolling Stone (USA) - Top Albums of 2010 | 7 |
| Spin (USA) - Top Albums of 2010 | 16 |
| Village Voice Pazz & Jop (USA) - Top Albums of 2010 | 24 |
| FACT (UK) - Top Albums of 2010 | 7 |
| Gigwise (UK) - Top Albums of 2010 | 4 |
| The Guardian (UK) - Top Albums of 2010 | 17 |
| CokeMachineGlow (USA) - Top Albums of 2010 | 23 |
| Aftenposten (Norway) - Top Albums of 2010 | 22 |
| Nojesguiden (Sweden) - Top Albums of 2010 | 14 |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Top Albums of 2010 | 99 |
| HotTracks (South Korea) - Top Albums of 2010 | 20 |