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Q MagazineSep 14, 2016A record you never dreamt you needed, but which leaves you craving more. [Sep 2016, p.109]
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Sep 13, 2016Anything But Words is the sound of two worlds colliding and finding a golden middle ground.
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Sep 1, 2016When Anything But Words ups the pace, it proves to be one of the finest records of the year.
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Aug 26, 2016The sound of two artists pushing each other forward makes for a fascinating listen. This isn’t just the sound of two polar opposites coming together and hoping something sticks. This is a group that have earned their right to be heard. They should be taken seriously.
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Aug 25, 2016Anything But Words is a stellar and truly collaborative endeavor between two creative energies, the result of an organic songwriting process that is anything but thrown together.
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Sep 30, 2016Hard rhymes and bouncy hooks, stacked atop big drums and supple synths, hold steady through a barrage of guest spots.
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Aug 25, 2016It's a departure from their comfort zones that pays off surprisingly well for two artists collaborating for the first time.
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MagnetSep 20, 2016While RZA has never sounded so alive, Banks has never sounded so, well, dead. This hot/cold, menace-and-moody pattern--it's what most of Anything But Words' song structures are all about. [No. 135, p.51]
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Aug 29, 2016It’s not perfect, but Banks and Steelz take risks many other artists might avoid, more than proving their worth.
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Sep 6, 2016Banks & Steelz constantly shift shapes and sounds on Anything But Words, but the experimentation doesn’t always work. However, the album never bores even in its uneven tracks.
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Aug 25, 2016While its slick production makes it more subtle than rap-rock alliances past, it comes off like a bid to musically supervise the next hit HBO drama. If that sounds great, walk this way, but mind the unrelentingly average songs as you go.
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Mar 22, 2017Your patience will be especially tested during the closing trio of songs that could have been better had they been a couple minutes shorter and/or delivered with more zest musically.
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Sep 12, 2016Anything But Words is the rare side project that might have been better off if both parties had cared a little less.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 18
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Mixed: 2 out of 18
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Negative: 2 out of 18
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Oct 23, 2016