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The WireMar 22, 2016The fact that Thug's voice can express plaintive, mournful sorrow is perhaps the most surprising aspect of this tape, even among all the astonishing vocal pirouettes and cries. [Apr 2016, p.64]
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Feb 18, 2016They’re all super accessible and as a whole consistently solid. No track stands out as being considerably worse than another. Alternatively, there aren’t a lot of highs, but that can easily be overlooked due to the strength of the holistic work.
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Feb 16, 2016I'm Up represents Thug's most accessible and immediate work to date.
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Feb 9, 2016I’m Up doesn’t muster up the highs of the Slime Season series—the infectiousness of “Best Friend,” the sublime structuring of “Draw Down,” or the woozy euphoria of “Raw”--but Thug manages to compile many of his best attributes into a tightly-wound 38 minutes.
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Apr 4, 2016Keith Troup, who was slain in 2015 and gets a moving tribute in the mixtape's highlight "King TROUP." The rest of the best comes from the empowering music that reflects the mixtape's title.
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Feb 12, 2016Seasoned fans will be hard-pressed to dismiss I’m Up as a release chock-full of throwaways, but it’s truly a testament to Young Thug’s radical talents as a rapper for keeping an audience thoroughly engaged, even when the studio experiments aren’t always entirely convincing.
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Feb 9, 2016Although it is still to be determined if Thugger can step it up a couple of notches for an album that will be touted as an official release, I’m Up doesn’t offer up any reason to doubt him.
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Feb 9, 2016I’m Up is not a major work in Thug’s catalog. It’s brief and feels disconnected at the beginning and end, and for the most part doesn’t exercise his considerable chorus-crafting muscles. But it’s a fascinating creative time capsule, and feels like a welcome detour during a hugely prolific four-year period.
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Feb 9, 2016The chief complaint with I’m Up is its narrowness. At just nine tracks and 38 minutes (a lot of which is handed over to guests), there’s just not enough of Thug rapping for this to match up to last year’s releases.
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Feb 11, 2016Staying in the conversation by releasing a steady stream of new material can be good, but it works best when there’s more cohesion and less filler.
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Feb 9, 2016With the exception of Lil Durk's two verses, Thugga's extensive assortment of guests here falls flat, causing the second half of the tape to drag.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 37
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Mixed: 11 out of 37
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Negative: 3 out of 37
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Feb 14, 2016