andreassheerio

this album took a while for me to click, but once it did it was absoloutely amazing. there's so much sort of worldbuilding in the instrumentals. they're really layered and songs with features can sometimes go minutes without any vocals. because of that i at first found this as wasted potential. but around the third listen i got absoloutely sucked into this world and from there i was hooked. it's worldbuilding is like no other, the synths that fill out these tracks and make them feel huge and ... read more

except for the anti-vax bar this album is fucking amazing.

the boys are back after a long break (for BROCKHAMPTON) with another great record. this time with a lot more features, which at first worried me. mainly because the singles just fit a verse from one member. with that i thought that this record would miss the group dynamic that made them special in the first place. thankfully it doesn't lose any of that and if anything it feels more inclusive and brings in a lot of new sounds. i like most of the features here, Danny Brown kills it, so does ... read more

for sure an interesting album when knowing the context. but the music just doesn't measure up to the story behind it. and most likely this is because the album just reflects Lean's lifestyle at the time. which was just drugs and partying in Miami. i do love the closer Miami Ultras, that i think captures the chaos of the state that Lean was in while also adding sort of a layer of sadness and desperation. it's like he's screaming for help. the features here are pretty bad, especially the Bladee ... read more