''God's Father'' is a

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by American rapper

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. It was released on February 27, 2012 through Lil B's BasedWorld Records label. Featuring 34 tracks, the mixtape has received positive reviews from music critics.

Critical reception

Upon its release, ''God's Father'' mixtape received positive reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 75, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 4 reviews. Chris Letso of

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wrote: "''God's Father'' is nearly two hours long, and it's actually good." Letso also thought that "the cohesiveness of ''God’s Father'' in the face of all these approaches is what makes it a great mixtape."

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critic Jayson Greene stated: "It's probably his most immersive single release--or album, or mixtape, or emanation, or whatever--in a year and a half, better than both ''Based God Velli'' and '' I'm Gay''." Mike Powell of ''

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'' described the album as "the most fulfilling Lil B release yet." '' XXL'' magazine's Adam Fleischer was more mixed in his review and thought: "His quick delivery is impressive and B shows that he actually owns the technical skills to properly ride a beat—even though he doesn’t often choose to employ them." Nevertheless, Fleischer also further wrote: "How long his self-professed revolution lasts and in which direction the quality heads remains to be seen, but there’s no doubt that Lil B won’t be slowing down any time soon."

Track listing

Personnel

— vocals, lyrics *On Ice — production *Merkabah13 — production *Lou Pocus — production

References

External links

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