Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B) |
| LA Weekly | (favorable) |
| NME | (8/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.7/10) |
| PopMatters | (favorable) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Source | |
| Yahoo! Music | (favorable) |
Like Water For Chocolate received positive reviews from music critics such as Rolling Stone's kris ex, who called Common "A hip-hop MC willing to actually examine himself through his art." Spin Magazine gave it a rating of 8/10 calling it "His most aggressive and powerful record yet." The Wire called it his "best album", and Mojo chimed in with "most user-friendly contribution so far to the wave of 'conscious' rap". NME called him a "great storyteller" who is "Equal parts philosopher and documentarian". In 2004, PopMatters' Marc Lamont Hill named the album his personal favorite, writing:
To me, a favorite album isn't necessarily the best album in the collection. A favorite album is the one that you wrap yourself in when you're feeling happy, sad, angry, lonely, or nostalgic. A favorite album is the one that you feel personally connected to in ways that are difficult to explain. For me, that album is Common's Like Water For Chocolate. —Marc Lamont HillThe music online magazine Pitchfork Media placed Like Water for Chocolate at number 169 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
The album's hit single, "The Light" received a 2001 Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance.
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