❤️ is weird to think when I relisten to the whole thing. The first half of this ep is amazing with Devon Hendryx's old cloud rap style with those great vaporwave-inspiring beats. The second half is bizarre, and depressing with more ambient / Plunderphonics tracks. Overall is nice to relisten and I still love Devon Hendryx's old style.
This is a really strange project ngl. It follows a formula or having a skit/interlude type track, then a "real" song right after and so on until the project ends. But I really like the idea! The production is really ambient and very eerie/liminal feeling, and I LOVEEEE it!!! It feels like lost media even tho it obviously isn't. The simple soundscapes are so effective and getting the point across, and creating a really unique and cool sounding atmosphere. While I do wish it had ... read more
Devon Hendryx / JPEGMAFIA - 6/18
As we near the end of "Devon Hendryx", "❤️" feels like a drug-induced "JOECHILLWORLD", with its often psychedelic, ethereal production on tracks like "Pizzicato Five" or "Fucking Your Girl" and standard rapping and singing from Peggy. Contrary to his two last projects, which both felt very slapped-together and, in many ways, pointless, this project feels quite focused and cohesive, with Peggy clearly going ... read more
This is probably Devon's weirdest project so far. There are 4 interludes/instrumentals and 3 songs on this EP, but all of them blends together in making this creepy ass project. The production is also really unique on this one. Loved it.
| 1 | Shamoo 0:41 | 57 |
| 2 | Charli Baltimore ✪ 5:55 | 87 |
| 3 | Manny 嫌い 1:39 | 72 |
| 4 | Pizzicato Five 愛 4:59 | 88 |
| 5 | Max Payne (間奏) 2:00 | 63 |
| 6 | Fucking Your Girl 4:11 | 92 |
| 7 | Satan ✞ 2:52 | 75 |