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Mar 12, 2014Rise Of An Empire, Young Money Entertainment’s sophomore album, is marred by its lack of star power.
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Mar 12, 2014Call it a wobbly when it comes to quality, or a showcase for the young that's stolen by the old, but it's best to consider it a simple roster-promoting label compilation that just happens to come with an EP or so worth of fire.
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Apr 22, 2014Rise of an Empire is likely only a bit of a disappointment because it opens so strongly and refuses to become outright terrible.
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Mar 20, 2014We're introduced to a charming talkrapper named Euro and not much else beyond some diverse but mundane urban contemporary music dominated by familiar players.
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Mar 12, 2014He should listen to Rise of an Empire more closely, though: He may be part of an empire now, but it’s looking more and more like Rome in decline.
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Mar 12, 2014If Rise of an Empire is meant to read like some kind of State of the Union address, it paints Young Money as a fractured team that’s lost its compass.
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Mar 20, 2014The album is bogged down in missteps like Tyga, Lil’ Twist and YG’s limp One Time and uninspired strip club anthem Back It Up.
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Positive: 9 out of 19
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Mixed: 4 out of 19
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Negative: 6 out of 19
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