My Name Is My Name was met with widespread critical acclaim. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an
average score of 81, based on 27 reviews. Jon Hadusek of
Consequence stated, "A few poor production choices and uneven sequencing do slow the album, but it shows flashes of real brilliance. The best tracks here are produced by Kanye and Pharrell, and they're concentrated at the beginning and end. The smattering in the middle of the tracklist is handled by host of collaborators, not all of them effectively complimenting Pusha's rawness. While not the defining statement it could've been,
My Name Is My Name shows different sides of Pusha T as he becomes a more multidimensional rapper." Jabbari Weekes of
Exclaim! said, "A majority of
My Name Is My Names sounds are wrapped in minimalistic saran wrap that allows Pusha T's cold delivery to flourish, with more abstract drug references than a paranoid dealer over a tapped phone line." Reed Jackson, writing for
XXL, stated, "Certain songs, like the trap house anthem "No Regrets" or the early-2000s-sounding "Let Me Love You", are entertaining, but don't have the inventiveness or excitement of the album's other tracks. With
MNIMN standing at a lean 12 songs, these missteps are hard to gloss over. Regardless, Pusha T accomplishes a lot here, crafting a record that is big in concept but is still rooted in the longstanding hip-hop tradition that lyricism is king." Brandon Soderberg of
Spin said, "Don't tell King Push, but
My Name Is My Name bears a weird resemblance to
Drake's
Nothing Was the Same: Here is another deeply considered collection of top-shelf beats and uncompromising-though-still-pop-enough raps that justifies the fairly awful personalities driving it, which, depending on your tolerance for wounded narcissism and a complete lack of insight, is either fascinating or frustrating." Russ Bengtson of
Complex said, "it's a never-hit-skip album made by a 36-year-old rapper with more hunger than most 15 years his junior."
Accolades Closing out the year,
My Name Is My Name was named to multiple "Best Albums of the Year" lists. It was ranked at number 33 on
Rolling Stones list of the 50 best albums of 2013. They commented saying, "The cockier half of the Clipse didn't choose to go solo – he had to after his brother found God. Pusha, in turn, found Kanye West, whose stark and twisted production helped make
My Name Is My Name feel like a more lyrically focused companion piece to his own
Yeezus. It's the year's sharpest hit of street philosophy."
Complex named it the third best album of 2013. They elaborated saying, "everything clicks because of the way it was calculated. The songs benefit from their respective placement beside each other, each track a background for the next. In that way, it brings the Pusha T fan up to speed with what he's evolved into, without leaving them in unfamiliar territory. If you were the reluctant "we want that old Pusha T" fan, then it fed you the teaspoon of updated classic with the medicine of his reinvention—and by the end, you appreciated both sides." Nick Catucci of
Entertainment Weekly named it the eighth best album of 2013 saying, "With these beats – private-stash stuff from the likes of his label boss Kanye West and Pharrell Williams – he could sell fire in hell. In fact, Pusha plumbs his emotional depths, breaking down his parents' divorce after 35 years of marriage and his conflicted feelings about his brother."
Exclaim! named it the second best hip hop album of 2013.
XXL named it the fourth best album of 2013. They commented saying, "Song for song, it's tough to put any album in the same category as Pusha's proper solo debut. In the space of a trim 46 minutes, Push coaxed the best verse of Rick Ross' year on "Hold On", made Kendrick Lamar get dark and grim on "Nosetalgia" and even rapped over a beat that seemed impossible to make into a hip-hop track on "King Push", all while keeping his lyricism at the absolute highest level. The worst song on this album could find its way onto a top ten list. If this is what a post-
Yeezus world sounds like, sign us up immediately."
Spin positioned it at number 46 on their list of the best 50 albums of 2013. They said, "Push is in fighting form, incorporating a mature point of view on his drug-dealer past while rapping with the confidence of a man who knows the game is his to lose."
NME positioned it at number 48 on their list of the 50 best albums of year. They said,
My Name Is My Name was the moment Clipse member Pusha T finally hit the home run he promised for so long. The beats snapped hard, the guests including Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross and 2 Chainz glittered and the overall vibe was dirty but triumphant."
Paste ranked it number 34 on their list of the 50 best albums of 2013 saying, "each bar has the ferociousness of a lion smelling the scent of fresh blood. Among his contemporaries, Pusha T is the sharp-witted wordsmith who makes you feel like you're listening to a master at work, devilishly cooking up something as pure and addictive as he possibly can." It was named the third best hip hop album of 2013 by
PopMatters. They commented saying, "
My Name Is My Name is easily one of the most impressive displays of lyricism of the year and contains some of 2013's best verses, as Pusha shows off his versatility..... The production is minimalistic and intelligently doesn't overshadow Pusha's performance. The beats are big and full of bass, giving life to the album and forming a unique theme, with a reunion with Pharrell triggering a nice blast of nostalgia.....
My Name Is My Name has substance, style, and passion, and no doubt is an album that will still be appreciated a decade from now."
Consequence positioned it at number 44 on their list of the 50 best albums of the year. ==Commercial performance==