Under Pressure
by Logic
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Oct 21, 2014
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 332 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 301 out of 332
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 332
  3. Negative: 17 out of 332
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  1. Dgravy
    May 13, 2015
    3
    This album has its minimal highs and its hellish lows. Logic's flow and voice are pleasing to the ear, but his lyrical content is next to nonexistent. From repeating "kill em" four times to the vomit worthy reveal that "nikki" is nicotine, this albums lyrics are poor, and I feel that a good hip hop album needs content beyond face value, something to make you think.
  2. JamieCal
    May 10, 2015
    3
    A pastiche of all around it. Watered down and easily digestible with hyperactive flows which must mean there is something in them, right?....r..r..rright? I could give the guy a pass for his subject matter, but the songwriting and music itself are hideous. One of those guys that everyone gets excited about over some freestyles of beats the public has already accepted. Hey, he rhymed a lotA pastiche of all around it. Watered down and easily digestible with hyperactive flows which must mean there is something in them, right?....r..r..rright? I could give the guy a pass for his subject matter, but the songwriting and music itself are hideous. One of those guys that everyone gets excited about over some freestyles of beats the public has already accepted. Hey, he rhymed a lot of words there, maybe he could make a song of his o- wait, no, identity-less and insipid like 99% of fast-rappers.… Expand

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#20 Most Discussed Album of 2014
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#6 Most Shared Album of 2014

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Rolling Stone
    Nov 5, 2014
    40
    This album is all surface-level, free of sharp punch lines ("I been Hungary like Budapest") or metaphors that connect.
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  2. RapReviews.com
    Oct 29, 2014
    90
    When nostalgic old-timers lament the golden age of hip-hop, for those championing our current era, Under Pressure is the album to point to.
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  3. Sputnikmusic
    Oct 29, 2014
    20
    It’s not a verbatim copy of Kendrick’s work, but it’s every bit the stylistic counterfeit, and while it, along with the other mentions above, could be seen as imitations done in reverence had they been released on a free mixtape, their use on an album is no doubt a calculated effort to profit off of the ideas and work of another who did it first, in an attempt to capitalize on the ignorance of those listeners who may not know better.
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