good. wish i could like it more but now it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
good album. miss old kanye. even tho he may always have been like this. dont want to talk about it anymore.
When the production is at its best Kanye makes sure to drop a stupid bar to remind you where you are
A very fun album with tons of charisma and smooth melodies, but maybe lacking a bit of the creativity and alternative flair that made The One and Lonely EP such a standout.
Monstrous rock echoing upon the walls of the highest ceilinged cathedral. Rock that consumes the light and weighs the soul. Pure cataclysm set to recon with God themself.
Mos Def's passions for funk, rock, and soul smother some of his greatest talents. While Mos Def's clear love of these genres seemed to add to the creativity, punchiness, and expressiveness of Black on Both Sides it somewhat envelopes the sound of this album to the point of stifling it. There are certainly grooves but Mos Def's amazing rapping in set aside for not particularly boundary pushing sounds. I still like it but it feels like a lack luster attempt to engage with these ... read more
Despite some very high highs with Lesanu, The Garden Path, Road to Self (KO) and Prologue I was mildly disappointed by this album. The moments that aren't highlights have a variety of my least favorite traits in Kamasi's music. The rapping on Asha The First and Get Lit is very corny to me or at least not very impressive. Computer Love is a whatever cover that I'm not a huge fan of. Glad to see a lot of people getting put onto Kamasi with this album being a bit more user-friendly ... read more
Sometimes I think damn.. do I only like music that is INSANE and has A Million THings Going on At ONce? This album proves that the answer is no. Simple but effective is the core of this album. But despite the often very quiet production this album is just about overflowing with some of the heart wrenching emotion ever expressed.
Kinda Long BRAT Review
I was VERY scared for this album.
Charli had one of the greatest musical evolutions of all time going from making some of the most unbearable and dull 2000s electro-pop into being a futuristic, boundary breaking pioneer for pop. This culminated in Charli, a true landmark for pop music evolution and so good that I still can’t decide if it's a 99 or a 100. This run was held strong with how im feeling now which kept most of what made Charli great. However I was ... read more
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