Fly Zone
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| Fly Zone | ||||
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| Released | January 28, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 42:16 | |||
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Fly Zone is the second mixtape by American rapper and producer Le1f. It was released on Greedhead Music and Camp & Street on January 28, 2013.[1][2]
Accolades
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| BBC | favorable[4] |
| Dusted Magazine | favorable[5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10[6] |
| Rolling Stone |    [7] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Fly Zone received an average score of 78, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Miles Raymer of Pitchfork called the mixtape "an epically audacious record, boiling down to essentially a 13-track demand from Le1f to be allowed access to a mainstream audience without sacrificing a shred of the identity that sets him apart from nearly every rapper a mainstream audience has been drawn to."[6] Mike Diver of BBC stated that "Fly Zone is streamlined, its production consistently excellent despite numerous contributors, none of whom work more than a single track."[4]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Fact | 20 Best Mixtapes of 2013 | 11 |
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| Stereogum | 40 Best Rap Albums of 2013 | 19 |
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| Under the Radar | Top 20 Hip Hop Albums of 2013 | 8 |
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| Vice | Top 50 Albums of 2013 | 21 |
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