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| 0.0 | Sowing STAFF | September 15th 17 |
fuck this
4 Bumps | Bump |
| 0.0 | sean | September 15th 17 |
This album offers little more than mindless grooves, straight from a zombie of a band.
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 2.5 average | Bigwill2k | December 17th 23 |
Let's address the elephant in the room. The vocalists are not as fiery nor witty as De la Rocha
in his prime, obviously it's
untouchable.
They sound a little complacent and cliched in middle age. Chuck D does seem like he cant be
arsed
sometimes, especially on the opening dialogue of 'Take Me Higher'. He is awfully dated and
pedestrian. B Real still has a great laid back, staccato
flow and is by far the more interesting of the two MCs. He is more than a match for this
talented
band,
stylistically at least.
First half is better than second but this is a fun and funky album if you ignore the nagging
thoughts of Champaign socialism. (would they be spared when they arm the homeless?)
The remaining members, writing as some form of 'Rage Against the Machine', have been out of
creative action for decades so sounds are understandably recycled from their heyday.
Unfortunately it does suffer from over compressed, monochrome songs all blending into one
another. Mind numbing platitudes about 'fuck
the cops', 'fighting back' or 'taking a stand' don't do
subtlety. Maybe being overly broad is the best way to get the revolutionary message out to as
many people as possible.
Zach De La Rocha was absolutely right to call it quits on Rage Against the Machine as they were
arguably on the decline since Battle of Los Angeles. The first two
RATM
records are the sharpest, most convincing and best sounding production wise.
This has the same problem as their last album, Renegades, being slightly underwhelming. If
Morello and co
team up with a hungry, up and coming, socially conscious vocalist with something original
to say, they might still be able to produce something vital. I dare say theyre just too
comfortable to do it these days.
The groove is still there, its undeniable, the three core instrumentalists weave in and out of
each other perfectly. It just deserves thought out songwriting, fresh ideas and clever lyrics.
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| 3.0 good | Metalstyles | September 7th 18 |
Idk dudes, everyone talking about a lack of energy, Morello still grooves hard enough for me. I've always enjoyed his stuff and honestly, this is no different. Obviously weaker than Rage and Audioslave material, but Morello's guitarwork still captivates. I never pay attention to the lyrics when listening to this, but the vocals are fine/suitable enough and the same goes for the rhythm section. For me: good enough, I get my dose of Morello out of it.
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| 1.0 awful | BRAman22 | September 19th 17 |
I thought this might be ok after the first 2 songs, but man was I wrong. I didn't make it all the way through because it was just so dull and uninspired.
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| 2.0 poor | RaylanCrowder | September 15th 17 |
Instrumentals and experimentation are perhaps as good as several RATM tracks while Chuck D and rB-Real hold their own as vocalists. However, the lyrics range from decent to utterly god-awful, nearly ras cringeworthy as that Pepsi commercial. Overall, the album sounds very perfunctory, though an roccasionally fun experiencerOverall if you're a longtime RATM fan, it's probably better to just stick to Run the Jewels' tracks with rZack de la Rocha for much better, more nuanced and more interesting lyricism with political themes
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| 1.0 awful | doofy | January 13th 24 |
| 1.0 awful | bras42 | September 11th 21 |
| 3.0 good | RobiM | February 5th 21 |
| 1.5 very poor | Oobaloo | January 13th 21 |
| 2.0 poor | Aeri | January 5th 20 |
| 2.5 average | elry2k | January 5th 20 |
| 1.0 awful | mEyck07 | December 11th 19 |
| 3.0 good | manu8a | October 31st 19 |
| 1.0 awful | dunnope | November 15th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Prole | October 21st 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | cav63 | October 9th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | F1Aaron | July 17th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Rice303 | February 14th 18 |
| 1.0 awful | Rdv | December 5th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | JWT155 | November 7th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Tb1114 | November 5th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | BHAR | October 30th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | RMHQ | October 18th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Tasty | October 11th 17 |
| 2.5 average | jmh886 | October 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | flea182 | October 4th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | smiders | October 4th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | hasan | October 3rd 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | C. Deez | October 3rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | ACVPV | October 2nd 17 |
| 2.0 poor | bharry | October 1st 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Trey STAFF | September 27th 17 |
| 3.5 great | ariich | September 25th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Mojito | September 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Handers | September 24th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Faraudo | September 18th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Kantala | September 17th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | NickArk | September 17th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Clegane | September 16th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Lalka | September 16th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | xBAMx | September 16th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Marxman | September 16th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Arron | September 15th 17 |
| 2.5 average | wwf | September 15th 17 |
| 2.5 average | gereinc | September 15th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | YayoG1 | September 15th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Elynna | September 15th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Keira | September 15th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Simon K. STAFF | September 15th 17 |
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