rage and digicore beautifully synthesized into an album

makes you want to blow your apartment up, best grindcore i've ever heard, sounds fantastic at 33 1/3 rpm as a darker sludge album as well

Chaotic, noisy skramz with great vocal performances across the album and some nice melancholic breaks like on 'Cognitive Dissonance'. The album has very high-quality production and instrumentation while still maintaining a more underground feel which is hard to find in this scene. There are definitely some corny moments, but overall a great album

Great songwriting, fantastic vocals and instrumentation that captures the desperation and sorrow that permeate through this album, an emotional depth that is kept in full focus throughout every song; this album is an incredible combination of everything that makes the intersection of midwest emo and gloomier hardcore elements sound so good.

Definitely captures the growth and change that the Wonder Years have experienced since the Greatest Generation years while maintaining their sound, but I really don't hear anything new or exciting and a lot of the tracks feel forgettable and unenthusiastic. Nothing overly bad but nothing to write home about

Ton of nostalgia for this album since it's one of my dad's favorites and I've heard Brass Monkey, Fight for Your Right, and No Sleep Till Brooklyn since before I could walk. It's a fun album to listen to when you don't take it too seriously, and they were one of the first mainstream rap artists to really experiment with the genre. There is definitely a dated production feel to it on some tracks that would've felt more novel at the time though, and the vocals can ... read more

In my top 5 songs since the first time I listened to it

I can't give it higher than an 85 because of purgatory, but the other 4 songs on this album combine the 2020 hyperpop sound with a floaty dreampop sound in a beautiful way. 8485's vocals maintain this light, sonically pleasing tone yet they also carry a sorrowful undertone that makes tracks like hangar so addicting to listen to.

midtempo EDM zombie shit

yeah you give me toothpaste

There is not a single verse, beat, or feature that I would change on this album, and in my opinion it is one of the greatest rap albums ever made. Black Thought's lyricism and creativity has been unmatched for years, and pairing this with the grimy, layered old school jazz beats of Danger Mouse makes for an addictive combination throughout the album. The most impressive part of this album, however, is the fact that every single feature puts down one of their best verses and takes this ... read more

I have a good bit of nostalgia for this album since my dad was such a big Run DMC fan growing up, and songs like Rock Box are genuinely still enjoyable to listen to, but listening to it objectively it's nothing too special in the modern era. They really were the first to bring rap into the mainstream and their influence cannot be overstated which gives an added enjoyment to hearing that pioneering sound that other albums at the same quality level don't have.