Ctrl

Pleasant r&B voice, usual sex content, but not very amusing or opaque. I liked the minimalist backing music. Nothing too complicated or over produced. Occasionally vocal would better left alone without any effects. Quite ordinary in general.

Atrocious lyrics. Auto-tune vocals. Dull tunes. Worthy of a zero.

Good contemporary stuff, although a bit too forward for my sensitive ears. Don’t think it has long term staying power though, very much on the disposable end of the pop spectrum (unlike, for example, Solangés album, which is a clear inspiration)

Blurry slurred delivery and lazy beats. A lot of it sounds like the same couple of ideas endlessly reworked. Nice enough but a bit shrug really.

5/10

Not really for me, liked a couple of tracks such as Go Gina.

5/10

I respekt the talent. But this one just ain't for me dawg

It's a solid album not bad not perfect. It has some good songs "like doves in the wind". I liked the album but I probably won't listen to it again any time soon.

Mediokert svag trea fr Några bra men i allmänhet tråkigt!

Nice r&b with cool murky beats on some tracks. I think this list could have stopped being updated at 2005 though, just a thought

Bra grejer, musiken lät bra och jag tyckte SZAs meddelande var positivt och välakrivet.

Meh - whiny stuff about shagging gaidos

I’m kicking myself for not listening to this sooner!

Not for me

meh, not my bag at all but fairly acceptable. its nice to see banging on about your genitals isn't just a male rapper thing.

Pussy juice exploding right in my eyes. It stings a little, but feels wonderful. I mix it with acid and throw it at innocent bystanders in the street. Fuck them.

What an absolute fuck monster. If Shakin' Stevens got Parkinson's, would it still be acceptable to call him Shakin' Stevens?

This is pleasant enough but I struggle to see why it is put on such a high pedestal, it sounds a lot like all the other neo-soul/alternative R&B out there. It's no A Seat At The Table.

SZA has talent and this album is a bop. For me probably not a modern-day classic but that's for the critics to decide, I guess.

5/10

holy fuck she sounds obnoxious and i hate her voice

Love Sza’s lyrics, vocals are great, music is good

listened to the first track for a bit, thought I'd skip forward a bit to see what the rest is like. Nearly gave it a complete no, but then Prom came along which was ok (for me) Couple more tracks - then decided no, to much other good stuff to listen to in this world

Big fan of this album

Nope

Didn't expect to like it....loved it!

Me agradó mucho la idea original de uno de los discos recientes y que no había ni escuchado el nombre de la artista. Triste decepción. La música por sí sola está bien. Nada especial, nada malo, simplemente bien. Si fuera solo un instrumental, habría sido un álbum intermedio, pero no lo fue. La mayor desventaja de este álbum fueron las voces y las letras. Fueron horribles. Realmente terrible. No soy de los que deberían hablar de lo buenas que son las voces porque de seguro en menos de lo que espero voy a estar alabando en esta misma lista a alguien como Patti Smith, pero este estilo de canto de sonsonete R&B moderno que el chiste es sonar de hueva no lo aguanto. No sé cómo describirlo, pero si quien lo escuchó creo lo entenderá (y probablemente habrá quien no esté de acuerdo conmigo). Realmente no puedo soportar ese estilo vocal. Si en algún momento descubre cómo dejar de cantar con hielo seco en la boca, pudiera interesarme. Las letras también bastante sosas. El peor ejemplo es "Doves in the Wind". No me molestan en lo más mínimo las canciones sexuales y de hecho con la colaboración esperaba que me pudiera agradar pero fue quizá de lo peor del disco. No sé si se supone que tiene algo de comedia. De cualquier manera, no mejoró la canción. No hubo nada especial ni interesante en este disco. Como dije, la instrumentación estaba bien. Si quisiera esa instrumentación, puedo poner esas mezclas lo-fi de 10 horas para trabajar que hay en youtube. Realmente no hay nada más que decir sobre este disco, el contenido está intentando ser mucho y no ofrece nada. No encajó conmigo.

R&B genérico y aburrido. Empieza bien (tanto como me puede gustar el género) y después se cae en la colaboración con Kendrick Lamar. La primera vez que lo escuché no me había parecido tan malo y meses después vi que no lo había calificado. En esta segunda vuelta me quedé con las ganas de escuchar lo que según yo me había gustado. 1.5 estrellas que bajan a 1 porque va directo al olvido.

Ya sabemos que no me gusta el rap y/o hip hop, pero que encima canten como víctimas de un accidente cardiovascular en el cerebro, no más ya no. Ctrl + Alt + Del

Ctrl is SZA's debut album containing R&B/neo Soul music. The production was well done and SZA's lyrics are beautiful, so it was no wonder that this album received widespread acclaim at release, and is now certified double platinum. The emphasis of this album is on SZA's voice and songwriting skills, backed by slow jams. Honestly, this isn't my type of music so I'm a little biased when I say that this album didn't hold my attention. I also hate to describe an album this way, but this one feels like a "girl's" album. The album is a coming-of-age musical performance for the young women of this generation, that touches on topics of relationships, sex, love, jealousy, anxiety, self-esteem, and social media, all from SZA's point of view based on her life. SZA released a pretty amazing debut album and she is still one of the top female singers of today.

