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Nov 9, 2011Producers Shawty Redd, Nottz, and A-Traxx all contribute bottom-heavy stunners while West, Diddy, Juicy J, and Young Jeezy add the right amount of outside influence, making this just a tad more "fun" than your usual casket drop from Clipse.
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Nov 10, 2011Most of Fear of God feels like detached, competent, common-denominator, major-label hip-hop, which would be fine if we weren't already aware what he's capable of.
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Nov 29, 2011Every mean word delivers, and with cameos from Tyler the Creator to 50 Cent it's as if he never went solo.
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Nov 9, 2011It's isn't exactly a new album or even an entirely new mixtape, but taken at face value, Fear of God II is a solid collection of tracks.
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MojoJun 28, 2012He wastes half his solo debut dishing out second rate filler. Thankfully, his true colours shine through on I Still Wanna, Raid and Trouble On My Mind ... although they're frustrating glimpses of a potent artist coasting too readily on past glories. [Jan 2012, p.99]
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Jan 12, 2012The LP's best moments are when Pusha digs deeper.
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Nov 9, 2011Its quality is mostly a testament to Pusha's connections and his ear for beats, but the rapping is sufficiently competent enough that the album never drags, which is less of a backhanded compliment than it might read.
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Jan 18, 2012Unsteady and muddled.
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Nov 21, 2011Mostly though, Pusha seems lost.
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Q MagazineFeb 13, 2012The gloomy beats prove best suited to Pusha's own sinister drawl. [Feb 2012, p.104]
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Nov 16, 2011He's never too sappy, too apologetic, or too mean-spirited.
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Nov 9, 2011Pusha is too reserved to pull off the revamped sound--he's more Raekwon than Rick Ross, better suited to quick-tongued storytelling than to bombast.
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Nov 9, 2011Let Us Pray offers a familiar Scarface tableau, but Pusha and cast (including a demonic Tyler, the Creator on "Trouble on My Mind") paint his fantasies with requisite fervor.
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Nov 9, 2011Fear Of God II is the lean, rousing listen that its predecessor wasn't.
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UncutDec 12, 2011Even though the Neptunes have long gone off the boil, their contributions are so much better than those of the other assembled "star" producers. [Jan 2012, p.96]
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Under The RadarJan 19, 2012Let Us Pray isn't a classic, but it puts Pusha T on the short list of rappers capable of delivering one. [#39, p. 75]
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Nov 10, 2011Although some of its strongest cuts already appeared on its predecessor ("My God," "Alone In Vegas," "I Still Wanna"), Pusha ultimately leaves anticipation for his official solo introduction.
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Mixed: 6 out of 41
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