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Oct 12, 2020In the end, you get 44 minutes of solid beats and bars and a handful of songs to put on your best-of playlists for Savage and/or Metro. That’s not the worst thing, but on Savage Mode II it feels like there’s both too much and not enough going on at once.
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Oct 7, 2020‘Savage Mode 2’ matches ruthless entertainment to phenomenal artistry, a collaboration that works on a number of levels. Once more exposing fresh layers to 21 Savage and Metro Boomin.
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Oct 14, 2020The Grammy Award winner shows he continues to be ambitious as an artist while keeping up the Slaughter King mantra he ran with early in his career. For Young Metro, Savage Mode II asserts there’s no rust on his boards and proves he’s still one of the best architects in the game.
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Oct 8, 2020As a whole, the album is confirmation of two young artists at the top of their game, watching the landscape unfold from the throne they earned themselves four years ago.
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Oct 8, 2020Savage Mode II is a worthy successor to the original, building on that initial moment that made 21 Savage a household name. Adventurous, introspective, and thoughtful, it’s just what the world needs from the rapper at this moment, even if we didn’t know it.
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Oct 7, 2020The first Savage Mode didn’t become an ATL classic because of celebrity cameos or Billboard numbers; it was because Metro and 21 were at the peak of their powers, and only the producer is close here. 21 Savage is just along for the ride.
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Oct 7, 2020The 44 minutes of this album could exist without Mr. Freeman, but they couldn’t exist without Metro Boomin. ... [21 Savage's] a solid RAPPER through and through and in an era of singers I’m always going to appreciate that, but if I said I could ignore the banality of “Savage Mode II” lyrically I’d be lying.
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Oct 7, 2020While SM1 was ineffable and mystic, Savage Mode II spells out its influences and its place in the canon of Southern rap.
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Oct 7, 2020It’s Metro, though, who elevates 21’s stories to something approaching greatness. ... This sequel is a ratification of the “bigger and better,” an example of steady improvement through impeccable craft.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 60 out of 66
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Mixed: 2 out of 66
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Negative: 4 out of 66
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Oct 8, 2020
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Oct 8, 202021 savage and metro boomin have levelled up from and improved on the certified trap classic savage mode
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Oct 9, 2020Album's dope. Would greatly appreciate instrumental version though.. Metro really does his thing