Take A Look Around
by Masta Ace
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Masta Ace bestography
Take A Look Around is ranked 4th best out of 5 albums by Masta Ace on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Masta Ace is A Long Hot Summer which is ranked number 11168 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 107.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Take A Look Around track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Take A Look Around rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1990 | 23/34 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Larcx13 | Best Hip Hop Records 1990 Top 17 | 14/17 | - |
| 2025 |  pedro1976 | Top 30 Hip Hop Albums 1990 by HipHopGoldenAge | 13/30 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  NoisyBeast | Favorite Hip-Hop Albums 2 | 61/100 | - |
| 2023 |  travelful | Top 44 Music Albums of 1990 | 38/44 | 1 |
| 2023 | sonicdiscourse | A 90s Rap Primer | 4/28 | - |
| 2021 | Larcx13 | Best of Hip Hop in the 90's | 95/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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Take A Look Around ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/14/2026 21:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,648 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2024 16:51 | LosWochos | 47,545 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2024 13:17 | Larcx13 | 2,866 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 7.2.
Take A Look Around forum mentions
pedro1976 06/22/2026 17:24 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) cestuneblague 05/22/2020 20:43 in What album are you listening to right now?Take A Look Around comments
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ButterThumbz TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/17/2016 20:28 | #166329
Hey, remember what I said about being hard pushed to find an old school hip-hop album as consistently good as Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth? Well, this classic comes pretty close.
Larcx13 03/11/2021 02:29 | #267217
Marley Marl had some dope beats for the time. It's strange to hear Masta Ace this young. Pretty decent for a first record. Nothing out of the ordinary.
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