ELEVATION

(First ever written review lets do this)
Say what you want about Welcome To The Madhouse, at least Tones had a vision... not a very well executed vision at all but at least it's SOMETHING because this album has ABSOLUTELY N-O-T-H-I-N-G going for it.

In my home country we actually liked the BEP quite a bit, I enjoy all of their singles (Yes including that track about milk and cocoa puffs). The BEP are a big part of my childhood, BUT this album... Is the most creatively bankrupt bullcrap I have ever heard in my life. All of the things that I liked about their old work is nowhere to be seen, nobody is home and I am looking into a blank soulless void for almost the entire listen. There is zero reason for me to ever listen to this hunk of junk ever again.

Some highlights in my journey through this black hole of an album include: Adam Levine having a cameo on the fourth track for some reason and one of the most wack choruses I have ever heard. Fergie being sampled like a million times to the point where she may as well be let back into the band. David Guetta making another crappy version of an already good song (Seriously we need to put a stop to that, because those song get TOO MANY streams and if we don't do something it is gonna become unescapable). And the 10th track... is so bizarre that I almost love it.

Wow I almost forgot to mention the bars on this album. I swear a seven year old could have written these lyrics, "I make it rain like monsoon" is not that deep my guy. Not to mention the aggressively mediocre beats and the album is very obviously trying to exploit Latin-Dance music in a way that makes you hate it more. All of these songs sound like they are made for commercials. Oh man I wanted to give this album a 0 so badly but unfortunately I have to give credit to El Alfa and Anitta for putting in some effort on that First Track.