Shades Of Blue
by Madlib

Shades Of Blue by Madlib
Year: 2003
Release date: 2003-06-24
Overall rank: 4,286th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 99 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (85th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (726th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,286th)

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Madlib bestography

Shades Of Blue is ranked as the best album by Madlib.

Madlib album bestography « Higher ranked (2,891st)
The Unseen
This album (4,286th)
Shades Of Blue
Lower ranked (4,969th) »
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Shades Of Blue track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Shades Of Blue rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,286th | 2000s rank: 726th | 2003 rank: 85th
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2026Drbassexpert24Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s65/1007
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 200359/1002
2026 TheDarkOrbTop 54 Music Albums of 200341/541
2026VanillaBeanTop 30 Music Albums of 200316/303
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 43 Music Albums of 200324/432
2026pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s90/1002
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200392/1000
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 200342/1003
2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s95/1001
2026juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200331/1004
2026 LebowskiRamsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums75/10025
2026 HaydenTop 60 Music Albums of 200320/603
2026saltysurpriseTop 45 Music Albums of 200328/452
2026Drbassexpert24Top 22 Music Albums of 200313/222
2026 LebowskiRamsTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s14/10017
2026byuzakTop 58 Music Albums of 200317/584
2025 WasinskiTop 70 Music Albums of 200353/701
2025ThuramThugoodTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s89/1002
2025HyggevinylTop 63 Music Albums of 200331/633
2025 Larcx13Top 50 Music Albums of 200315/504
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 79
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 338
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Shades Of Blue ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 99 votes)
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06/01/2026 23:53 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,68970/100
 
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04/10/2026 01:53 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35781/100
 
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01/05/2026 15:50 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,17978/100
 
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12/21/2025 11:06 bea  Ratings distribution  1,87269/100
 
80/100
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11/05/2025 04:21 Larcx13  Ratings distribution  2,85074/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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80/100
From 09/06/2024 17:25 | #305157 | TOP COMMENT
Slim's Return wouldve sounded better without that constant rattle busting my eardrums.
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From 07/12/2024 21:22 | #304295 | TOP COMMENT
Great jazz hip hop beats
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90/100
From 05/02/2020 19:39 | #250824 | TOP COMMENT
Really shocked how low this is
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