^shipments figures based on certification alone *sales figures based on certification alone Weingarten of Rolling Stone stated, 'His third and best record isn't that moment yet, but he's one step closer.' Accolades With Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean has finally found that balance.' Michael Madden of Consequence of Sound said, 'Mostly, though, Dark Sky Paradise is an ambitious tasteful album from a rapper who's often viewed as neither.' Dan Weiss of Spin said, 'More of the same, really, and what same is that anyway? His beats, hooks and musicality tread slightly above water.' Christopher R. Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly said, 'A spirited combination of grown-man statement-making and round-the-way bull.' Jon Caramanica of The New York Times said, 'In the last year, he's made real strides toward lucidity, and on Dark Sky Paradise, his third and best album, he is more human than ever before.' Jordan Sargent of Pitchfork said, ' Dark Sky Paradise is a big leap in the direction of the ideal Big Sean full-length.' Dan Rys of XXL said, 'One Man Can Change the World' in particular, which deals with the loss of his grandmother and his acceptance of her passing, really underlines what the entire work is about: dealing with the ups and downs in life and figuring out the best way to accept them and move forward.

Here he's dynamic, and a pretty good rapper.' Eric Diep of HipHopDX said, 'With Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean is prepared to leave his mark.' In a review for Exclaim!, Samantha O'Connor noted that 'stormier production and moodier lyricism replace Sean's predictable sunny wordplay and pop culture puns,' further concluding that 'Big Sean has reached a personal high by finding his Dark Sky Paradise, and it's his honesty that takes listeners there with him.' David Jeffries of AllMusic said, 'Artistically, three is the charm Big Sean as Dark Sky Paradise is much more expansive than previous efforts, sometimes grinding with executive producer Kanye West's love of the dark, and other times bouncing with the snark, swagger, and style that propelled this Detroit rapper to the top.' John Kennedy of Billboard said, 'With sterling wordplay and a consistent melancholy vibe, the Detroit native took all the tension, the highs and lows, and laid it out on wax, compiling the strongest project of his career.' Justin Charity of Complex said, 'Occasionally clumsy but wonderfully plainspoken, and impassioned when he wants to be, Sean has advanced (if not graduated) from the tepid mythmaking of Hall of Fame. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on 19 reviews. Dark Sky Paradise received generally positive reviews from critics.

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