Modal Soul
by Nujabes
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Modal Soul is ranked as the best album by Nujabes.
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Modal Soul track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/16/2026 16:48 | araidernomore | 473 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 20:07 | winklewart | 4 | 95/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 14:39 | Liks_on_music | 655 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2026 18:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 10:41 |  CellarDoor | 8,716 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.6/100, a mean average of 81.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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Album of a generation.
This record starts off brilliantly with 4 songs all in a row that just hit. All of them are unique and they flow extremely well from one track to the next. They are very catchy and they were stuck in my head for hours after I stopped listening to the album. The songs after this are still of a decent quality but there is definitely a dip and the music does lose its way a little. There are glimpses of greatness on some of the songs and the production value does remain very high throughout. However, the consistency isn't there in the songs and that does drag the album down for me. Also, it does drag and there is a few songs that go on for too long or they could be cut completely as they feel unnecessary. Overall, there are some amazing ideas on here but they just aren't consistent throughout the whole release.
VictorVale 07/25/2021 21:40 | #271941
Que obra colossal!! Existe rap bom fora do eixo LA-NY!
I'd heard of this album and artist, but I wasn't prepared for how awesome this is. This is BEAUTIFUL! The jazz moments are woven in so well. Some parts (eg. World's End Rhapsody) remind me too much of The Avalanches, but there are some awesome beats, tunes, and raps on here.
This is the album that made me appreciate hip-hop. Such a beautiful collection of tracks with some amazing features here. This album puts out really good vibes.
I never enjoyed hip-hop until I listened to this album.
I don't listen to hip hop a whole lot, but I will make an exception for artists like nujabes! This helped change my mind about hip hop after growing up being tormented by hearing stuff like lil wayne and wiz Kalifa from everyone at school. Cise Starr, featured on "Feather" is my favorite rapper and I also really like his group CYNE.
I don't listen to hip hop a whole lot, but this is definitely my favorite hip hop album to listen to. Props to nujabes and all the great rappers he collaborated with
travelful 03/10/2018 02:04 | #210519 | TOP COMMENT
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Finally broke the top 2000! This thing really deserves more attention. Easily should be in the top 500 at least.
Love this album so much. One of the best hip hop of the 2000's and one of the most overlooked albums of this decade.
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