Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Ok, you lost me. Never heard of them or this album. Please share the reason this album made the Top1001 list? It has to be based solely on the message, which isn't a valid reason in my opinion to include an album in the Top 1001, or every Bob Marley album would be on here. That decision should be focused on entire package - the choice to include it was not based on the music, not the delivery, maybe the vibe, not the influence, not the hits, & not the underwhelming vocals. The message is necessary today, but much of this is like spoken poetry with a beat. I believe it was created to wake people up and see the light, noble and needed, but the album is not "essential listening", unless the goal is to open eyes. Even the "hit", "Wildfires" (with 154M listens) was average & went nowhere. "Why We Cry Why We Die", another popular listener track, was boring, repetitive & also went nowhere. "Monsters" felt like it could have been on the radio with a bit more polish, or at least used in a movie, it felt modern & had some urgency. I missed the point I guess, but I'm a music first listener, I'm not reading into the lyrics or message for enjoyment. If it makes me bob my head, dance, play air guitar, bang on invisible drums, get a rush or feel like I need to move then the music has done its job, this album had none of that.
lol
Congratulations to myself for surviving through the very end.
Too generic.
This NPR-ass bullshit is example infinity for why Brits can’t do hip hop. Wish I could give it zero stars.
There was nothing soulful or funky about this album. I suppose the message behind the music is meant with good intentions but this blows. The production is shit, the mixing is horrendous, and it felt so damn long for 56 minutes. The attempt at being "unapologetically black" is laughable. Piggybacking off the BLM movement this misses the mark so bad. A weak effort at trying to make something radical and inspiring. Best - Wildfires Worst - most of the album 1.50/5
Did nothing for me. I found it boring a flat.
Langweilig Langweilig Langweilig Fazit: Langweilig
This is the LaCroix of R&B, and maybe even music in general. This is muzak that thinks it has something to say. Repeating the words “Don’t Shoot Guns Down” over and over doesn’t make it meaningful. An annoying experience that unfortunately I can’t rate higher than a 1.
Truly terrible. Boring and pretentious.
If it weren't for the godawful speaking in certain songs, this album would be great. Unfortunately though, the speaking voice smothers any chance this album had of being remotely good...
No one in this group knows how to write lyrics. Bit of a cringefest tbh. "Black, black, black, black etc" is not saying anything of any worth. I absolutely support equality for everyone but this was just fucking dull with extremely cliché lyrics.
I didn't enjoy this album at all. Lyrically and musically, it's not there. Couldn't get past Wildfires.
Gemiddelde: 4,2 Album als geheel: 4,5 EINDCIJFER 4,3
Racist nonsense. "I'm not the asshole, everyone else is!"
What the fu)$ is this??? Is this sex music or protest music. Im confussed. Experimental speak easy music that is not great for either. This album could easily be erased from this list
Forgotten it already,
I'd rather pick the dried shit out of a dead sheep's fleece and use it as a toothpick than listen to this utter wank again.
Garbage
Not my kind of music
Not for me. She has a nice voice, but there's not much to the music.
Awful.
I could not wait for this to be over. So many of the songs were insufferable. Did this make it just to have something from 2020 on the list? There had to be better albums. Even the songs that started out alright went on way too long. “Wildfires” and “Pray Up Stay Up” are the only two songs I didn’t absolutely hate, but it was a low bar.
Horrendous.
Preachy church synth with too much talking, mostly unlistenable. Albums 5 & 11 are more musically interesting. Zero adds to Kaizen Project.
Victim.
Boring
I get it. There's a message. But it has the lyrical complexity of a thirteen year old's essay. Boring lyrics and repetitious music don't do it for me.
Surpreendeu por aparecer um disco de 2020 na lista, e negativamente por ser de hiphop.
Sabes cómo a veces uno encuentra ese disco, ESE DISCO que es como si hubiese sido escrito sólo para ti? Es como una terapia musical, cada canción, cada frase te llega justo así (meme de Pacha). Bueno, estoy seguro que este disco es eso para mucha gente, pero resulta que no lo es para mí.
Go ahead, tell me I didn’t get this album. I didn’t finish it, nor did I enjoy it. Some of the songs are pretty decent, but they seem to break off in weird ways as soon as I even start to enjoy it. It feels unorganized and all over the place. The whole message is hard to take in when it’s presented like an ASMR video every other track.
wildfires instrumental
While I can appreciate music that does not aim to appeal to the masses, this album had little or no emotion, repetitive instruments, bland lyrics, no creativity, the whole album felt like filler
Weirdly bland and also jarring.
Litteän harmaa mukautuva kulttuuri. Ei kiinnosta että albumi kuulostaa hyvältä kokonaisuudelta, jos en aio kuunnella sitä uudestaan. Tässä pelleily on viety astetta pidemmälle ja raivattu tunne pois pelistä. Vaikka kappaleet kuulostavat hyvältä, ei niillä kavuta kovin korkealle. Miksei tänään ole saman verran tilaa olla originaali kuin -90 ja -00-luvuilla? Jokin, joka yrittää ilmaista kauneutta, mielikuvitusta, merkityksen etsimistä, oman erikoisosaamisen hallintaa, tarkoitusta, alkaa kilpailla asian kanssa, joka on huomion kääre, mutta ei ymmärryksen. Sitoutuminen sisältöön, mutta ei tutkiminen tai uuden luominen. Tämä sisältö on post-Internet aikakauden ongelma, joka on ruokkinut ja kasvattanut tämän albumin, siinä lempeydessä ja rakkaudessa mitä ennalta määritetyn massasisällön tuottaminen on.
Bland, repetitive, uninteresting, unappealing, I could go on
One track does not an album make! Wildfires the only track of substance, the rest was protest rhetoric of no quality. I'm trying to up my game and be polite in my review of this album, because normally I'd have just said its a load of shit.
Tehnyt viimeisen parin vuoden aikana noin kymmenen tunnin pituista levyä. Kiva juttu, mutta eihän tässä hyvistä biiseistä ole kysymys.
Not sure what this was. It seemed to be some nice beats with little rhythmic vamps and some speeches over top. Nothing really interesting.
"Finally we reach the end". Yep, that's exactly how I feel about this album. Whinging set to a drumbeat. Where's the music?
Genre: Contemporary R&B
This is not for me. I liked bits of some songs but not all of any song. The closest was Monster. Disjointed and distracting. I’ve never heard this album (or group) before and heard nothing that compels me to listen again.
Sorry. Didn't get it. I guess I'm too old.
Blah
not for me
I feel like there was probably a message in this album, but I was bored as fuck and tuned out. Somehow this is only an hour long - it felt like 2. I just wanted this shit to end after song 5. IM SAULTY 1/10
Pretty easy to listen to. But if you like this type of music, then go listen to Moby, whom they mimicked, and get your money's worth.
This didn't talk to me.
Not keen
Just terrible. Would have sounded derivative in 1996, now just puzzling why anyone would make something so dull. Couldn't even finish it
Meh