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- Summary: After several album name changes (So Help Me God, SWISH, Waves, and T.L.O.P.), the seventh studio release for the rapper finally was set with guest appearances from Vic Mensa, Post Malone, Sia and Ty Dolla $ign.
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- Record Label: Def Jam / GOOD
- Genre(s): Rap
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Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 | |
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You're the only power You're the only power that can You're the only power You're the only power that can, ohhhh Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh If young... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 35
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Mixed: 11 out of 35
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Negative: 0 out of 35
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Feb 16, 2016Even when West’s going in uncomfortable directions, his music feels alive.
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Feb 15, 2016A madcap sense of humor animates all his best work, and The Life of Pablo has a freewheeling energy that is infectious and unique to his discography. Somehow, it comes off as both his most labored-over and unfinished album, full of asterisks and corrections and footnotes.
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Feb 17, 2016It’s this unholy amalgam of anger and swagger and self-loathing and--above all--love, all served over some of the best production work the man has ever done.
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Feb 14, 2016[He] has perfected the art of aesthetic and intellectual bricolage, shape-shifting in real time and counting on listeners to keep up. More than on any of his previous albums, "Pablo" reflects that rambling, fearsome energy. This is Tumblr-as-album, the piecing together of divergent fragments to make a cohesive whole.
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Feb 18, 2016The other way to look at the erratic Pablo is as an "instant" LP, one that was mastered at the last minute and debuted via streaming. On that count, it's a fascinating, magazine-like experience with plenty of reasons to give it a free play, and with "Feedback" adding "name one genius that ain't crazy" to the mix, Pablo excuses itself from the usual criticisms, although it could have been tighter.
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Q MagazineMar 16, 2016Despite the embarrassment of riches, though, there's also a lot of plain old embarrassment. [May 2016, p.110]
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Feb 15, 2016Sounds like a work in progress rather than a finished album.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 327 out of 419
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Mixed: 45 out of 419
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Negative: 47 out of 419
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Feb 15, 2016
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Feb 14, 2016
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Jun 16, 2017
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Jan 22, 2020So bad. Please god make it stop. My ears are bleeding. please help please wow.
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