Critical Reception
| #1s | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.2/10) |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Sputnikmusic | |
| Yahoo! Music | |
Andy Kellman from Allmusic rated #1's four and a half stars out of five and wrote "the disc reaffirms that Destiny's Child released some of the biggest R&B singles of the late '90s and early 2000s." Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani criticized the album's title because only four of the singles — "Bills, Bills, Bills," "Say My Name," "Independent Women Part I" and "Bootylicious" — reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. However, Cinquemani praised Destiny's Child's "impressive output, which includes some of the most recognizable R&B hits of the past bling/celly/status-obsessed five years". John A. Hanson of Sputnikmusic rated the album 3.5 out of 5 and summarized, "The album hits you with recognizable hit after recognizable hit, and they are all pretty much as perfect as contemporary R&B-pop gets." Yahoo! Music's Hattie Collins wrote, "Despite the low-points, this is a Destiny's Child must have collection of classics from one of R&B's most significant talents."
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