SZA's singing voice is really good; however, the production is really weak compared to her later albums. The tracklist is pretty consistent, but there are no standout tracks. Not really worth a revisit.

Isaiah's rapping is pretty fine, with some great highlights, but the production really carries. Almost every song has an amazing beat.

Too experimental for me.

Some poorly aged lyrical content and Peggy's weak flows hold this back from being great, but there is some seriously incredible production and writing on a lot of songs. Definitely not a weak start to his JPEGMAFIA projects.

Danny's rapping and writing is super good, but a lot of the production didn't hit me as much as his previous few albums. The songs with Quadeca are easily the beat; need me a QuaDanny collab album in my life.

Both deluxe tracks are incredible, but I get why they were left off the original track list.

Definitely Danny's most chill and smooth album to date, even though my favorite song is Tantor, which is very hype. GOT A MEXICAN HOMIE NAMED CHINESE MIKE! But anyways, he goes into some pretty deep and mature topics here. The quarantine hit everybody pretty hard, I guess.

It's a much different sound, and it makes sense why these were left off the original STH, but I actually prefer this a decent amount. The ending spoken word is a little drawn out, which makes it weird for relistens but whatever.

*Disclaimer: This is the rating for whatever the mixing currently is on the main version of Scaring The Hoes on Spotify. I don't know if that mixing is changed or what changed, but I liked pretty much everything here, so I don't know*

Actual Review: Craziest album listen ever. Peggy's sampling is some of the most insane I've seen, and the way he and Danny effortlessly flow over the strangest production is super impressive. Somehow both gritty and beautiful at the same time, ... read more

The most underrated Danny Brown album. This one is just consistency at its finest. There's nothing too experimental or insane like Danny's previous albums, but there is just a vibe in Danny's rapping where you can tell he's fine (thank God, AE had me worried), and he knows what the hell he's doing. Production from JPEGMAFIA and Q-Tip is fire as well.

Danny and the producers all create a cohesive vibe that serves to create a very multi-layered experience. The vibe is manic and insane, making you feel the depressing themes, but it's extremely entertaining as well. If you wanted to just have fun, I could easily see someone putting this album on and vibing to the beats, but paying attention to the sad lyrics could easily comfort someone going through a hard time.

Okay, so Side A is pretty good, some nice introspective songs and a few great bangers too. And after that, no one could have prepared me for how insane Side B would be. Genuinely one of the craziest album experiences I've had, and it was only half an album.

One thing that kinda pissed me off is that there is way too much instrumental. I don't think they had to shorten this already short EP, but there could've just been more rapping instead. Don't get me wrong, the production is fire, Black Milk kills it, but when the rapping is even better, you can't blame me for wanting more.

Should've been called DeluXXXe.

Good fun album to listen to with the family!

Better by like .001 of a decimal point lol. Two amazing deluxe tracks, one good.

I prefer the production of Hot Soup slightly, but Danny's vastly improved rapping—and I mean vastly—makes up for it. Not only does Danny have great flows on this project, but his lyrics are funny and entertaining. Then, when he gets serious and raps about his struggles with drugs, it's even better.

The production from Nick Speed is pretty great, but Danny Brown's rapping is the weak link. His writing is really nothing special, and his voice almost always sounds unengaged because I guess he hadn't developed his high-pitched persona yet.

You can tell how hated an album is based on how high or low the interludes are rated on this site.

Speakerboxx - 8.8

The Love Below - 8.7

Looking at the difference in sound between a lot of the songs on the first vs second half, I can see why they were drifting apart. Both are equally great, but Big Boi was leaning more into gangster rap, while there are very few songs on The Love Below I would consider rap at all.