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Sep 8, 2023Owusu could have gone any number of ways on his sophomore set, but it's a testament to his artistic conviction that he chose to make something so risky and complex. Even better, he pulled it off.
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Aug 21, 2023Struggler continues to convey his strife with a remarkable singularity.
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Aug 18, 2023With Struggler Genesis Owusu has followed through on his potential, and hopefully won’t be getting the boot from listeners anytime soon.
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Aug 18, 2023There’s a lot to unpack across STRUGGLER. The demands it places on listeners to fully connect with the material are more than warranted.
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Aug 17, 2023It’s a fantastic example of how artists can still come to a project with tonnes of contextual flavour that they want to include and not have it overpower the entire dish.
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Aug 17, 2023There’s a little less edge than on debut ‘Smiling With No Teeth’, but a softer lens offers more variety, and Genesis Owusu sails the spectrum of human experience with ease to make something just as weighty as the literature that inspired it.
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Aug 17, 2023With Struggler, he's proven that he's a singular talent, overcoming the sophomore slump and putting the world on notice by taking everything that made Smiling with No Teeth so special and digging deeper, building a world that's uniquely his own.
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Aug 17, 2023Genesis Owusu crafted an out-of-body experience of a sophomore LP. In a fit of cascading synths and lively flows, STRUGGLER has the artist not only attempting to understand the world around him but reimagining his already innovative style
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Aug 17, 2023Much of ‘Struggler’ may be unsettled but it never feels restless.
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Aug 17, 2023While Smiling spreaded itself thin at times, Owusu sounds more settled on Struggler and contorts his voice less.