DS2
Details
LP / Format
Sign In to rate and review
CRITIC REVIEWS
100
With the release of the album DS2 -- Dirty Sprite 2, named after his hit mixtape -- he becomes a hip-hop version of Lee "Scratch" Perry, a strange and yet in command figure standing at the center of a slick, inventive swirl of music.
90
DS2 finds a hellish, motivating power by articulating how it’s possible to have the best time of your life during the worst time of your life. And it all sounds so good.
90
DS2 is a uniformly awesome album, remarkable for the singularity of its vision, and it comes at absolutely the right time, when all eyes are on Future.
84
This is music for nihilists, for the reckless, for those who embrace darkness because they don’t see another option.
83
DS2 is his strongest campaign yet, and it’s the first time a new Future album has met all expectations.
83
You may have thought Future’s d-boy lyrics and machismo would get boring after three albums but they’ve been dialed all the way up to eleven on DS2, which makes for a thrilling listen from start to finish.
80
On this 18-track affair, the Future who first rapped his love for codeine on the “Lemonade”-esque piano notes of “Dirty Sprite” has reemerged with a new technical flair. No Man’s Land is wrong. This minimal paradise is all Future’s.
80
Dirty Sprite 2 is a tremendous compendium of everything you want from a Future album in 2015.
80
DS2 just happens to be the soundtrack for the current manifesto - a modern testament to the scumbags, addicts, street bureaucrats, rap fans and nightlife culture. Because we’re all just as flawed.
80
In a weird twist of irony, Future’s regression from star-to-be to savage has made him bigger and better than he’s ever been.
80
In reaching the summit of the most successful period of Future's career, DS2 is a satisfying climax to the three-peat of tapes that took the rap world by storm in a span of six months.
80
It’s brutally beautiful. It’s unrelentingly hard. It’s his best work in years.
80
The demons of DS2’s maker are what makes it so totally enthralling. A sprawling hedonism that leaves Future gasping for breath but never quite drowning. A distorted reminder that you can never take the city out of the kid.
80
Reckless and tormented, his latest album doubles down on the darker side of his sound, and his life's personal costs. Call it More Honest Than Honest.
74
Indeed, his modus operandi is the one thing that he makes fully clear in this foggy, glorious mess of an album.
70
DS2 is a heavy dose of medication as entertainment, and it's not for those with a low tolerance.
70
It has little of the far-reaching ambition of Honest, but what it lacks in bold strokes, it more than makes up for in consistency.
60
Future's latest project is shallow, but presents an alluringly druggy, lean-drenched experience.
20
In lieu of artistry or any semblance of lyrical spark, DS2 offers monotonous production and relentless chanting that might appeal to someone too fucked up to skip to the next track.
Why does the pitchfork blurb sound like some shit you'd heard at the start of a Batman movie
I mean they still play songs from this album at the clubs and rap festivals. This means something.
best trap album of all time?... Fuck no, but its pretty good. At the beginning of the album it wasn't really looking good as I didn't like most of the songs, but as the album progressed it became better and better. To become an enjoyable experience, I still don't understand how people can say this is the best trap album behind rodeo tho when things like die lit exist but whatever.
Contributions By
patton, thisisabtlgrnd, klopsiarz, philthy, Alex69, erik, nickcoop, Guigss, polduan, depr3ssedlolcowBecome a Donor
Donor badge, no ads + more benefits.
Donor badge, no ads + more benefits.
Advertisement
Track List
| 1 | Thought It Was a Drought 4:25 | 89 |
| 2 | I Serve the Base 3:10 | 89 |
| 3 | Where Ya At 3:28 feat. Drake | 85 |
| 4 | Groupies 3:07 | 87 |
| 5 | Lil One 3:28 | 81 |
| 6 | Stick Talk 2:51 | 91 |
| 7 | Freak Hoe 2:54 | 81 |
| 8 | Rotation 2:47 | 76 |
| 9 | Slave Master 3:19 | 82 |
| 10 | Blow a Bag 3:14 | 83 |
| 11 | Colossal 3:04 | 81 |
| 12 | Rich $ex 4:00 | 80 |
| 13 | Blood On the Money 4:42 | 85 |
Total Length: 44 minutes
Year End Lists
| #2 | / | Complex |
| #2 | / | Noisey |
| #4 | / | The Daily Beast |
| #6 | / | Dummy |
| #6 | / | FACT Magazine |
| #7 | / | Pigeons & Planes |
| #7 | / | Stashed |
| #8 | / | Mashable |
| #8 | / | Tiny Mix Tapes |
| #11 | / | Billboard |
More Lists
By landlalt
Please stay on topic. To go off topic, head to the General Chat.
Sign in to comment
Added on: July 11, 2015