Black Panther: The Album
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90
This is an album that speaks to the times. It’s something you would include in a time capsule for people 100 years from now who are curious about how we lived in the late 2010s.
83
The Black Panther soundtrack is also one of the best rap albums of this young year, at once an expressive and cohesive addition to Kendrick Lamar’s oeuvre and a thoughtful mixtape from some of R&B and hip-hop’s best.
83
Though informed by the blaxploitation soundtracks of the ‘70s and the label-driven hip-hop soundtracks of the ‘90s, Black Panther: The Album is very much of its time: a well-produced and incredibly cohesive album with the loose swagger of a curated playlist.
83
Put simply: most of the songs are good, but very few of them work all the way through.
80
How this all will works in the context of the film is an intriguing question, but it certainly hangs together as an standalone album, albeit a less consistent one than Lamar’s solo releases.
80
Above all, it's an affirmation of Kendrick Lamar's powers, a fascinating entry in a discography that is inarguably the decade's deepest.
80
Though not as powerful as Lamar’s own albums, it’s similarly diverse, with elements of boudoir R&B, sinister street creep and ebullient electro dancehall stippled with a variety of sonic detail, such as whistle and kalimba, reflecting the film’s African setting.
80
Given the level of the performances, the majority of the guests evidently approached this as a Kendrick Lamar album, not as a soundtrack. Black Panther: The Album serves both purposes well.
80
Black Panther: The Album is an instantly enjoyable project that allows its featured artists to shine under the watchful eyes and ears of Kendrick Lamar.
75
Despite all its moving parts, and its by-the-numbers singles, Black Panther The Album is finely-tuned, aware of its audience, its objectives, and the stakes.
60
Black Panther The Album boasts compelling production and features, but is let down a bit by the core voices.
60
It’s a fine listening experience with some certified bops along the way, but even the slightest shred of scrutiny proves it doesn’t stand up to any other project Kendrick has masterminded. Not by a longshot.
54
This is an album of songs for a big idea before it was shrunken down and packed into the blockbuster money machine, and its well-intentioned attempt at bringing legitimacy to Marvel leaves Lamar and co. alone on a podium, broadcasting their passions through a megaphone to kids who just came to see superheroes do some backflips.
Feb 11, 2018
Don't let the fact that this is a commercial Kendrick album distract you from the fact that they really did get Future screeching about getting his dick sucked on a Disney movie soundtrack.
Feb 9, 2018
I mean it is Kendrick & TDE so you know you are getting quality. I was pleasantly surprised by this album
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Feb 10, 2018
fun album, pretty surface level of course, it has it's ups and downs but it was a good time. sorta like your average superhero movie lol.
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The Punk Singer soundtrack stream inc. Bikini Kill, The Julie Ruin, Le Tigre Track List
- Kendrick Lamar – Black Panther
- Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All The Stars
- Schoolboy Q, 2 Chainz, & Saudi – X
- Khalid & Swae Lee – The Ways
- Vince Staples & Yugen Blakrok – Opps
- Jorja Smith – I Am
- SOB x RBE – Paramedic!
- Ab-Soul, Anderson.Paak, & James Blake – Bloody Waters
- Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, & James Blake – King’s Dead
- Redemption Interlude
- Zacari & Babes Wodumo – Redemption
- Mozzy, Sjava, Reason – Seasons
- Kendrick Lamar & Travis Scott – Big Shot
- The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me
Added on: January 8, 2018
