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Storytelling Immaculate.

Kenrick has a way of putting the lyrics to the beats in a way that is just incredible. There's no other way to describe it.

You can very easily see a person who is conflicted with the idea that what they bring to the world is important but they don't get it, they're just somebody else, why is everyone looking at me? He also quickly understands that people are now surrounding him that want to have clout and fame but he's still grappling with the fact that he's just ... read more

Nice instrumentation, good vocals, and great songwriting.

The debut of The Gorillaz is of course fun to listen to and there's plenty of great stuff to dig in to.

I'm surprised that I don't get tired of the repetition but the kudos goes to the production and mixing. Because the work in the production and the actual instrumentation in the songs lend themselves well to the overall concept, though I do think there is a point where the mixing lends the instruments to a point where they all feel ... read more

Starts off with a tongue and cheek track about getting ready for the production and what follows is a stream of psychedelia that goes further from reality as we set in on this sea-dwelling tale of The Mollusk.

I liken this album to Twin Peaks, an equally strange piece of media that knows EXACTLY what it's doing, and because of this I sort of conjure a small seaside town with different stories all happening at once centered around these strange eldritch beings that have been influencing the ... read more

First off the mixing in this whole thing is incredible. I love the way the instrumentals flow into each other and nothing over takes anything in a weird or bad way.

This is based off the George Orwell book Animal Farm, and it follows it quite well though in Pigs there's some spots where I feel they unfairly analogue the dictators of 1917 Russia and Stalin with the Whitehouse, which is not the same situation at all but it was the 70's what are you gonna do?

This was a great listen and ... read more