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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the rapper was produced by Tommee Profitt and features a guest appearance from Sasha Sloan.
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- Record Label: Virgin EMI
- Genre(s): Rap, Midwest Rap, Contemporary Rap, Christian Rap
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 6
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Mixed: 3 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Aug 16, 2019His knack for personal lyricism over melodramatic production makes his latest album, The Search, an impactful listening experience and validation for the aforementioned comparison.
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Oct 15, 2019There are more nuanced (and enjoyable) approaches to records focused on depression. Elzhi’s “Lead Poison” is still the one I’d recommend first but NF impresses on “The Search”. ... By stripping that away, his barrage of words – married with the booming, cinematic production (credited as NF and Tommee Profitt) – is surprisingly digestible.
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Aug 16, 2019In both vocal cadence and lyrical content, NF falls somewhere between Eminem and Twenty One Pilots' Tyler Joseph, while channeling the former's rage and the latter's emotive introspection. As such, The Search is a heavy and emotionally exhausting listen, brimming with troubling allusions to suicide and soul-baring pain.
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Aug 16, 2019He’s an objectively strong rapper who makes work with a moral valence — just like Cordae, just like Chance, just like Lamar or Logic or J. Cole. Where NF falls short is that he mostly works in one gear.
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Aug 16, 2019He is a genuinely engaging artist who raps with impressive intensity and clarity, if not nuance. He confronts his incurable sadness head-on, and it’s easy to identify with his mental health struggles. But for an album about depression, The Search contains a noticeable lack of tension and interior texture.
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Aug 16, 2019NF also shares Eminem’s shrillness and distorted sense of volume, rapping like he’s putting on the world’s loudest Punch and Judy show. He spends much of The Search darting in and out of an overbearing rappity-rap snarl-yell that can cut right through you if you don’t relate to his roiling anger.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 103 out of 109
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Mixed: 0 out of 109
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Negative: 6 out of 109
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Aug 18, 2019Always keeps it 100 and so many people can relate to his music keep going on we love you NF
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Aug 17, 2019Very personal and real! This album can pick you up through your toughest times. Nate has a lot of courage for doing this. Album of the year!
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Aug 17, 2019
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Aug 18, 2019
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Mar 26, 2021The album is amazing, the music is awesome and has been sung with passion, definitely one of my favorite albums
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Aug 17, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 29, 2019Trash and boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnngggg
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