![]() Reviewing the album in Entertainment Weekly, Anthony DeCurtis said it reconnects with Jay-Z's urban demographic, "with flair", while Steve Jones of USA Today was particularly impressed by his lyrics and flow, finding both to be "razor-sharp as ever". Richard Harrington from The Washington Post found the record to be "full of reputation-building swagger, cataloguing of lyrical skills and autobiographical perspective". as "his strongest album to date, with music that's filled with catchy hooks, rump-shaking beats and lyrics fueled by Jay's hustler's vigilance". In a contemporary review, Rolling Stone critic Kris Ex wrote that Jay-Z "has become a better architect of songs" while hailing Vol. In 2009, the album reached sales of 3,093,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. On February 14, 2001, it was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The sales week was thirty-percent more than the first-week sales of Jay-Z's previous album, Vol. was released on December 28, 1999, and sold 462,000 copies in its first week, while debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. ![]() ‹ The template Album ratings is being considered for merging. › Professional ratings Review scores
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