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Post Malone
Beerbongs & Bentleys

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Based on 10 reviews

2018 Ratings: #732 / 746

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Based on 963 ratings

2018 Ratings: #918

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April 27, 2018 / Release Date

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Alternative R&B, Pop Rap / Genres

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Beerbongs & Bentleys contains banger after banger; it's an incredible drug-induced album.

On his sophomore album, Post Malone carves out his own niche in the auto-croon field with quality trap production, strong vocal performances, and a bit of a singer-songwriter twist.

At times it’s almost impressive how long an album called Beerbongs & Bentleys can go without cracking a smile. It is more assured and impressive than its predecessor, Stoney, but it’s also more exhausting.

He is by all objective measures just not good. I do want to convince you though that he is, for better or worse, just a notch above average.

Beerbongs & Bentleys is an apt reflection of his lavish lifestyle and his subsequently begotten hardships, but its attempts at sincerity work only when Post Malone stops trying so hard.

The makings of an incredible album are here on beerbongs & bentleys, but we’re just going to have to wait until Post has enough money, success, and artistic freedom to be able to make that special album.

The 22-year-old singer makes the rockstar lifestyle sound beige on this directionless second album.

There are powerful choruses and strong vocals from the chart-topping, face-tattooed rapper, but his guests show him up as a weak lyricist.

With sing-song melodies and dreamy trap-lite beats, Post's songs re-package existent rap trends for people who might not particularly like rap at all – including, it would seem, the artist himself.

Its tracks are so homogenous, so repetitive, that you’re almost given the impression of being trapped in some claustrophobic, M. C. Escher-like landscape of stairwells and hallways, but without any of the tension or excitement that that situation would elicit. When one song ends, another begins – same chords, same tone, same melody, same Autotune – and the cycle begins again, like a slightly nauseating merry-go-round.

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Brad Taste

Okay... understand that as someone who HATED Stoney, I was really nervous about this album. However it completely nails what Stoney failed at. Jeeeeeesus this album is so solid front to back. I hated 90% of what was on Stoney, but here we get druggy, upbeat bangers on the front half, and a beautiful slowdown after the middle. People called Stoney a classic for some reason... but this album stomps that one out in every way.

It is very formulaic, and maybe a few songs could have been put on the ... read more

1y*

That's That Z Shit

Overhated. I take this album for what it is.

WhatTheFunk

Cover art looks like "Yeezus" mixed with the Monster Energy's logo.

My opinion on Post Malone is very divided. I've gone from thinking he is huge garbage to thinking he has a few good songs to considering him one of the best guys of mainstream contemporary R&B to hating him all over again. So yeah, it's definitely difficult. But I think a lot of people can enjoy Malone's music because he is extremely versatile.

I enjoyed "beerbongs & bentleys". Post Malone takes ... read more

5mo*