- Record Label: Glassnote Entertainment Group
- Release Date: Dec 10, 2013
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Q MagazineJan 28, 2014This is a luxurious but ultimately hollow Faberge egg of a record. [Feb 2014, p.121]
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Dec 20, 2013Because The Internet is just a giant non-sequitur, a pop culture gag reel that relies a little too heavily on flippancy to ring true.
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Dec 16, 2013Tracks still miss on occasions, and Glover writes with such self-awareness that the listener can regard him as a full-of-himself show-off, someone who believes he deserves musical success just because he’s achieved it in television.
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Dec 12, 2013Because the Internet is a nobly expansive attempt at plumbing the catacombs of social media for meaning and exploring the gap between the performative avatars we present as our online selves and the offline realities of our lives, but like the Twitter hounds and comment section warriors it speaks to and about, it could ultimately do well with a little less multitasking.
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Dec 11, 2013Because the Internet, like Camp before it, fails to bring the sparkle that Glover has displayed in his comedy writing to his music; where his debut was crude, cartoonish and silly, this effort is faux-reflective, misguided and ultimately collapses under the weight of a concept that’s almost impossible to make sense of.
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Dec 9, 2013Bloated with all manner of interstitial suites and assorted skit-like stopgaps, the 19-track Because the Internet could serviceably represent the titular web Glover finds so perplexing.
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Dec 9, 2013Even though Because The Internet is kind of strange and kind of a bummer, it does show Glover’s range as a musician.
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Dec 9, 2013Gambino is observant and often funny, and his loose-limbed flow can sting.
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Dec 9, 2013The results are intriguing, occasionally frustrating, rarely boring.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 345 out of 388
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Mixed: 27 out of 388
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Negative: 16 out of 388
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