KICK ii
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CRITIC REVIEWS
80
So far it feels like ii offers the most complete experience as a single album.
80
It’s a brilliant reimagining of 21st-century pop as a space in which the traditional and experimental can cohabit.
80
While KICK ii does play with reggaeton on experimental and apocalyptic cuts like ‘Prada’ and ‘Rakata’, the genre is one of many styles that the producer deforms.
80
Even at her most accessible, Arca refuses to paint from a predictable palette. But for all her experimentation and chaotic tangents, it is clear in KICK ii that she is acutely aware of the balance necessary to build a bop.
80
While KiCk i could be seen as deconstructed club music, KiCK ii is deconstructed reggaeton. A great idea (see DJ Python), but it makes for some of the least interesting music of the whole collection.
80
KiCK ii dives deeper within the experimental reggaeton pop intersection Arca developed on the first installment of the series.
80
‘ii’ draws heavily on reggaetón, before warping its rhythms with menacing washes of synthesiser, and wonky vocal manipulation.
67
The onslaught of music masks how well KICK ii refines KiCk i’s chaotic, free-flying spirit into something smoother and more muted.
60
There is beauty, and thought-provoking innovation here. Just don’t expect it to be handed to you on a plate.
NO NUANCE REVIEW
Solid stuff, but it honestly just feels like a deluxe version of KICK i and doesn’t really rise above its predecessor’s best moments. Entertaining sequel if not completely necessary, and Arca is still one of the only artists who make reggaeton that I would listen to for my own enjoyment.
Wow this album was so good the beats are so fire but there was one song that felt out of place the one with sis it’s just disconnected kind of like holy terrain in Magdalene
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Added on: October 1, 2021