"[...] the first great act of vision for the Internet age [...]"
"[...] takes nothing for granted [...] turns every facet of the online-music experience into a weapon."
"'F · I · R · E' is a masterpiece [...] the defining artistic revolution of the recession."
"[...] musically, lyrically, conceptually, culturally [...] this man just cannot, does not, will not stop."
PITCHFORK MEDIA (10.0) calls it :
"[...] ebbs and flows [...] like a volcano in an Escher painting [...] on crack [...] with more chutzpah."
"'WWH@ a-LIFF' takes things into WTF space [...] something happens, but you will not know what it is."
"[...] a declaration of war [...] decrying the death of honesty, music, and, well...balls."
ALLMUSIC (five stars, EDITOR'S CHOICE) says :
"Hilarious yet deep, fun yet challenging; the record accepts no boundary."
"The brash thievery's fun, but it's the original content here that makes this overwhelming and undeniable."
"It's epic [...] That this was done by one man, at home, with no money [...] just unthinkable, staggering."
"[...] will.i.am to Weezy, Kanye to Colbert, even Alan Moore to Obama... No one is safe."
ROBERT CHRISTGAU (A+) says :
"You keep saying, 'All right, he can't possibly take this idea any further' [...] he keeps saying, 'Suck my cock.'"
and DR. DRE says (according to ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY) :
"Look, how are you going to sample my hit song, without my permission, and then dis me on the same record? And do that to like, forty different major artists? And then you're going to go all over MySpace, act like a fucking punk, and shove it in our faces? No, no, of course I'm going to sue that fucking guy."
The NEW YORK TIMES declares :
"Genius."
"This is the future."
NME (10/10) insists :
"Finest Yankee export since Obama [...] first chap on Earth that makes Obama look lazy."
"[...] an elabourate joke -- on us -- or a painstaking, painfully new genre unto itself? [...] He rides the line a little too well."
"[...] a haunted record, humming with the ghost of Michael Jackson [...] pays him the most honest, and therefore genuine, tribute imaginable."
SNOOP DOOG (via myspace) concludes :
"this shit is fuckin racist"
IGN.com admits :
"We don't normally review music, sure, but this is just that good."
"You've heard nintendocore bands, you've heard Ocarina of Rhyme, you've even heard 8-bit remixes on a Beck EP [...] but here's a balls-out legitimate rapper/producer, using Mortal Kombat like James Joyce uses Homer."
"[...] the mystique and moving parts of a puzzle for the ages [...] I actually think the plot is based on Braid."
LAWRENCE LESSIG (Harvard Law professor, free-culture activist) confirms :
"Frankly he's probably giving the free culture movement a bad name, and his portrayal of me is downright insulting."
"[...] the beats are pretty tight."
EMINEM tells Jimmy Kimmel :
"Fuck that guy, fuck him, fuck everything he believes in."
BILLY CORGAN (of the Smashing Pumpkins) tells myspace friends :
HI, AND YES I'M ON HANNAH MONTANA AS AMBER THE MEAN POPULAR GIRL THAT GIVES MILEY A HARD TIME AT SCHOOL. IN REAL LIFE SHE IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK!!
