mrmark

JID's 4th album and the first I am going into as a certified fan. I had a lot of anticipation based on the quality of the last album, but also the insane lead single, WRK. That track is such an energetic, electric track, that it's hard to imagine the emotional highs and lows the rest of the album would take. Going track by track would take ages, so instead I'll discuss the reasons I love this album so much and that it just might take the album of 2025 slot for me.

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This is the easiest 9/10 of all time. 9 tight, luscious tracks with incredible vocals from our two leading men, beautiful instrumentation, AND a Thundercat feature in the middle? There was no way this was scoring any lower. It, like all Bruno Mars projects, has a length problem, as I wish it was just 10 minutes longer to really feel like the sound was fully explored, but what we got is already pretty amazing.

I listened to Lucy's latest record, Forever Is A Feeling, before this one, and I definitely enjoyed it, but didn't quite get all the hype and attachment that this record did for me. This album is everything I love out of something sapphic. There is genuinely empathetic, genuinely heartfelt, and genuinely... genuine music here. It is deeply earnest, with endearing writing in a good chunk of these tracks. A genre-diverse mindset, reaching out into rock and pop every once in a while, ... read more

I actually really like Big Dawgs, much more than I do Run It Up, and I have no idea what you guys are on about it. Anyway, overall the album is good, not great, but showcases a lot of heart that I think Hanumankind can build on in future releases.