Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
by Shabazz Palaces
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Jul 14, 2017
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. ZXQaos
    Jul 26, 2017
    6
    While Born On A Gangster Star features some of Shabazz Palaces' most accessible material yet (Shine A Light, Moon Whip Quaz), it carries over a lot of the drab, overly spacey meanderings of Lese Majesty, which made that album such a bloated and diluted product.

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. The Wire
    Aug 9, 2017
    80
    They [Born On A Gangster Star and Quazarz Vs The Jealous Machines] can be appreciated either together or apart from each other. [Aug 2017, p.58]
  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Aug 7, 2017
    85
    Both albums [Quazarz: Born On A Gangsta Star and Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines] deliver uneasy commentary on modern times, and the music that supports it is as equally challenging.
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  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Aug 2, 2017
    70
    Less of an experiment in product-curation, Quazarz scans more as an effort in process-orientation, one that, whether consciously or not, divulges some of Shabazz Palaces’s obscure mysteries.
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