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Oct 20, 2015This isn’t an album, it’s the spiritual essence of the joy beyond the pain.
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Oct 15, 2015Al We Need is full of confidently expressed delicateness.
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Oct 15, 2015Acoustic guitar-driven folk music blends fervently with spoken word-esque rap verses and passionate R&B-mingled choruses through fourteen emotional purpose-driven tracks brimming with woke material and a call to change for the millennial '90s baby generation like the passionate artist out of Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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Oct 15, 2015While Raury makes no secret of his influences, that doesn't mean he lacks his own distinctive style.
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Oct 16, 2015With an album replete with Spanish guitar jams, wide-eyed hip-hop, and psychedelic rock k-holes, there isn't much ground left for Raury to cover. Now, he must figure out how to do it all just a little bit better.
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Oct 23, 2015All We Need ultimately serves as another reminder that--with some seasoning--there is a great Raury record coming down the pipeline. This just isn’t it.
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Q MagazineOct 27, 2015All We Need is a lot more powerful, and a heap more fun, when it aims for transcendence. [Dec 2015, p.112]
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Oct 19, 2015He is all messed up about a girl on Love Is Not a Four Letter Word and the keyboard fantasia of Her; songs about the planet and his mother also figure.
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Oct 16, 2015Raury’s spirit and intent are laudable, but his broad lyrics and potpourri musical approach need refining.
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Oct 16, 2015The strength of All We Need is in how he filters the madness into a slick, easy-flowing record. If one album changed his life, he’s taken that knowledge to make something intentionally cohesive.
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Oct 15, 2015At times, Raury’s energy is more intriguing than his songwriting, and while the lack of cynicism in his lyrics is refreshing, you can’t help but question his decision to play the pop preacher.
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Nov 9, 2015Like the EP, it frustrates almost as much as it charms, but Raury's energy is ceaselessly positive, and his potential is abundant.
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Oct 20, 2015Raury’s simple, yet passionate rap delivery doesn’t fare all that well when forced into shared space with established stars of the genre.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 26
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Mixed: 1 out of 26
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Negative: 2 out of 26
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