by
Blu & Exile
- Record Label: Dirty Science
- Release Date: Sep 4, 2012
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Sep 27, 2012Whether or not Give Me My Flowers lives up to expectations as a proper sequel may be of some debate, but this album in its finished state definitely impresses.
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Sep 27, 2012Enjoyment of Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them will probably be directly correlated to the listener's ability to separate it from Below the Heavens. That in itself is a testament to the talent of the two artists involved, who have more than any flowers that come their way.
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Sep 27, 2012Though this album is a beautiful, well-executed listen, Blu will only really be fulfilling his potential when he starts looking toward the future again.
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Sep 27, 2012Working with Exile seems to ground Blu, forcing him to examine his self-image and the way the world perceives him. It's just riveting stuff for those who value rap music as a sort of social experiment, and those who've stuck with Blu throughout his whole gonzo period of bandcamps and muddy zshare files ought to feel vindicated by Fat Beats' treatment of this album.
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Sep 27, 2012There's nothing to startle about the music or the lyrics and there's little that isn't coated with a whiff of having heard it all before.