Prima Donna [EP]
by Vince Staples
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Aug 26, 2016
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 106 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 106
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 106
  3. Negative: 4 out of 106
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  1. clem666
    May 2, 2021
    6
    The sujects tackled in 'Prima Donna' are truly deep, accurate and unfaked. Vince Staples surely delivers some quotable lines and interesting states of mind. Production honestly shines here and there.

    But what I don't like in 'Prima Donna' is that it sounds really unstructured. Where you can witness some measures of brightness and intelligence you can also listen to overly painful,    The sujects tackled in 'Prima Donna' are truly deep, accurate and unfaked. Vince Staples surely delivers some quotable lines and interesting states of mind. Production honestly shines here and there.

    But what I don't like in 'Prima Donna' is that it sounds really unstructured. Where you can witness some measures of brightness and intelligence you can also listen to overly painful, unoriginal and uninspired rhymes and beats. At some point I just couldn't stand these repetitve interludes anymore (like in the end of 'Smile' or even all along 'Let It Shine'). Even for an EP a lot of tracks (and it goes the same way for the overall project) look and sound unfinished. Vince Staples gets out of it by throwing a handful of glitters in our faces and ears.    … Expand

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. AllMusic
    Dec 12, 2016
    80
    Prima Donna is an essential snapshot of 2016 that bears witness to the evolution of an artist coming into his own with an unflinching, socially conscious perspective.
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  2. The Wire
    Nov 8, 2016
    80
    The production, courtesy of DJ Dahi, No ID and James Blake, spirals outward from the world this Long Beach native’s peers inhabit and into satisfyingly experimental territory. [Oct 2016, p.65]
  3. NOW Magazine
    Sep 21, 2016
    80
    Prima Donna bristles with paranoia, anxiety, depression and anger about racism, violence, the music industry and his own psychological state. Loco distills all that. Staples's vicious, suicidal fever dream sees him alluding to Van Gogh's mental illness and dropping references to The Great Gatsby and James Joyce.
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