EVOL
by Future
  • Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: Feb 6, 2016
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 112 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 112
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 112
  3. Negative: 23 out of 112

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  1. thaleslucas
    Feb 9, 2016
    5
    I think these consecutive releases by Future with 2 albums and 5 mixtapes are getting tiresome. D2D and EVOL don't have much difference in instrumental and lyrical and this is becoming cloying.

    Clearly the best tracks of this album are Low Life (with the wonderful The Weeknd), Fly **** Only and Photo Copied. The album seems to be more of an exploitative and sexual outburst Future about    I think these consecutive releases by Future with 2 albums and 5 mixtapes are getting tiresome. D2D and EVOL don't have much difference in instrumental and lyrical and this is becoming cloying.

    Clearly the best tracks of this album are Low Life (with the wonderful The Weeknd), Fly **** Only and Photo Copied. The album seems to be more of an exploitative and sexual outburst Future about his former relationship with Ciara ... I may be wrong, but it is what it seems.

    Anyway... I hope he'll take a break with these extensive releases to develop more well thought out and useful projects.    … Expand
  2. swagkonyjohnson
    Mar 2, 2016
    5
    To say that this album is mediocre I think would be a little overly disparaging; nevertheless, on EVOL Future is just following the same formula he’s established for several projects now, which has become obnoxiously redundant at this point.
  3. fifi3
    Jul 28, 2019
    5
    The fact that EVOL's style is a bit different makes the album bearable. There are standouts like Low Life and I really appreciate Future not filling the album to oblivion.

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#77 Most Discussed Album of 2016

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. The Wire
    Mar 22, 2016
    40
    Despite the bloodlettting and reckless spending, Future just sounds bored. And occasionally lazy. [Apr 2016, p.50]
  2. Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
    Feb 29, 2016
    85
    EVOL is one of if not the best project Future has under his name, and while it may not feel as grandiose and capital I Important as DS2 in his legacy, it pushes his sound forward while he continues to stretch himself as an MC, songwriter, and lyricist.
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  3. Pretty Much Amazing
    Feb 23, 2016
    50
    EVOL is the first time we begin to hear the ostensible rigidity in Future's formula revealing itself.
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