by
50 Cent
- Record Label: G-unit Records
- Release Date: Jun 3, 2014
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Jun 5, 2014[50 Cent is un]likely to recapture the notoriety and relevance he had at his peak. He can, however, continue to offer vicarious thrills via the sinister-slick production of glock fantasy Hold On and the creeping dread of Everytime I Come Around.
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Jun 2, 2014Consider it the album before the album, and it plays out as interesting and often awesome, but put this next to his major works and it seems a bit off and quirky.
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Jun 2, 2014Animal Ambition showcases a very creatively confused 50 Cent, trapped in some sort of musical purgatory we can only hope he find his way out of.
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Jun 2, 2014The slicker R&B tracks--alighted by singers like Trey Songz and Guardan Banks--have a more generic appeal. And, as always, 50’s bling-driven verse isn’t as rare as his rhythmic delivery. But when his rich instrument undulates over the minimalist riffs, there’s magic worth waiting for.
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Jun 17, 2014Despite being billed as his fifth album, it's nowhere near the level of his strong, yet largely overrated debut "Get Rich or Die Tryin'".
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Jul 28, 2014These few highlights could make the 39-minute listen justifiable, but you wouldn’t be missing much by skipping Animal Ambition completely. Although fun, none of these songs are up with the best of 50’s career.
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Jun 13, 2014While simple pleasures are about all Animal Ambition can offer, it at least presents them with listenable panache.
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Jun 3, 2014The sonic equivalent of a blooper reel with a few solid highlights edited in to remind us of the player he once was, the 11-song album mostly rehashes ideas he's ruminated on with more focus and skill in earlier work.
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Jun 6, 2014It’s pointedly brief--11 songs, 39 minutes and with a scope every bit as limited.
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Jun 12, 2014An album that’s bogged down by a rapper--and production--stuck in the middle of the last decade.
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Jun 6, 2014He's trying to remind you that he's still tough, though these lines mostly just conjure images of Travis Bickle in the mirror: a guy alone and clueless, snarling at imagined enemies that can't talk back.
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Jun 3, 2014The MC-entrepreneur smartly eliminates the bloated production that marred his latter-day work, yet the disc is undermined by a dearth of imagination and, ironically, ambition.
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Jun 3, 2014When listening to this record, there isn’t much to enjoy or appreciate. It’s a struggle to sit through, partly because it reads like the ramblings of an ex-genius turned affectless braggart, but mostly because it’s monotonous and unimaginative.
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Jun 2, 2014Unchanged are his limitations as a rapper, both technically and in his choice of subjects.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 36 out of 75
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Mixed: 18 out of 75
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Negative: 21 out of 75
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