Dear Annie
by Rejjie Snow
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Feb 16, 2018
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
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  1. TurkeyBoi
    Aug 28, 2018
    3
    This is a horrible album. There's a line between being influenced by an artist and being a flat out copycat, and while Rejjie Snow does try and carve out his own name in the music scene he is so blatantly an N.E.R.D. and Tyler, The Creator copycat. The album is boring, repetitive and sometimes so mind-numbingly repetitive and flat out mindless that I physically cringe listening to it.This is a horrible album. There's a line between being influenced by an artist and being a flat out copycat, and while Rejjie Snow does try and carve out his own name in the music scene he is so blatantly an N.E.R.D. and Tyler, The Creator copycat. The album is boring, repetitive and sometimes so mind-numbingly repetitive and flat out mindless that I physically cringe listening to it.
    There are some bright spots on the album, but most of them come from the shimmering instrumentals and the features, particularly Amine on Egyptian Luvr and Ebenezer on Spaceships, and the Anna Of The North-featuring Charlie Brown, which was a relief following a slog of Tyler, The Creator copycat tunes with choruses so annoying it made me want to bash my own brains out.
    The worst song on the album, the sickly sweet Desole is so horribly composed and has a hook that, when sung in it's original French sounds alright, but if you have the slightest amount of knowledge of the French language you would know that it literally translates to 'I Am Sorry', which is a chorus so annoying and dumb that it ruins a run of increasingly improving tracks and reduces that run to a slog of boring Flower Boy knockoffs.
    This whole album sounds like Flower Boy and Cherry Bomb rejects and while i commend some of the beautiful, relaxing instrumentals, Rejjie's sound and lyrics are at the centerpoint of my criticism, and there is way too much material and too little ideas for it's 60 minute runtime. Shameful stuff and the worst of the year so far in my opinion.    … Expand

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. musicOMH.com
    Mar 19, 2018
    70
    Overall 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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  2. Q Magazine
    Feb 20, 2018
    80
    It's the album's introspective second half which delivers the punch. [Mar 2018, p.109]
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    Feb 20, 2018
    100
    Dear 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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