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Aug 21, 2012It's thrilling. It's pantomime. It's what Ross does best.
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Aug 1, 2012God Forgives is consistently, pleasantly underwhelming: the plodding R&B-rooted efforts aside, there's nothing much to complain about.
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Aug 8, 2012It's definitely a disappointment that Ross seems to be coasting through most of this hour-long production since a coasting Ross is generally not a Ross you'd want to be around.
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Aug 8, 2012All the grandiose songs are clumped together in the album's first half, while "Hold Me Back", "911" (an ode to Porsche, not emergency workers) and lead single "So Sophisticated" represent the trap sound that propelled Rich Forever into redundancy.
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Aug 2, 2012The album's production work is predictable, and its high-concept narratives (Hold Me Back, Diced Pineapples) are painfully over thought.
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Aug 1, 2012Even though Mr. Ross's rapping is prime, it isn't enough to carry this album. Just at the moment that he's finally not underrated, he has underdelivered.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 38 out of 72
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Mixed: 17 out of 72
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Negative: 17 out of 72
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