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Dec 4, 2020Biting and abrasive in the best kind of ways, ‘Nightmare Vacation’ finds an artist stepping up into the hype that’s been surrounding her for years, and delivering on it tenfold. It will chew you up and spit you out, and you’ll love every minute of it.
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Dec 4, 2020While 2019's Anger Management showed her off as a maleficent talent with a taste for blood, Nightmare Vacation is Rico at her nastiest.
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Dec 4, 2020Overall, Rico’s inaugural efforts are cathartic, ballsy and just plain fun. Nightmare Vacation solidifies the emcee as quite the furious force to be reckoned with.
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Entertainment WeeklyDec 4, 2020Nasty can be funny and furious, bratty and spectacularly off-the-wall. [Dec 2020, p.101]
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Dec 17, 2020Even with the shifting styles under Nasty’s verses, this is the sort of explosive debut that is downright unforgettable.
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Dec 8, 2020The album suggests that self-adulation can be just as therapeutic as unleashing rage, showing off Rico’s artistic range in the process.
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Dec 4, 2020While Nasty’s catalogue has found her focused on pushing to the extremities of self-expression – baking rock, screamo and punk directly into her rap with reckless abandon – with this record she flexes her chops as an artist with mainstream appeal.
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Dec 4, 2020Combative, empowering and unashamedly fun.
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Dec 7, 2020Nightmare Vacation is an excellent look into the many cogs that make Rico’s brain work without setting up a definitive future direction. It’s this unpredictability that makes her exciting and shows how she has enjoyed longevity in this fast-paced world.
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Dec 9, 2020There are more than a few moments of brilliance, but as a whole, the album lacks cohesion, feeling less exploratory and unbound than simply unfocused.
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Dec 7, 2020The result is an invigorating if disorientating listen, as Nasty hurtles from a seductive trap tête-à-tête with Aminé (Back and Fourth) into songs resembling Korn (Girl Scouts, Let It Out). To some this will sound like a gimmick; to others it’s the future.
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Dec 4, 2020That spluttering yet charming Rico from 2018 is still there, but overall this debut doesn’t feel like progression, but stagnation.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 28
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Mixed: 6 out of 28
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Negative: 3 out of 28
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Feb 11, 2022A very strong debut from the hyper pop rap experimentalist dropping flows like they hot, industrial production and the charisma persona .
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Jan 16, 2022
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Dec 9, 2020yeah............................................................. it's okay.