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Feb 20, 2018Dear Annie is a stunning odyssey through hip-hop, R&B, pop and beyond, one that will lend itself to both wintry nights in and blissed-out parties this summer.
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Q MagazineFeb 20, 2018It's the album's introspective second half which delivers the punch. [Mar 2018, p.109]
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Feb 20, 2018You could call Dear Annie the first major Irish hip-hop album, but it seems more accurate to say it’s a solid debut by a rapper whose nationality seems beside the point--which is pretty obviously what it intends to be.
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Mar 19, 2018Overall Dear Annie is pleasant, with other highlights including Mon Amour, Pink Lemonade (mostly for its gorgeously woozy production) and Egyptian Luvr, but it could have benefitted from losing some filler and gaining just a little more dynamism from Rejjie himself.
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Feb 20, 2018He’s so dedicated to synthesizing his most obvious influences--channeling Tyler, the Creator and N.E.R.D. down to their throat-clearing ad-libs and neo-New Jack funk--that he hasn’t quite established an identity of his own. That failing doesn’t dull the jams or diminish his evident potential, but it does hold him back.
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