1. DravenatorLives

   10

   Deadmau5 is a great electronic artist, #1 on my list of top 5 electronic artists, tied with Daft Punk. The songs on this should be iconic, but sadly aren't. Thankfully, there are a lot of deadmau5 fans who love and respect his music, me being one of them. However, I still want his (as Leadmeister called it) "artist album" to come out soon, so I can listen the hell out of it.… Expand

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2. Charlesmusicman

   10

   Deadmau5 is a name that has been in the media quite often the past five years as the techno and house scene has triumphed and all other genres have unfortunately taken a hit. At first he was just a Canadian DJ who released a few good tracks that caught him a bit of attention. Several years later he is no longer that semiprofessional DJ he is sweeping the nation with several albums all of which are hits and producing is now a title he can strongly say he has conquered. His new album 4*4=12 is full of great tracks that differ a tad from his previous ones. He has a different style that is working in his favor. He now incorporates different artists in to his music which inevitably helps in making him main stream. Deadmau5 now has songs on the radio which is boosting his popularity a bunch. I think Deadmau5 is on the road to making many more intricate and catchy tracks with the support he has from other artists and the solid fan base he has now he has a long and prosperous career ahead.… Expand

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3. Leadmeister

   8

   Obviously the reviewers did no research on the album before reviewing it, with many of them citing how the 'album' is just a collection of singles that have been released. As stated before, this is not his proposed 'artist album', it is an EP, just like Random Album Title and For Lack of A Better Name. The artist album will come later in 2011, with deadmau5 setting up in his studio for months after the Uk tour. 4x4=12 listens like his live set, with many of the songs in the same order, with the exception of One Trick Pony and Everything Before. Maybe the reviewers should rewrite their reviews on the album, not on how well it sounds along with the LED head and rubix cube.… Expand

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4. DJ-Inkk

   7

   Deadmau5 makes house music. Hau5 if you will. He's been known to incorporate awkward internet memes into his music, and still make it structured and taken seriously. Anyone who actually pays attention to albums of the whole would know that DeadMau5 makes his songs become one, they all fluently transition, and that's what album's do, they go together fluently.
   The album starts off great, Some Chords has that "Ghosts n' Stuff" like feeling, and it doesn't get old.
   Sofi Needs a Ladder, can get annoying for some after line one. Sofi Toufa makes this song to Pop-like, it's too lyrical and non-melodic.The song can be enjoyed by some, but listening to it with a group, you might skip it to the next. A city in Florida is a song that gets a thumbs up. It's more club like, but it it's hard to resist dancing to. "Bad Selection" lacks percussion, and is too long, although it's catchy. "Cthulhu Sleeps" also shares this theme the catchy awkwardness dragged on for too long. "Raise your Weapon" is a more jazz sound to a previous song "I remember" but with more emotion. I can't get enough of the piano in house music (also notable: Faxing Berlin and, Soma about the same time in each album), but half way in Deadmau5 makes a left turn and drops to Dub step. it made me say "oh S%&#" and i was surprised. All of the other albums kept the same tempo and beat. The approached worked, although it did drag on a little too long, but if it was the last song in the album it would make the whole experience memorable, but for some reason Sofi gets an encore in the next song. An all dub step song, this song isn't as bad as her song before, but it's like that awkward guy that keeps showing you things, you just wanna go but it doesn't end.
   Everything Before, i was trying to figure out the correlation between it and the album, but it actually is relating to his previous work. the song is good, it's just like a Deadmau5 song. his way of saying "Here it is you fan boys"
   All in all, Mau5 tried to make a lot of left turns, and ended up going in circles. Some songs need to be re-done, or cut in half. As for "Some Chords" and "Raise Your Weapon" shine from this dark experience. If you pretend that Raise Your Weapon was the end, it would make this album 4 stars.… Expand

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