How many singing tracks are we talking here? I wanna hear some bars

a solid chunk about 3-4 id say but the rapping is very muted and reserved

I hate when niggas make mature albums

Sampha’s Plea legit gave me goosebumps

@mods pin

Intro tough drags too long tho

Damn lowkey forgot about this, will listen later tho

It’s pretty intimate. Not really the type of music I’d check Stormzy for but maybe it’ll grow

Sampha

Yeah idk bout this album, very samey. Great BGV. Very polished and clean

Is this a Stormzy album or an Adele album? Few songs I like bout 5 songs are piano, background vocals/choir and Stormzy singing or rapping. Just too similar. Will listen again but first listen iffy

Boring ass album

Bad Blood >>

i told you

i told ya

I get what he was going for but this s*** is soooo samey

Same piano ballads and hushed vocals for like more than half the album. You can still make these kind of albums work, but hey, points for trying I guess

Let me know which song I should listen to

Really solid album

Needed more juls

Will listen after the England game

True but I like when artists switch it up like this

Title track

Gang Signs & Prayers had ballads too

Definitely, as did Heavy Is The Head. But I think this one leans into that direction even more strongly than the others did

even with all the issues dave sometimes has with his music he at least can make those serious songs way more compelling like both sides of a smile doesn’t feel like 8 minutes but the intro to stormzy album feels like 8 years.

dave also pads out his albums with a few party anthems which links well with the theme of the album. i admire stormzy for doing an album with a consistent theme and sound in this kind of direction but it doesn’t help if the music isn’t that compslling