Track-by-track Review
Ain't Gonna Die Tonight-This song screams in your ears and demands your attention, but not in a good way. The rapping is mediocre and the use of brass instruments is interesting but ultimately this song sounds too much like a hype song without ever sounding like actual music. (4/10)
Glorious-If this album is about sports then I guess it'll make sense... the rappingTrack-by-track Review
Ain't Gonna Die Tonight-This song screams in your ears and demands your attention, but not in a good way. The rapping is mediocre and the use of brass instruments is interesting but ultimately this song sounds too much like a hype song without ever sounding like actual music. (4/10)
Glorious-If this album is about sports then I guess it'll make sense... the rapping certainly levels up at certain points and sounds much less generic than the last song. However, this song is extremely familiar to the last and refuses to be anything unique. (6/10)
Marmalade-Weirdly, I kind of like this one, it sounds extremely stupid but it partially reminds me of Brockhampton's Milk, except without the great rapping and production... it doesn't build up to anything and just stays sort of one-note... The only reason as to why the score is so high is because of the stupid piano. (7/10)
Willy Wonka-Jesus Christ is this song **** weird... but not in a musically innovative way, just in a way that is absolutely **** stupid... the two notes that come from the synths is the only good part about this song... so here's a 1. (1/10)
*It's at this point in the album that I wondered, what the **** do I have left to listen to now? I feel like I've already heard everything... I had 12 more songs to go... ****...*
Intentions-Good start... actually, nothing to complain about here, the vocals are actually smooth... I guess it just feels like it's missing something instrumentally, just one thing really... a weird jump in quality from the last track (9/10)
Good Old Days-Well, it has Kesha in it, and I actually liked her last album so yeah... of course I like this song, however it feels like a lesser developed version of a Kesha song. The drums sound great, Kesha sounds great, and it's fine elsewhere... it's a tad bit forgettable and jumps around a bit but it's a damn fine song. (7/10)
Levitate-Damn, this album is really rewarding to listen to when you skip past Willy Wonka. This track floats by off of smooth instrumentation and dynamic vocals. The whole "yeah" thing is pretty **** annoying by now, but it's actually an adventurous jazz track, so here's a good score. (8/10)
Firebreather-Talking is fine, except when it carries the **** song... it's pretty good talking though... it doesn't change much though. (6/10)
*Hm, a decent album so far, hopefully it stays that way.*
How to Play the Flute-Aw **** we're in dumbass territory again... why? Just why the **** did this track make it unto this album? A track is only as good as its guest star... albeit Lil Yachty actually did fine on one of the other tracks... and why the **** are their rain drops on this track? This track isn't fire, it's a **** raindrop. Sneezing=God Bless you is basically the only reason why this song exists.(0/10)
Ten Million-Still in dumbass territory, it's basically the last song but without a **** flute. The woos in this track are like the woos that Ric Flair makes now, he can't make them, because he's in a **** hospital. (1/10)
Over It-Thank god for INSTRUMENTATION AND DECENT SINGING! FINALLY!!! Oh **** he's mumbling with his rapping again... goddamnit... there's a violin which is nice, and another... it doesn't suck so here's a generous score (5/10)
Zara-I actually paid attention to the lyrics for once, so that's good. Just get rid of the annoying vocal sounds... I don't know how to describe it, but it's in a lot of pop songs, and I **** hate it... Since the rapping was actually nice to listen to for once, here's a score that's better than the last one. (6/10)
Corner Store-Well, it actually sounds fun to listen to, and has some pretty nice brass instrumentation and tricky rap beats. This album is **** weird because it has some good tracks like this one, and some absolute piles of **** like Willy Wonka and How to Play the Flute. (8/10)
Miracle-Made me think that I was listening to a different album with some subtle instrumentation and background vocals that weren't aggravating. This is a Dan Caplen track? The guy who also did Intentions? **** maybe I should just listen to his music instead... I feel like this album is just a promotion for his music anyway. There are actually sonic layers to this song, so here's another **** 9 for Dan, who's trying to make good music... (9/10)
Church-Weird to describe, hard to listen to without wondering where the **** it's going next, and finally embraces some uniqueness. Rapping is a little bit sub-par, but I'm not really surprised about that at this point. (8/10)
Excavate-Overall, it's a pretty solid ending. It's sappy at parts, but I'm glad that this album ended on a song with quality and not on **** Willy Wonka. (7/10)
Final Score: 92/160 or 5.75/10 or 6/10 for metacritic
This album was better than I expected... I expected to give this a 2... however, if he took out Willy Wonka, Ten Million, and "Flute" the score would've been 90/130 or 6.9/10... still, this album didn't suck so yay… Expand