Gemini
by Macklemore
User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 75
  3. Negative: 15 out of 75
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  1. YT_Guyyy
    Sep 28, 2017
    1
    I liked The Heist, it was a decent pop rap album, This Unruly Mess was horrible, but somehow this is worse. It's just normal Macklemore with everything bad turned up to 11. More bad lyrics, more mediocre beats, etc..

    Ain't Gonna Die Tonight was OK except for Eric Nally squealing like a pig being killed, Glorious is actually pretty OK but not glorious. Marmalade is kind of a fun song but    I liked The Heist, it was a decent pop rap album, This Unruly Mess was horrible, but somehow this is worse. It's just normal Macklemore with everything bad turned up to 11. More bad lyrics, more mediocre beats, etc..

    Ain't Gonna Die Tonight was OK except for Eric Nally squealing like a pig being killed, Glorious is actually pretty OK but not glorious. Marmalade is kind of a fun song but it's nothing I haven't heard before from Macklemore or Yachty. Especially Yachty. Willy Wonka definitely has some bars as Macklemore himself says, but the chorus(es) are mediocre at best.

    Intentions made me want to intentionally end my life. Goo Old Days was meh. Nothing to really say about it. Levitate got me to fully experience the migraine the rest of the songs had been building up to. Firebreather is actually kinda OK, but that riff is ripped from somewhere. The feature from Reignwolf is one of the better ones on this album. How to Play the Flute is another OK song (two in a row. Somehow). I mean it's not the worst trap song.

    Ten Million is the only song that doesn't have a feature and it's not good. I wish there were a word to describe my thoughts on this. I guess a long groan would be sufficient. It has interesting parts and also just terrible parts. When I first heard Over It I immediately wanted to stop listening, but against my judgement I went into, you guessed it, another bad song. After Zara I genuinely just wanted to stop. Just stop. Just like stop living. It's not that bad just this all gets on you.

    I'm just not gonna list my thoughts on the rest of the songs. I have a headache too big from this album
    Ratings why not:
    Ain't Gonna Die Tonight 3
    Glorious 2
    Marmalade 1
    Willy Wonka 4
    Intentions light 1
    Good Old Days strong 2
    Levitate 2
    Firebreather 5
    How to Play the Flute 7
    Ten Million 3
    Over It 2
    Zara strong 1
    Corner Store 2
    Miracle 2
    Church 5
    Excavate 3    … Expand

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#88 Most Discussed Album of 2017

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63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. HipHopDX
    Oct 3, 2017
    58
    When Macklemore deviates from his familiar sound, he gets mixed results.
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  2. Spin
    Sep 27, 2017
    60
    It’s too long, and large parts of it are corny or forgettable, but in the context of Macklemore as a pop musician--and not a rapper--it doubles down on his strengths: well-crafted, sincere verses about his personal experiences combined with a better hook, usually provided by someone else.
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  3. RapReviews.com
    Sep 26, 2017
    60
    While the beats are mostly good, it feels like Macklemore missed out on an opportunity to really set his solo career apart from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
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