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Mar 16, 201275[Kid Cudi carries it] off despite some occasional proggy water-treading. [23 Mar 2012, p.74]
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Mar 8, 201270WZRD's strengths are rooted in Kid Cudi's vocal tone, one that is gripping and melodic despite his quite limited singing ability.
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Mar 8, 201260WZRD, the album, is sort of emo, sort of dream pop, and surely an indulgent effort that surprises with its chemistry and willingness to follow the music.
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Mar 8, 201260It has to be said though that the places where WZRD struggles most are the places where Dot and Cudi leave their hybrid sweet spot and try to go straight rock.
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Jul 18, 201240These bedroom demo-sounding efforts are primitive. {Jun 2012, p.85]
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Jun 22, 201240Wonky vocals and a lack of guile strangle the project, not least on Efflictim, where a terminal aimlessness befits the melodramatic-teen lyric[s]. [Jun 2012, p.115]
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Mar 21, 201240The delicate balance of good-then-bad-then-good-again ideas and taste appears rarely on WZRD.
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Mar 8, 201240The rudimentary guitar, starchy beats and formless synths just sound rough, never fun or spontaneous.
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Mar 8, 201240These directionless, half-baked jams may show a young artist trying to find himself and mature, but he sure isn't there yet.
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Mar 8, 201240The album lacks the urgency of successful rap and rock, instead wallowing in a blah middle ground in its best moments.