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Drip Or Drown 2
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length studio release for the Atlanta rapper features guest appearances from Lil Baby, Playboi Carti and Young Thug.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Exclaim
    Mar 1, 2019
    80
    Ultimately, Gunna sticks to his guns and delivers a solid effort that lives up to all the hype. He may not be the most innovative MC, but he continues to craft great bodies of work, which is what will cement his career, at the end of the day.
  2. The Guardian
    Feb 28, 2019
    80
    The result is a gentle, poised record: the perfect rap album for a bruised America.
  3. The New York Times
    Feb 28, 2019
    80
    Gunna has a penchant for rapping over beats that include guitar, like on “Richard Millie Plain,” but he doesn’t use them for rock scabrousness. Instead, they’re caressing, soft-edged beds, elegant accompaniment for a rapper who makes his points with textures more than words. That said, there is a tenderness that peeks through here, not just in the gentleness of the sing-rapping, but also in some of the lyrics.
  4. HipHopDX
    Feb 28, 2019
    78
    This album is a big win for Gunna, an even bigger win for executive producers Wheezy and Turbo but a championship win for contemporary rap as a whole that should be appreciated by all.
  5. Pitchfork
    Feb 28, 2019
    67
    His bars vary from the goofy (“She made me bust a nut, that’s a starburst”) to the confusingly profound (“Time is poured on me when I ride that Maybach”), but it’s his ability to apply his signature inflection to just about any rhythm he conjures up that can make Drip or Drown 2 nearly hypnotizing.
  6. The 405
    Mar 4, 2019
    45
    So many tracks slip through your consciousness, particularly with how much he sticks to the formula of chorus/verse/chorus/verse/chorus. His dullness sucks the life out of typically energetic guests like Playboi Carti, whose feature is less Die Lit and more Diluted.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
  1. junyawatanabe
    Aug 30, 2021
    10
    Amazing album - aquatic vibes throughout the album. Very poignant album examining Gunna’s upcomings, trials and tribulations coming up from Atlanta.
  2. WillyA
    Feb 26, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album has 0 skips. Richard Millie Plain, Outstanding, On A Mountain, Cash War and Who You Foolin lead the way as songs that could stay on repeat for me. Gunna has a way of making you feel good, almost like you’re in the studio making the songs with him.… Expand
  4. DSEN
    Apr 13, 2019
    8
    Some of the best beats I’ve heard on a rap album this year. A really strong step forward for gunna.
  5. ImBathory
    Mar 1, 2019
    5
    Zzzzzzz Gunna has the most boring performance you can ask for. He sounds the same in all the tracks. Bored no charisma whatsoever. There isZzzzzzz Gunna has the most boring performance you can ask for. He sounds the same in all the tracks. Bored no charisma whatsoever. There is actually some decent music but Gunna kills it with his boring performance. Mediocre album at best.… Expand
  6. fifi3
    Jul 28, 2019
    3
    This was a pretty unlistenable, generic, boring and useless album. Gunna has some decent beats to rap over but he is too talentless to makeThis was a pretty unlistenable, generic, boring and useless album. Gunna has some decent beats to rap over but he is too talentless to make the most of them. His performance here makes his performance on Drip Harder look like Biggie.… Expand
  7. spenceryang8
    Mar 8, 2019
    2
    The first leg of Drip or Drown 2 is tolerable thanks to its aquatic aesthetic, but the album quickly devolves into mega-formulaic trap rapThe first leg of Drip or Drown 2 is tolerable thanks to its aquatic aesthetic, but the album quickly devolves into mega-formulaic trap rap devoid of any character.

    FAV TRACKS: OUTSTANDING, ONE CALL

    LEAST FAV TRACK: WHO YOU FOOLIN    … Expand
  8. Yeezyducky
    Mar 6, 2019
    0
    Literally the most boring album i've ever heard, if someone was pointing a gun at gunna and told him to be more energetic he would just pullLiterally the most boring album i've ever heard, if someone was pointing a gun at gunna and told him to be more energetic he would just pull the trigger by himself. Awful performance by gunna, bad hooks, boring beats, he sounds like he woke up from a coma and someone forced him to rap.… Expand

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