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84

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 278 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut four-track EP for the New York rapper includes dance elements.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Jul 10, 2012
    100
    1991 is all about the bubble-popping lushness of "Van Vogue" and the hall-of-mirrors shimmer of "Liquorice." It's also about the summer, and showing more of Banks than just her breakout hit.
  2. 100
    Quick-tongued, lascivious, catchy, and delighted with itself, there hasn't been a more pleasurable record all year and probably won't be‑-not even by her.
  3. Jun 13, 2012
    80
    Manically happy, infectiously danceable and too clever by half, if 1991 does one thing, it proves that Banks's breakout hit, "212," was no fluke.
  4. Jun 8, 2012
    77
    Some of Banks' best lines are elegantly self-aggrandizing and enemy-deflating, but she's just as capable of executing those moves in more straightforward terms.
  5. Jun 8, 2012
    71
    Banks is often all the more mesmerizing when she leaves the beef on the back-burner and takes stock of her influences.
  6. Jun 20, 2012
    70
    Banks continues to get away with her obnoxiousness--and while the quality of the music remains disproportionate to the hype, it does make her bratty rejection of the rap establishment feel that much more thrilling.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 34
  2. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. Nov 9, 2014
    10
    Simple Brilliance. Azealia Banks should be the most famous in her industry. The music might not be for everyone, but the fact that she writesSimple Brilliance. Azealia Banks should be the most famous in her industry. The music might not be for everyone, but the fact that she writes her own music and uses the beat so well is proof of the pudding. Expand
  2. Jun 16, 2014
    10
    Azealia Banks is the most original artist of actuality. She did "1991 EP" the best of 2012 and no one can turn down her Witch-Hop. EverybodyAzealia Banks is the most original artist of actuality. She did "1991 EP" the best of 2012 and no one can turn down her Witch-Hop. Everybody should listen all tracks and dance while learn something with the lyrics. Expand
  3. Dec 1, 2017
    10
    Excellent! A piece of originality and art. Azealia is absolutely one of the most talented rappers of actuality and she show us that every timeExcellent! A piece of originality and art. Azealia is absolutely one of the most talented rappers of actuality and she show us that every time a new track starts on 1991 Expand
  4. Jul 29, 2014
    10
    Exuberant and sassy from start to end. An exquisite salad of perfectly-performed lyrics, good rhymes, catchy rhythms and a constant sensationExuberant and sassy from start to end. An exquisite salad of perfectly-performed lyrics, good rhymes, catchy rhythms and a constant sensation of satisfaction and fantasy. A genius, a miracle. Expand
  5. Nov 1, 2012
    10
    Ms. Banks is one of the smartest artists around. Using 90's-like house beats mixed up with clever rap wordplays, she accomplishes aMs. Banks is one of the smartest artists around. Using 90's-like house beats mixed up with clever rap wordplays, she accomplishes a hard-to-get feature: an EP that's strong from the funky title track all the way to "Liquorice", which celebrates men's fetishes for colored women. It's a win for Azealia! Expand
  6. Apr 30, 2019
    9
    If Broke With Expensive Taste proved itself too scattershot and messy for your taste, only a few steps back highlights her most potent andIf Broke With Expensive Taste proved itself too scattershot and messy for your taste, only a few steps back highlights her most potent and vicious outing with this EP. Firmly establishing her footing in house and rap, with career-high bars and quotables littered throughout, 1991 EP is an onslaught of twisting flows and percussive rhyme schemes that ground Banks as a talent that demands to be heard and felt. Expand
  7. Dec 9, 2018
    0
    chacota universal essa barraqueira do caralho fudida e deprimida, uma chacota de vdd

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