Easily one of the most simultaneously hardest and atmospheric hip-hop albums of the year.
Curry has constructed a project that plays to the sonic structures of the era without sacrificing meaningful content in doing so. TA13OO is the culmination of his promise and talent, resulting in Curry’s magnum opus.
Realistically, Ta13oo is extremely satisfying from a consumption standpoint. It’s everything I’d want from a rap album this year.
TA13OO's three-act concept could have used some fleshing out, but the music at the core is easily Denzel Curry's best yet.
With this additional substance and strategic guest contributions, Curry is elevated on TA13OO -- despite this deep dive into despair and darkness -- hinting at more insight on future efforts.
The South Florida rapper carves out his own lane within the genre known as SoundCloud rap, displaying considerable versatility as he channels the pain and confusion of youth.
So like... I have had this album on repeat for the last 4 hours. I didn’t really like Imperial for the lack of strong hooks, but TA13OO manages to surpass expectations with extremely dark production, catchy hooks, ear wormy melodies... it’s just overall incredibly solid front to back.
You know, I felt weird about giving so many good scores too 2018, but 1971 and 2000 exist so I'm sure in the context of history is normal. With that being said, let me rip off Inglume.
TABOO l TA13OO
-The slow build up with the rain splotches in the background
-The Drop when Denzel Starts singing
-"Welcome to the darker side of taboo
All I've got is permanent scars and tattoos"
-The "ah ah ah ah ah"
-The digitalization of curry's vocals at times
-Denzel has an amazing ... read more
Wow, this is great! The production is amazing and the lyricism is great too! The flow and energy are perfect though, makes you wanna break shit. This will go down as an amazing modern classic.
1 | TABOO l TA13OO 3:17 | 90 |
2 | BLACK BALLOONS l 13LACK 13ALLOONZ 3:30 feat. GoldLink, Twelve'Len | 93 |
3 | CASH MANIAC l CAZH MAN1AC 3:18 feat. Nyyjerya | 83 |
4 | SUMO l ZUMO 3:47 | 86 |
1 | SUPER SAIYAN SUPERMAN l ZUPER ZA1YAN ZUPERMAN 2:12 | 83 |
2 | SWITCH IT UP l ZWITCH 1T UP 2:55 | 89 |
3 | MAD I GOT IT l MAD 1 GOT 1T 3:52 | 86 |
4 | SIRENS l Z1RENZ 3:56 feat. JID | 92 |
5 | CLOUT COBAIN l CLOUT CO13A1N 3:51 | 92 |
1 | THE BLACKEST BALLOON l THE 13LACKEZT 13ALLOON 2:55 | 82 |
2 | PERCS l PERCZ 3:06 | 90 |
3 | VENGEANCE l VENGEANCE 4:00 | 94 |
4 | BLACK METAL TERRORIST l 13 M T 2:41 | 90 |
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