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Dec 5, 2013The trio proves it has a fat bag of tricks: floaty fast rhymes (Get’n Drunk), high gravity boom bap (Troublesome) and haunting alien lullabies (Nobody). But the fact that it’s Earl Sweatshirt’s heavy-lidded guest verse in Cold World that’s still stuck in my head probably means MellowHigh still has a few kinks to work out.
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Dec 5, 2013MellowHigh is not disorienting but rather frighteningly familiar.
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Dec 12, 2013MellowHigh isn’t a bad start, but it’s not exactly a tour de force either.
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Dec 5, 2013MellowHigh has its thrills with some credit going to Earl’s playful verse on “Cold World,” but too often the album feels stagnant.
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Dec 5, 2013As a byproduct of a team that has actualized potential for groundbreaking contributions, MellowHigh misses the mark by a wide margin.
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Dec 5, 2013It’s an aimless, winding record that occasionally stumbles upon greatness, but with the amount of mediocrity, you can’t help feel that the high points are mere accidents.