Thank You, Happy Birthday is scruffier and more abrasive in all the right ways, making the previous effort sound nearly obsolete by comparison.
It manages excess and grandeur far more gracefully than Oasis’ own overblown collection, Be Here Now.
I think for most listeners, if Khalifa can't find a way to reconnect to his Kush & OJ and, to a lesser extent, his How Fly magic there wouldn't be any tears shed if he slinked back to the internet underground by this time next year and stopped bombarding the market with such limp tunes.
This predominantly slow, somber album ultimately overstays its welcome.
If you’re contemplating buying an album called Sorry for Party Rocking, then let’s be honest: you know exactly what you’re getting into.
It’s certainly a far more engaging album than anyone could have reasonably expected.
Born This Way is one mighty confused pop album, fusing some daring songwriting with some remarkably repetitive themes and beats.
A massive spoonful of marvelous hip-hop medicine, of the most unnerving, hyperreal humour you may well ever hear.
The man is posterchild, billboard and spokesperson for all that’s wrong with the major hip-hop industry.
... they come out with what may be the most disappointing album in a decade.