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First listen of Plastic Beach, and I must say, this wasn't that good. I wouldn't say this is a straight up bad album, but there were many things I didn't like about this album. I think there were way too many features that diddyn't contribute anything to the song. I didn't like either of Mos Def's features for example. The production is decent, but it was repetitive and it's not my thing. I liked a few songs like Rhinestone Eyes, On Melancholy Hill, and To ... read more

This is simply amazing, one of the best albums of the year. Genesis Owusu isn't someone I was familiar with, but I know his game now. This album is insanely creative with its production, and Genesis Owusu is a very capable rapper as well. There are some amazing introspective songs like THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE and ONE4ALL and bangers like MOST NORMAL AMERICAN VOTER: and PIRATE RADIO. It's really like this album, it's super versatile and I think is going to have good replay value as ... read more

Wow, this is great stuff from Danny Brown. This is the most lyrical I've seen him be, and he reflects on a lot of his past throughout this album. I love that we still get pretty experimental production throughout the album even though this album was kind of a step in another direction for Danny. Also I loved the MIKE feature. Overall, pretty amazing stuff here.

Wow, this is amazing. Definitely my AOTY up to this point. I heard 2 of the 3 singles Vince put out before this album, I thought Blackberry Marmalade was amazing and White Flag was meh (I think it's amazing now) and I was interested. I really like this album on first listen. It's got amazing rap rock production and interesting political themes throughout each of the tracks. The first half was definitely better, but the second half wasn't disappointing. This is perhaps ... read more