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- Summary: The second full-length studio release for the experimental hip-hop trio from Los Angeles is a concept album about "the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship, and the onboard computer that falls in love with him."
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- Record Label: Sub Pop Records
- Genre(s): Rap
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Sep 7, 2016Devastating yet optimistic, Splendor & Misery is a stunning leap forward for clipping., and one of the most impressive albums of the year.
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Sep 23, 2016Suffocating, stressful, and challenging, Splendor & Misery is uncompromising in its desolation, and it’s all the better for it.
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Sep 6, 2016Utterly uncomfortable, but with such an imaginative foundation that you can't help but feel invited back to try to learn a little more about the strange and beautiful world of clipping.
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The WireOct 21, 2016The raps are often unaccompanied by beats, and this decision, combined with Diggs's deliberately rigid flow, results in a poetry slam aesthetic with only the faintest of links to the generic conventions and pleasures of hiphop. [Sep 2016, p.47]
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Sep 14, 2016Oddly captivating in running just shy of 40 minutes, Splendor & Misery is hardly your overblown concept record that runs far too long. Indeed, it's worth multiple listens for both its out-of-this-world production and Diggs' one-two punch of lyricism and bafflingly effortless delivery.
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Sep 21, 2016Splendor & Misery paradoxically stands as Clipping.’s most and least accessible albums.
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Sep 9, 2016The problem with clipping. is that they sometimes seem to have an unusual idea of what makes good hip-hop. Sometimes it feels like the purely hip-hop side-project of a dodgy rap-metal group circa 2003.
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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