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Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length studio release for the rapper is also a posthumous album following his death in February 2020. It features guest appearances from 50 Cent, DaBaby, Future, Karol G, King Combs, Lil Baby, Lil Tjay, Quavo, Roddy Ricch, Rowdy Rebel, Swae Lee, and Tyga.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Variety
    Jul 6, 2020
    84
    “Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon” holds weight, innovates and – pardon the pun – blows more fire than smoke.
  2. HipHopDX
    Jul 16, 2020
    82
    Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon offers a fleeting peek into the artist Pop would become—beyond Drill, beyond Brooklyn, beyond even the United States.
  3. Clash Music
    Jul 6, 2020
    80
    It is so easy to reach in blindly and pull out a well-produced track with a decent guest appearance and Smoke at his lyrical best. However, the album doesn’t stray too far from the genre, it isn’t by any means innovative.
  4. Paste Magazine
    Jul 8, 2020
    72
    It’s a shame there are not enough songs where Pop’s talent can shine on its own. Only six of 19 tracks feature Pop Smoke solo, not including the intro, outro and “Dior,” which is a bonus track that also appears on all of his previous tapes. ... However, there are still many highs.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Jul 6, 2020
    70
    Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, Pop’s 19-track posthumous debut album, marks a dramatic expansion—and dilution—of his signature sound. 808 Melo, who produced about two-thirds of Pop’s music to date, is less of a defining presence here.
  6. Consequence
    Jul 14, 2020
    67
    Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon neither blights nor burnishes Pop Smoke’s legacy. It’s fine. Better to remember Smoke as the dark-horse MVP candidate for summer 2019.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Jul 8, 2020
    40
    On the whole, in broadening his music’s scope, those responsible for piecing together Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon have lost sight of the local specificity, quirky charisma, and energy that made a name for Pop Smoke in the first place.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. aIexis
    Feb 7, 2023
    10
    El mejor album de pop smoke por mucho, sonido experimental y una clara prueba de versatilidad. No se olvida el drill en canciones como ShowinEl mejor album de pop smoke por mucho, sonido experimental y una clara prueba de versatilidad. No se olvida el drill en canciones como Showin Off Pt 1 y Pt 2

    Me gustó la referencia de Tunnel Vision, haciendo referencia a los ultimos momentos de pop smoke vivo y la mentalidad que tenia para lograr sus objetivos y metas

    Canciones como Something Special y Imperfections hacen al album una muy buena prueba de que Bashar tenia una voz potencial melodica.

    Gracias Pop Smoke, descansa en paz.    … Expand
  2. frasalv
    Jan 23, 2021
    10
    great album .....
    you cannot say Pop and forget the Smoke.
    rest easy legend
  4. Jonathan0112
    Oct 27, 2020
    8
    First prompted to listen to this album after listen to “The Woo” while using Spotify playlists. Knowing Pop Smoke passed away is tragic and atFirst prompted to listen to this album after listen to “The Woo” while using Spotify playlists. Knowing Pop Smoke passed away is tragic and at the same time drive me to give it a listen after “the Woo”.
    The album has multiple highlights, notably The Woo, For the Night, What you know bout Love, the later is my favourite on it. To me, it has some kind of “fillers”? But over half of them are genuinely bops. King of New York RIP.    … Expand
  5. clem666
    Dec 7, 2021
    6
    I was very surprised by the amount of material Pop Smoke left behind. 'Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon' obviously had however theI was very surprised by the amount of material Pop Smoke left behind. 'Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon' obviously had however the unavoidable need to be paved with many and many featurings. Some quite decent and appropriate, others totally irrelevant and money-directed. Some even dramatically overshadow Smoke's presence.

    Surprisingly, it feels much better to hear Pop Smoke explore other genres than his classic drill approach. Even if the producers couldn't help but push Smoke into its less original and more superficial tendencies in order to satisfy an audience that is content with mind-numbing repetition. Some (few) punchlines are highly interesting and depict a part of the artist we didn't know much about but the rest is just composed of simple and widely common rap themes. There is a notable imbalance between bangers and slow jams all along the album. I was appalled by the amount of love and mellow songs. It is sad to admit that only his voice will remain as the most outstanding element of Pop Smoke's success.    … Expand
  6. thenapster005
    Jul 31, 2020
    5
    Average album. Not great, but not terrible......................................
  7. ShovelReviews
    May 21, 2021
    3
    If a spreadsheet made by a music executive decided to release an album, this is what it would sound like.

    Throughout it's hour long    If a spreadsheet made by a music executive decided to release an album, this is what it would sound like.

    Throughout it's hour long runtime, the record is simultaneously unfocused and repetitive. Almost every song lacks any sort of innovative sampling, relying on a mass-produced trap beat instead. If Pop Smoke's lyrics were interesting enough to stand by themselves, this wouldn't be a problem. But unfortunately, the musical unoriginality is backed up by lyrical blandness. The only songs that can consistently carry a train of thoughts from one stanza to the next are the ones that talk about sex. On all the other songs, the lyrics start talking about sex too, although this time it's more because they don't know what else to talk about. Occasionally they'll discuss drugs or money, just to spice things up a bit. The large numbers of features don't bring in anything new either, as the one-shot , thrown into the song with no direction, rarely bridge back to anything else sung. The one bright spot is Pop Smoke's voice - gravelly, uber-confident, and *different* from the rest of the rap game. I wish everything else in the album had the same uniqueness.    … Expand
  8. michaelmendz
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un álbum demasiado largo, te aburres a mitad del disco y no lo puedes disfrutar… Expand

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