Raw, harsh, by turns aggressive and melancholic.

😼

This may be a tad harsh because I didn’t give it my full attention…. I’ll try and revisit!

Inconsistent, but very good when it gets its stride. Highlight tracks: 4, 8, 9, 10

There's a lot of talent here, but I can't do R&B, it's just dull.

Have heard this album praised before and this listen was good confirmation of that. Shocked I'd never listened before!

4.4 + An honest and raw survey of love and sex from the perspective of a young female of color. SZA unbares herself emotionally, and at times it sounds like she's almost ugly-crying while handing me her phone so I can read a text from bae. Despite the rawness of emotion, the songs themselves are sophisticated with interesting chord structures and arrangements. Also, SZA's voice is just delicious. Highlights: "Supermodel", "The Weekend", "20 Something."

yeah, no, its bad

I don’t think I am SZAs target market but this was pretty good with lots of weird sounds and odd twists and turns.

I started hating this, (how many times can you say “f**k” and “p***y” in one song), but some of the other songs were pretty catchy. I just feel like the first couple of songs scraped the bottom of the barrel of depravity and immaturity I couldn’t enjoy the rest of the album. 🤷🏽‍♂️ To each his own.

Modernt RnB

Bad

How is this trash different to all the other RNB shite?

It doesn't warrant a 1-star review but it's a low 2. Generic bland r&b and the only songs that stood out for me were for the wrong reason, except the last song "20 something". She has a nice voice.

Not my bag but wasn't bad I guess. Hard to have an opinion

Didn't mind that but found it quite boring...

Not the usual genre I listen to but this was good, liked Kendrick's song

Absolutely gorgeous Normal Girl and Go Gina supremacy I loved the hints of her grandmother throughout

I like how the music is syncopated. "Weekend" was pretty good. But once you autotune, I'm out. I cannot stand autotune. I know it's on pretty much every song now, but she seems to have a good voice. She doesn't need to sound like everyone else. But with autotune? She does.

F$*&. This is what I hate about modern rap and R&B (thanks Dre). The opening track's lyrics are super deep to start and the music accompaniment is great. Her voice is also very good. Raw energy. And then it devolves into f$*&ing your man and how big his dick is. Track 3 doesn't even bother with the pretense - let's just sing about pussy. Again, thanks Dre and other trailblazers. One day I'll really delve into this because I love rock, which is often about sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Perhaps its the bluntness of R&B that gets me, and perhaps rock has more poetic innuendo. Or maybe I'm being unfair to R&B and biased toward rock. BS lyrics and typical tropes aside, there's a lot to like about the album. Drew Barrymore is awesome; real powerful. Prom is a little poppy, but I quite liked it. I kinda knew where The Weekend was going from the opening sleazy/porn beat. Kind of stayed that way for a few tracks - a little more poetry and innuendo than earlier tracks though. All in all, she is a good lyricist, just wish she'd write about deeper stuff more often (like 20 Something). Music, beats, tracks well polished.

This album get's 2 stars for the creative song-writing. The vocals however are terrible. Her voice has so much processing and auto-tune applied that maybe she should just considered song-writing for others. If you want to hear an amazing R&B that came out around the time this one did check out Kali Uchis' Isolation. It should replace CTRL in the book.

Calming, pleasant grooves...about pussy and booty. Sigh.

A beautiful, messy dive into the mind, life, and relationships of SZA. The album is aptly named, as it touches so many aspects of what control means...what does it mean to be in control? What do you get from it, or what do other people get from having it over you? Is it worth it? So many thoughts and ideas radiate from SZA's confessional record. With the emotional and narrative strength she harbors, the production and music is as equally strong. And there lies a deeper layer of control, to have such a strong presence musically while covering subjects of infidelity, betrayal, the struggles of womanhood and youth...it's so richly done. There's definitely a lot to unpack, and sometimes the album gets lost in certain moments, but it feels like an album that only ages and matures with each listen. The Kendrick feature was a little weak for me, and some sound choices were a little underwhelming, but overall I really enjoy this album. It makes you think. Consider me a fan. Favorite Songs: Prom, 20 Something Least Favorite: Wavy

Why is this here? I can easily go through life without hearing this album. Generic r&b/pop. Auto-tune, triplet beats etc. No different or exciting as anything else that's been released on the pop market for years now. Don't waste your time. Best Tracks: Supermodel; Doves (feat. Kendrick Lamar); Drew Barrymore

garbage.

Wow! Normalmente este tipo de música no es mi estilo, pero este disco me atrapó desde el inicio.

Absolutely nothing special about this - nice enough, if you like that sort of thing. I don't. It's just offensive, passive racist rubbish.

I wouldn't normally choose to listen to this music, however I did like the tracks. The lyrics, not so much.

2.5