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Jun 25, 2018Redemption shines brightest when the music itself matches Rock’s dynamic performance and infuses enough energy for him to seize the moment.
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Jun 25, 2018Throughout Jay fixates on a specific sort of paranoid despair, chasing bottles of Henny with painkillers. His favorite move is to not move at all, finding a good flow and digging into it, often delivering tiny clipped phrases like a boxer practicing his jab.
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Jun 27, 2018He’s also got a distinctive, no nonsense style: lyrically direct without sacrificing a certain poeticism, willing to look directly at a topic and offer steely-eyed comment.
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Jun 26, 2018A blatant 180 degree shift from the confines of his wretched comfort zone, Redemption is full of creative risks that pay off in spades.
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Jun 25, 2018With Redemption, Jay Rock elevates the level of his artistry while creating resonating tunes.
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Jun 25, 2018Redemption might be Jay Rock's most consistent yet. At 44 minutes, the album breezes by without many frills. Rock raps, makes his point, and gets out quickly after, allowing the TDE vet to chalk up his biggest win yet.
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Jun 25, 2018In his raps, Jay Rock can come off as a reclusive hard-liner with a remarkable storyteller’s acumen and an internal logic that always feels sound. Few gangsta rappers are better at illustrating just how limited their options were and how undaunted they had to be to overcome them.
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Jun 28, 2018It's a heartening LP, both because of the top-notch, life-affirming beats throughout, along with the renewed vigour in the voice of a man who clearly takes nothing for granted now that he's on the mend.
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Jul 18, 2018The entirety of Redemption sounds as morose as his parched rhymes, with an effective backdrop of bleak bass drones and minimal synth lines, but not as much when he attempts to slow down his delivery. Stick for his soul-bearing lessons, even if he treads on familiar and worn-down musical paths.
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Jun 25, 2018A record this nondescript’s just detracting from what we could be listening to instead.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 48 out of 56
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Mixed: 4 out of 56
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Negative: 4 out of 56
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Jun 28, 2018His strongest showing to date. This is a good album. It has depth, lyrics and a good production to go with.
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Dec 13, 2020This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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Mar 13, 2019