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It's not Rocky's best, but it's definitely a good album. I'd say it's his best in terms of album theme. I don't think it was worth the 8-year wait; the album doesn't even sound like it took 8 years of work. I can also understand why people expected more from Rocky. If it had truly been an album that took eight years to make and was really polished, it would have definitely been on the level of rap classics. ... read more

Hyping this album to the skies and dramatizing it as if it were the pinnacle of popular music is beyond ridiculous and amounts to nothing more than jumping on the bandwagon and approving it simply because others have approved it. There have been hundreds of albums that received high scores and perfect scores, but I didn't like them. However, with each of those, I could at least match the scores given to the music and make sense of them. But I can't make sense of this album. For me, ... read more

It was an album where Godspeed You! Black Emperor (I'm referring to them this way because this band is their side project.) moved away from their classic song structure, using fewer explosions and less drumming. Released the same year as the LYSFLATH album, it was an album that felt more subdued and modern classical than post-rock. From what I understand, they continued in this direction in other albums as well, as there are clear differences in song structure. Hearing vocals from GY!BE ... read more

So what does this score mean? I'll need a long paragraph to describe the beauty of this album.