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Aug 25, 2017With a few misfires and a fairly traditional take on narrative set aside, Mensa’s Autobiography is still so well-crafted that it makes (almost) every track worthwhile.
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Aug 7, 2017While Mensa’s flow is capable enough (especially on the opening two tracks, which are some of the album’s best), he also indulges in some painfully cheesy lines, from references to television shows long dead (“Tryna take over the world like Pinky and the Brain”) no matter how ham-fisted (“If she see her name, she get Goku tough”).
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Jul 28, 2017As Vic Mensa will continue to be one of hip-hop's most buzzed about figures, his full-length Roc Nation debut is a patchy tale of contemporary rap, as Mensa tries to find the line between intimate self-confessions and "inspirational" anthems.
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Jul 28, 2017The trouble is that the timbre of his voice is a little colourless, and audibly draws on the intonation of others: the laconic astonishment of Big Sean, the conversational musicality of J Cole and Common, and the jazzy hectoring of Mensa’s beef target, Drake. He may need another three years to craft a voice of his own.
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Aug 9, 2017While the LP is worth the wait and a worthy debut, it lacks the explosive selections and raw exuberance that put Vic’s Innanetape mixtape in classic territory and ignited his buzz.
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