I've never had an album grow on me as much as this one has. On my first listen, I only liked three songs from it (My Girls, Summertime Clothes, and Brother Sport), but now there are only three songs on the album that I am not the biggest fan of (Also Frightened, Guys Eyes, and Taste). However, I still appreciate these songs in the album's context, even if they are not my cup of tea.
This album has some of the catchiest refrains I have ever heard. I still randomly yell out "OPEN UP YOUR ... read more
8/10 -----> 8-WORD REVIEW
The good kind of an absolute fucking mess
Best Tracks: No More Parties in La, St. Pablo, Real Friends, Famous, Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1, Fade
Worst Track: Freestyle 4
8/10 -----> 8-WORD REVIEW
Duality of Vince: Blue Suede hard, Limos sad
Best Tracks: Limos ft. Teyana Taylor, Blue Suede, Fire, Hands Up, 65 Hunnid
Worst Track: Screen Doors
8/10 -----> 8-WORD REVIEW
No true discog standouts; incredible for b-sides tho
Best Tracks: Untitled 03 (live version), Untitled 05, Untitled 02, Untitled 08, Untitled 06
Worst Track: Untitled 04
8/10 -----> 8-WORD REVIEW
Production is top-notch and Logic is solid enough
Best Tracks: Fade Away, Like Woah, Young Jesus ft. Big Lenbo, City of Stars, Paradise ft. Jesse Boykins III, Run It
Worst Track: Stainless ft. Dria
8/10 -----> 8-WORD REVIEW
Surprised by how well this theater-core bs works
Best Tracks: Hand of God (outro), All Time Low, New York Soul Pt. ii, Morning in America, 80s Films, Guillotine ft. Travis Mendes
Worst Track: Woke the Fuck Up
8/10 -----> 8-WORD REVIEW
Not sampling brings out the album's best moments
Best Tracks: Lay Down, Lone Digger, Wonderland, Midnight, Tattoos, Wonda
Worst Track: Comics
8/10 -----> 8-WORD REVIEW
Def Overhyped but has two legit phenomenal tracks
Best Tracks: Take Care ft. Rihanna, Doing it Wrong, Over My Dead Body, Crew Love ft. the Weeknd, Buried Alive (interlude) ft. Kendrick Lamar, Look What You've Done, Lord Knows ft. Rick Ross, Make Me Proud ft. Nicki Minaj
Worst Track: Shot for Me
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
Definition of overhated. This still feels pristine
Best Tracks: Murder To Excellence, Otis, Ni**as In Paris, New Day, No Church In The Wild ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream, Why I Love You ft. Mr. Hudson
Worst Track: Welcome to the Jungle
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
The radio concept helps emphasize the darkness
Best Tracks: FUN!, Feels Like Summer, Outside!, No Bleedin, Don't Get Chipped, New earlsweatshirt (interlude)
Worst Track: Run the Bands
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
Iconic mixtape. Charm oozes through every aspect
Best Tracks: Paranoia ft. Nosaj Thing, Favorite Song ft. Childish Gambino, Cocoa Butter Kisses ft. VIC MENSA & Twista, Lost ft. Noname, Good Ass Intro ft. BJ The Chicago Kid & Lili K
Worst Track Smoke Again ft. Ab-soul
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
This one was a real grower fs
Best Tracks: Charlie Brown, Paradise, Don't Let it Break Your Heart, Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, Major Minus, Us Against the World
Worst Track: Princess of China ft. Rihanna
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
Overrated but has some real transcendent moments
Best Tracks: Stop Trying to Be God, 5% Tint, Cofee Bean, No Bystanders, Sicko Mode, RIP Screw, NC-17
Worst Track: Yosemite
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
Unique and thought-provoking, like their 4th album
Best Tracks: Arabesque, Trouble in Town, Everyday Life, Church, Champion of the World, BrokEn
Worst Track: Cry Cry Cry
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
First Album that I listened to fully
Best Tracks: Love Me Harder w/ The Weeknd, Just a Little Bit of Your Hart, My Everything, One Last Time, Problem ft. Iggy Azalea, Break Your Heart Right Back ft. Childish Gambino
Worst Track: Hands On Me ft. Asap Ferg
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
Dark concept, but didn't fully pay off
Best Tracks: Pimp Hand, Big Time, Ptima Donna ft. Asap Rocky, War Readt
Worst Track: Smile
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
Good, but this isn't what Teyana wanted
Best Tracks: Gonna Luv Me, Never Would Have Made It, W.T.P.
Worst Track: A Rose in Harlem
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
Somehow both a fitting and odd send-off
Best Tracks: YSIV, Legacy, 100 Miles and Running ft. Wale, The Glorious Five, Last Call, Wu Tang Forever ft. The Wu-Tang Clan, The Return, Street Dreams II
Worst Tracks: Ordinary Day ft. Hailee Steinfeld, One Day ft. Ryan Tedder
7/10 -----> 7-WORD REVIEW
The worst Coldplay Album. Yes. I know
Best Tracks: Up&Up, HYm for the Weekend, Adventure of a Lifetime, Everglow, Birds
Worst Track: X Marks the Spot (from Army of One)
6/10 -----> 6-WORD REVIEW
The best decent album there is
Best Tracks: R.E.M., Breathin', No Tears Left to Cry, The Light is Coming ft. Nicki Minaj, God Is a Woman
Worst Track: Better Off