Jul 31, 2023·1 reply
Skinn Foley3/5 is a great score and HHDX is awesome
3/5 is considered mixed on metacritic. It’s in no way a great score. It’s passable
Jul 31, 2023deleteduser2863So it’s not even surprising that “K-Pop” exists, a diabolically stupid plan to create the most popular song in the world. You have Travis, the Weeknd, and Bad Bunny fusing their croons together over a sauceless Afropop rhythm on a track where the title supposedly isn’t a reference to the Korean pop genre to game extra clicks, but has the same effect. The algorithms will love it, congrats on the hit song. Surprised he didn’t round out the chart-chasing by hitting up Morgan Wallen.
bro was spittingyep
Jul 31, 2023·1 reply
humeydean blunts my guy & no doubt he’s involved, so I’m definitely interested lol rocky generally has good taste in who to involve so even if it’s ass it should be an interesting listen Lmao
I can’t fully ignore an album with Dean Blunt, Madlib and Alchist involvement imma always pop out lmao plus I wanna know what Morrissey contributed
Jul 31, 2023
NoirAre you playing a bit here or are you arguing sincerely that one verse in 73 minutes invalidates every criticism of the album being vacuous
I just said a lot is between the lines? I'm not using one example, I didn't even list an example?
- Jul 31, 2023Freight
3/5 is considered mixed on metacritic. It’s in no way a great score. It’s passable
6/10 is a solid score idk
Bernie X 🙊Jul 31, 2023SegaDreamFlash“Aren’t you a huge Carti d***rider” got me in tears yall be going for the jugular on here man
Niggas just be acting like we can’t see them
Jul 31, 2023
JeffersonSteelflexfor reference, I like Veeze but how is this album better than Utopia?
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/veeze-ganger/
I’m not knocking but i’m geniuely curious as to how people think this album is better, I’d love to hear opinions
utopia has higher highs but i 100% will listen to more songs from ganger longer than i will listen to the 3/4 songs i like from utopia
Jul 31, 2023·3 replieshumeyit is? panned or criticized find this hard to believe lol
So far seen HipHopDX, Pitchfork, and Jayson Buford completely obliterate this album and not just "criticize" it but genuinely trying their hardest to find new creative ways to call something bad
Jul 31, 2023Fair score imo. Id rate it around the same, 6-6.5
Jul 31, 2023·2 repliesandroidhuasSo far seen HipHopDX, Pitchfork, and Jayson Buford completely obliterate this album and not just "criticize" it but genuinely trying their hardest to find new creative ways to call something bad
A middling review doesn’t get clicks!
Jul 31, 2023Accurate rating
- Jul 31, 2023·3 replies
These criticisms are as soulless and vapid as the artist they are accusing Travis of being.
Travis has never been a great lyricist or touched on any important sociopolitical topics - acting like Utopia revealed any of this is disingenuous and hypocritical. I can name 10 other artists off the top of my head that aren't superior lyricists to travis yet no one expects them to be.
This album is literally just 2023 Owl Pharaoh but if it was full of Antidotes and Beibs in the Traps it'd be universally loved. Thank GOD that is not the case
- Jul 31, 2023sfsorrow
A middling review doesn’t get clicks!
Exactly! lol
Jul 31, 2023androidhuasSo far seen HipHopDX, Pitchfork, and Jayson Buford completely obliterate this album and not just "criticize" it but genuinely trying their hardest to find new creative ways to call something bad
isn’t jayson buford the guy who did that bullshit ass mac miller article and then recited it in front of his white peers in an attempt for validation
lol
- Jul 31, 2023sfsorrow
A middling review doesn’t get clicks!
definitely true lol
- Jul 31, 2023androidhuas
These criticisms are as soulless and vapid as the artist they are accusing Travis of being.
Travis has never been a great lyricist or touched on any important sociopolitical topics - acting like Utopia revealed any of this is disingenuous and hypocritical. I can name 10 other artists off the top of my head that aren't superior lyricists to travis yet no one expects them to be.
This album is literally just 2023 Owl Pharaoh but if it was full of Antidotes and Beibs in the Traps it'd be universally loved. Thank GOD that is not the case
Antidote hard
But yes I agree
Hopefully this doesn't hit Trav too hard personally, I think it really gets to him when people just hammer him with brutal and deliberately hurtful reactions to his music. That Deadspin article from back in the day was disgusting
- Jul 31, 2023·1 replyandroidhuas
So far seen HipHopDX, Pitchfork, and Jayson Buford completely obliterate this album and not just "criticize" it but genuinely trying their hardest to find new creative ways to call something bad
It's a weird album to crusade against because I'm not sure what else anyone expected from it. It's lavish wallpaper music, only more lavish and perhaps more wallpapery than usual. I don't know. Travis has never been a big critical favorite but now he's a target, probably because of the Astroworld deaths.
- Jul 31, 2023SegaDreamFlash
I can’t fully ignore an album with Dean Blunt, Madlib and Alchist involvement imma always pop out lmao plus I wanna know what Morrissey contributed
yeah I’m saying lol..hope he doesn’t waste these joints though..if he actually features morrissey is the wildcard will prob tank his sales but I still need it
- Jul 31, 2023·3 repliesNoir
It's a weird album to crusade against because I'm not sure what else anyone expected from it. It's lavish wallpaper music, only more lavish and perhaps more wallpapery than usual. I don't know. Travis has never been a big critical favorite but now he's a target, probably because of the Astroworld deaths.
This is exactly what im saying. When Gunna drops an. album no one is talking to me about no f***ing lyrics and substance lmao.
acting like ur just now finding out Travis doesnt make introspective music in 2023 either makes you dishonest or incredibly stupid
- Jul 31, 2023·1 reply
Utopia is trash
Don’t compare it to Yeezus. Ye’s creativity is light years away. Yeezus is 10 tracks with maybe 1 miss. Ratio better
- Jul 31, 2023androidhuas
This is exactly what im saying. When Gunna drops an. album no one is talking to me about no f***ing lyrics and substance lmao.
acting like ur just now finding out Travis doesnt make introspective music in 2023 either makes you dishonest or incredibly stupid
Shane Morris flexing his journalist connections from the blog era to try and destroy LaFlame
But he'll never catch him falling off
- Jul 31, 2023·3 repliesMr touchdown
Utopia is trash
Don’t compare it to Yeezus. Ye’s creativity is light years away. Yeezus is 10 tracks with maybe 1 miss. Ratio better
Do you remember how you felt when you listened to Yeezus for the first time? Did you listen for the first time in 2013?
Jul 31, 2023deleteduser2863So it’s not even surprising that “K-Pop” exists, a diabolically stupid plan to create the most popular song in the world. You have Travis, the Weeknd, and Bad Bunny fusing their croons together over a sauceless Afropop rhythm on a track where the title supposedly isn’t a reference to the Korean pop genre to game extra clicks, but has the same effect. The algorithms will love it, congrats on the hit song. Surprised he didn’t round out the chart-chasing by hitting up Morgan Wallen.
bro was spittingIf he had featured Morgan this s*** would've been #1 for real tho
- Jul 31, 2023·1 replymedschooldropout24
Do you remember how you felt when you listened to Yeezus for the first time? Did you listen for the first time in 2013?
probably the most polarizing mainstream release of the 2010s
it was simultaneously the highest and lowest rated album by critics that year
