Chapter 1: Snake Oil
by Diplo
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: May 29, 2020
Metascore
46

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
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  1. The Line of Best Fit
    May 28, 2020
    30
    By failing to commit fully to straight pop craftsmanship or to genre-bending experimentation, the project feels lyrically bland and sonically uninspired.
  2. Clash Music
    May 28, 2020
    30
    Part of the problem is that Diplo has never done subtlety. He’s in his element when blasting vuvuzelas onstage, working with cliff-edge drops and acres of bass frequencies. Out on the open plains of songwriting he often feels lost, resulting in some startling lyrical simplicity.

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3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 13 out of 22
  1. Joel_Freecheck
    May 29, 2020
    5
    Diplo saw "Old Town Road" as a chance to capitalize on a trend that has come and passed. The song with Thomas Rhett and Young Thug is slickDiplo saw "Old Town Road" as a chance to capitalize on a trend that has come and passed. The song with Thomas Rhett and Young Thug is slick but not enough to propel the project higher than a mediocre trend-chasing miss.… Full Review »
  2. RageNate
    Jun 17, 2020
    7
    Worthies (8/12):
    - Heartless
    - Lonely
    - Dance with Me
    - Do Si Do
    - On Mine
    - Real Life Stuff
    - Hometown
    - Old Town Road (Diplo Remix)
  3. Jansterseeky
    Jun 9, 2020
    10
    This is an impeccable true country album, with the most beautiful and precise production and harmonic quality that I have ever heard on anyThis is an impeccable true country album, with the most beautiful and precise production and harmonic quality that I have ever heard on any album. It is such incredible stupidity to believe that this is not country, in the typical way that people that don't understand the amazing reverence of pop music would think, when country should at all times be progressing that way, because pop is the genre that is the epitome of what people are. All music progresses to become more mainstream, because all people progress to become more mainstream as their life goes on. This album has finely produced masterpieces like Dance With Me with the brilliant talented Thomas Rhett and Young Thug, Heartless and Real Life Stuff with the amazingly masterful Julia Michaels and On Mine with the beautiful and talented Noah Cyrus. Country should always be working with pop aspects now, because the age of traditional country the same way is over. This is still by far a traditional country recorded in a new way that's actually up to date with what people are now. Highly recommended for a stellar fine listen in the country.… Full Review »
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