Most of the songs are focused on very honest side of addiction of the author.
You can hear very strong influence of the age and lifestyle.
Knowing how essential and inspirational this album was for the history, you can hear many sounds and themes that were later rediscovered by whole generation of artists and music styles.
Raw and Honest album in every sense ( music, lyrics, themes, solos)
Essential old-school RAP album discussing wide range of topics from zeitgeist and daily reality of some people.
Music and melodies that influenced and keep inspiring generations.
Incorporated whole idea of Wu-Tang through whole album with all lyrical and musical references.
Heavy influence on melodic hip-hop and trip hop.
Although I feel like this album speaks mostly to the generations of USA with some pop culture moments and nostalgia caching up around the world but generally speaking this might be less interesting listen to people out of generation/culture of USA in terms of lyrics. Melodies are crossing generations and borders.
Solid Jazz Album with funky vibe. I wouldn't say that it was something I haven't heard before and it was life changing. Good background music I guess.
Indie-pop-rock album that discuss the topic of growing up in suburbs into the very depth of it. Production and music is amazing and its accompanied with lyrics that makes you stop and rethink your potential experiences of moving away from place you used to grow and and what kind of person you might have become.
I am sorry to all the fans but I can not really listen to this for more than 2 minutes without being bored to death. Lo-Fi girl 24/7 video is more entertaining for me than this. I do not doubt that people who enjoy this have many good things to say. Usually I try to be objective with ratings but I dont think I have anything positive to say about this. I dont even feel this album got much impact on music of todays and time is usually biggest art critique. I guess it might not have stood the test of time then.
Very monotonous album.
Every song sounds very much same which makes the experience dreadful.
Album itself is pretty much on the trend of 2009 sound where most of the songs sounds exactly same.
I can not draw much positive from this album.
Surprisingly not so bad for Scottish Reggae. It is not a life changing album neither performance but it does mix well Reggae and Rock. I just can not stop thinking how hilarious he has to look while doing this accent since I can hardly believe this is how he sounds with his speaking voice.
3.5/5
Average
I guess okay. Not my cup of tea but it’s not bad in any way
This is my very first time listening to The Smashing Pumpkins and I always thought their music is bit harder.
There are some very famous riffs and lyrics but the sound is very monotonous for my taste.
I can see the influence of the age where many bands had very similar sound and annunciation. I dont think this album showed much of a range for the band.
Great
Personal taste opinion. I tried to be non-biased but this type of music does not speak to me at all.
The guitar there is pretty insane.
There is something that hits so right with all those Psychedelic Rock albums from those times.
From the esthetics to the instruments and topics. It all sends you to a different dimension which I guess is what good art is about. Raw recordings of instruments and usage of classic music makes this extra lovely experience.
I am sorry but I do not get this album. Its all over the place. Sounds like music for advertisements. The Who in general is popular in random movies and advertisements but this was just not good in my eyes.
Sheryl Crow is so confusing for me since when I hear her I can tell she is great but somehow I am not target for her songs.
All I wanna do is still such a bop that I can not give this bad rating.
She is everything Taylor Swift should be but never will.
Just an average sounding album.
Evening after work chill music for me
Just really beautiful. Might be outdated on todays tempo of songs but its still a beautiful one.
Really good. Amazing music. Lyrics are not completely nonsense too. Definitely takes you places
Little bit boring
I really hate this type of music. I am so sorry
Lyrics are really cheesy by the todays standards but Snoop Dogg is a brand and he is selling the well crafted and maintained story. If you think about this as a concept album with GTA Vice City radio vibes, this is genius. I assume that this had to be game changing at the time of the release for some people and basically become staple piece from then.
They definitely have specific sounds but it makes every song sounds the same. I got fatigue from listening to this album. Forgot what day, time, year it is since every second of album sounds alike.
This albums face slaps me straight to the childhood, watching Charmed on TV after school. Very first song I heard from this was You Oughta Know on a singing competition. While barely speaking any English or picking up lyrics I still remember how much I was affected by the strength of that songs. This song is soaked up with raw emotions which are communicated so clear without even needing to speak English to understand.
Not as groundbreaking as other might say just because they remember few songs from MTV.
Too theatrical for me.
Sounds like Jack Black doing Broadway musical.
+1 point for Album cover painted by Bob Dylan and whole their bromance thing that was going on.
I know its Prince and I am supposed to rate high but I think album is just okay. I was not blown away and I barely remember any tune or song after listening so I guess its not that life-changing art.
Surprisingly not as annoying I would be afraid it can be compared to bands that sounds/sounded similar.
Little bit too much. After half of the album I got this creepy vibe that someone is hitting on me so I had to stop.
Boring
My second Prince album and I still does not understand the appeal. If someone can explain me why person with cartoonish voice singing about sex should be appealing? I am not saying it aged badly but I don’t see how would this succeed released today
Average. Taylor Swift of old generation and same as her it’s just and ordinary and average. Might resonate with people since it’s so generic.
Got excited for a bit with something new but very fast got into the ‘Meeeh’
Terrible singing pretentious and monotonous singing voice. Really poor lyricism which is driven by storytelling but of such a cliché topics.
Mature and solid. Wonder how would rating change for a generation that is not so familiar with Adele in future.
I listen to this at least once per month
Very experimental in my “eyes”
Nostalgic 4 stars
Big Guitar Hero vibes. There are some hits, very distinct sound and definitely stable for some people. Not as bad as I was expecting but did not surprise either.
This is peak Muse for me.
For very specific vibes and situations
Bearable
Classic, hard to argue with
Psychedelic quintessentials with The Red Telephone. Yes, please
I was bopping my head whole time
Bop after bop.
Very good memories for this album and I saw them perfoming few songs of this album live.
Meh
Production feel way more modern than 1992 tbh
This type of melody I heard many times in all the old movies in Europe so it is not really new experience.
Not my cup of tea but I can tell its quality music
This sound somehow more authentic than so many other bands.
The guitar work is great, but Iggy’s performance feels overtly theatrical, which was clearly the point. It captures the chaos of its time, though it hasn’t aged gracefully to modern ears used to the “authenticity” era. The record carries a distinct vibe of its era, both shaped by it and probably helping to shape it in future. Second half of the album felt little bit more refined in some way and the references sounds more clear. I am not sure if that was intentional or not.
4
(mostly for the era defining qualities and uncompromised style)
3
(personally and without context)
