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| 2.2 poor | Erwann S. STAFF | March 17th 20 |
The poppier and more R&B-inclined side of grime. This is nice, but the beats in general aren't that interesting: even though they explore grime, drill, afrobeat, Lil Nas X's country trap, they never have that wow factor that makes your head bop and your mouth drool. Also, I can't help but compare this to Heavy is the Head: while the latter also tended on grime's softer side, it was deeply British, and did not try to appeal to the US audience (bring tha $$$). Here, I can't tell for sure if the dude is genuine in his approach. However, Ladbroke Grove is just the littest motherfucker I recently listened to. I don't think the music is intrinsically bad, authenticity is one of the most important things as an artist. Don't try to be someone you're not.
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| 3.5 great | Doublez38 | June 26th 19 |
Its a first solid effort. AJ pays tribute to his roots, his influences in a mix ignore genres while remaining coherent. It represents the new generation of the Grimme. It?s an album that explores several styles and can therefore be listened to in different moods
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| 3.5 great | TheManMachine | April 24th 19 |
Like many-a grimer's flow, Tracey's broodingly braggadocios expertise-n-earnestness approaches oppressive. But not many carry this much comfortable crossover appeal while remaining so lyrically deft+dense. He's got enough suave r&b lover-man charm to pull off stuff like "I wanna get you home and give your thing a thumping / I carve the pussy up like I'm cutting pumpkin / Pussy like The English Channel every time I jump in"; later on labeling her ex-man "a lab rat". And for all the swift exactitude dude's got quite the kaleidoscopic quiver of ad-libs, impenetrable tangles of slang and rhyme, accented accentuation for days. No pills/just chill his m.o. from the get-go yet could calmly kill it at the club, perhaps preoccupied with possessions and sleeping with people but so pumped bout his success on "Doing It" you can't help but root for him. See "Country Star" for what Young Thug's guitar album shoulda went for, and personal fave "Horror Flick" for fantastically furious Halloween cheese -- in which ad-libs include "watch out", "grrr", "blahtt", full-moon howls.
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| 3.5 great | Acole9 | November 3rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | chris. | March 12th 19 |
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