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Nov 23, 2015Riot Boi is an immensely listenable, often thrilling record, and on the first few spins you're more likely to be seduced by the beats, before digging into the lyrical content.
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Nov 16, 2015Combined with schizophrenic production (Evian Christ, Boody, Balam Acab, Lunice) that leaps from horny trap to frantic electroclash, Riot Boi overwhelms with twists, turns, and surprises, all of which are exhilarating.
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Nov 16, 2015Riot Boi is a trailblazing record very much in the now. It's bombastic, and transgressive.
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Nov 17, 2015When given adequate space, Le1f once again succeeds just being the best and most honest version of himself.
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Nov 16, 2015Riot Boi delivers what its title promises--a transgression of pop cultural limitations--most clearly in the final three tracks, socially-conscious slow jams with far more overt political messages than Le1f's usual banger-obscured radicalism.
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Jan 20, 2016"Do you think we could save the world?" This album--at turns discomforting, optimistic and altogether necessary-- makes you think the answer might be yes.
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Nov 16, 2015Somewhere between the cuteness of Shamir and the scariness of Mykki Blanco you will find New York’s Le1f, a ballet dancer-turned-producer-turned rapper. Although his out-ness is a big part of the appeal of this warped and edgy party album, the nod to riot grrrl in its title hints at far wider-ranging agendas within.
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