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Rap was definitely experimented on.

Due to this album’s title and JPEGMAFIA’s normally ironic approach, I was under the impression that this would be his most commercially viable album, and I guess he assumed that because Peggy went off the deep end and that threw me for a loop.

This album is full of dance, dubstep, and EDM inspirations alongside gospel chops, hard rock guitars and drums, and trap music. Sometimes the sounds weren’t entirely in my taste, but I can still ... read more

Impeccable beats and 2 Chainz definitely understood the assignment. Larry June is way too inconsistent here, though, but that's because he always wanna rap on half-time like a weirdo.

Favorite Track(s): Munyon Canyon | LLC | Bad Choices | Life Is Beautiful
Least Favorite Track(s): Tru Organics | Any Day | Colossal

There isn't much to say other than this album is decent. Its biggest issue is that there's way too much bloat in the tracklist. This easily could've been 10 tracks instead of 20, so some of these songs start sounding same-y. There was no need for six bonus tracks on top of the bloat, either; that's an EP or a deluxe if you really wanted to drop those. LUCKI's use of autotune on some of these songs is also inconsistent in terms of quality.

The features work most of the ... read more

I would've thought that Drake would have learned from the negative response of "Honestly, Nevermind" if he was going to make another house album, but here we are. "MAID OF HONOR" is fucking terrible. This is barely house music, dancehall, soft rock-- whatever genres Drake was playing with here are bastardized by his obvious lack of effort. The features are all terrible except for Teezo Touchdown's backing vocals on "Road Trips". The production is mediocre ... read more