Did not realize I haven't rated this, but I'm honestly too tired to review it outright. I'll take a long break from this site first.
Mural is a great song… but Lupe feels like a great writer for English teachers in suburban neighborhoods more than anything. Maybe it’s just not my thing.
Surf Gang’s production grew on me on my second listen, and Earl is really nice
My guilty pleasure, from when I was being my most childish. However, I hold that version as my guilty pleasure as well, almost like gummy bears at night after you've brushed your teeth.(oh, and you have braces.)
A shot up in the park, a old fucking basket because it's the one in the back. *Brick*
Busted beats -hand me downs- drops into Too Deep for the Intro. and now I've become incapable of missing. by the end, I'm practically glowing. I'm happy. I'm childish. ... read more
This album’s so interesting. Well, what this album represents to me. Cole came into my life and gave me happiness. Jogging while hearing the Off-Season, the “raw” spirit on Friday Night Lights while hopelessly missing shots in sunset at the park. So tis the’ culmination of Jermaine.
Yet I know Jermaine well now. No author or lyricist, for sure. No need to refer as Cole, as I feel a lack of respect now. Shit, if I didn’t view him as a respectable human I’d ... read more
How are you you when you fall into a hole?
Do you crawl out the same?
Do you pull up, unknowing what happens next?
Or do you rot, knowing that you are dying?
I came back to this and man, some highs and lows just like MUSIC, but mire highs.
The greatest Coldplay album. Let’s run this back, please.
Oof. This is a really sound album, a perfect standard for a perfect album. His singing really gets you in your feelings.
I think as an album, it’s a bit overhated.
But it’s really not my thing, and listening to it truly made him a problem in my eyes.
I mean it just felt bland instrumentally, and the lyrical are meh. His voice feels grating to my ears, but it’s really the length that pisses me off. It’s truly a terrible project in my eyes. And the radio hype didn’t help.
Not a single track was strong in away that could save it. Like MUSIC on an understanding bases with no hits:
Redveil’s sankofa is not the rap AOTY, let’s get that straight . It’s not even too original, borrowing many elements from Tyler the Creator’s style. Yet what it is is good. Not amazing, but good. I don’t really critique too hard, but this should probably not be a 86, more like a 79-81. Im going with 77.
Now, about the album. Redveil’s sankofa is an emotion-powered maximalist album, with almost Igor-esque production and strong bars and lyrics. It feels both ... read more
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