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- Summary: The second full-length release for R&B artist Brent Faiyaz features guest appearances from Tre' Amani, DJ Dahi, Drake, Joony, Alicia Keys, and The Neptunes.
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- Record Label: Lost Kids
- Genre(s): R&B
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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Mixed: 2 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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Jul 20, 2022Even with a lengthy tracklist, WASTELAND is economical and patient with its time. Songs are given a chance to breathe and arrive at their full potential rather than being sequenced and chopped to appease streaming requirements.
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Aug 2, 2022The high quality of its majority shows that the singer/songwriter is at a new creative peak.
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Jul 20, 2022If ‘WASTELAND’ doesn’t quite match the hype then perhaps that’s due to the impact Brent Faiayz has had across his catalogue. An artist who commands cross-genre respect, his particular brand of R&B has been much-imitated, but never truly bettered.
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Jul 20, 2022Trippy, fitful and attitudinal; there are almost no classic soul arrangements, nor even the hard swing of 1990s hip-hop soul. “Wasteland” demonstrates the limitations of that approach as often as its strengths. ... Faiyaz sings with conviction, but he’s rarely grounded. Instead, he lives somewhere out in space — a man regarding his experiences from afar. Its production, which zigzags, wheezes and soothes, rarely feeling steady, sometimes tells the story more effectively than he does.
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Jul 20, 2022Thankfully, the execution often surpasses the ideas—these are intricate tracks, twinkling through layers of texture. But they get clogged in swerves and side-steps.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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Jul 31, 2022I love the album, it's very rare to listen to a whole album without skipping.
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Jul 22, 2022Toxicity At Its Best. WANTED TO SEE HOW THIS WOULD BE DIFFERENT TO HIS LAST ALBUM
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Jul 20, 2022excellent
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