Those who are patient with this record will be rewarded, as that’s nearly always the case with Destroyer albums Never Let Me Go is a fantastic album, and it could even be argued that it’s the most consistent and engaging album of their career – certainly, it’s their most ambitious to date With this album, Curry wants to let the world know who he is and what he stands for, and the music is all the better for itįor any artist of any genre, this is the textbook for innovation Taken as a whole, this is the sort of cohesive artistic statement he’s been aching to make for years Whatever survived of the brain behind Mixtape About Nothing has been permanently atrophied by luxury and lazinessĪn album that's trying to move forward and ultimately relieved things are ending, Tell Me That It's Over may not find Wallows any luckier at love, but they're a little older, a little wiser, just as catchy, and more sonically adventurousĭenzel Curry Melt My Eyez See Your Future If he wants to be taken as a serious artist like the ones he spends most of the record emulating, he’s going to have to start taking some real chances and get real far out of the box

Wale continues to struggle to define himself, which proves even more difficult on a label dominated by broad caricatures While The Gifted is a solid and even enjoyable effort, Wale doesn’t end up sounding like he’s at the top, just at the top of DC Wale has lost many of the qualities that made people like him in the first place, but he's refined the elements that he's managed to retain Names like Just Blaze, Lee Majors, Cardiak, and No Credit supply the beats for this more mature/still flashy release, all of it adding up to Wale's win number three With no big time faux pas to be found,The Gifted is an extraordinary ‘gift’ to any hip-hop collection Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent review

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