So, here it is. It was announced on July 18th and it has finally been released after what feels like months of hype and anticipation. But was it worth the wait? Keep reading to find out our opinion. A comprehensive Weazel News review. Where Can I Hear It?Before we get into the review, it's important that you know where you can hear it should you decide it's worth your time. The album is, however, completely FREE to listen to and download. First ImpressionsBefore we get into this, it's important for you to at least know what genre of music the album is. Every track is rap music, or at least contains rapping at some point on the track. When you first listen to the album, you're presented with a really creepy instrumental beat, after a short (7 second) sound-free image of the album cover. This song is really eerie, but is made even creepier when the growling starts. What we can say is that whoever made that growling sound effect was extremely talented, because it's really creepy. To be honest, we still don't know what this short track is about. It contains no singing or rapping over it. It is only an instrumental. After that, however, you're thrown right into another song. This song is really upbeat and contains plenty of singing and rapping over it. This song is by one of their new artists, Amirra, and is a very over-sexual song about how another girl's man wants her, too. It is actually a really good song, but has very graphic and sexual lyrics and under-tones. The next track is really well placed. It is of three men rapping where they are essentially talking negatively about girls like Amirra. It's very interesting to listen to, and we wonder if it was placed after her song intentionally. The track after this is of their single, In This Like 2012, which we have already reviewed. You can find it here. After this is a slightly less impressive track by Haley Girl called Forecast. This track is very good, but is one of the lesser impressive songs on the album. It does do a good job in transitioning to the next song, though. The next track is a more modern style of rap music. It's very auto-tuned and has less lyrical focus. It sounds really good, though, to be fair. The artist sounds like he's from the caribbean or Africa somewhere. We really liked the next song. It's about a girl and her relationship struggles with a boy that she likes but doesn't like her back in the same way. It's a very good and interesting song. We'd suggest at least listening to this song if you determine the rest of the album isn't worth your time. It starts at 17:53. Next is another interesting song. It's interesting because half of us loved it and half of us weren't as fond of the song. Give it a listen and tell us what you though about it. The artist has real talent, but when looking at the credits, it's one of the only songs that The Beast isn't credited for writing which may have an impact on why some of us weren't as keen on it. Even so, though, many of us thought it was one of the best tracks on the entire album. The very next track is similar to track 6 in that there is less lyrical focus. It sounds amazing and is extremely catchy, though. It's definitely a much more new-school style than most of the rest of the album. The next three tracks (the last three on the album) are different to the rest of the album in that they are more serious than the rest. Track 10 is still a fun track, with an R&B style, but has a more serious message, whilst. Track 10 is based around a robbery, and the artists involved are basically saying that money would solve all of their issues. However, track 11 is quiet the opposite. On this track, the artist is saying that money ruined her life and is literally saying that you should burn it and that it's not worth it. It's kind of like if the artist looked back in 10 years time about how it has ruined her life; though it was by a different artist to Wonderin'. The final track, Paradise, is more of a relaxed track to fade you out of the album. We all had very different ideas of what the meaning of the track was. We'd love it if you could comment your ideas. What is clear, at least, is that A LOT of time and effort has gone into this album, and they've done a good job at blending different themes and styles together into one album. PosativesFirstly, the lyricism and messages behind most of the songs, especially those than The Beast actually helped write himself are really good. They have a great balance between lyrics and the way the song sounds. The track order is something that could eaily be over-looked, but many of the tracks (such as Track 2 and Track 3, as well as Track 10 and Track 11) tell stories or contradicting messages from different perspectives on different tracks next to each other. As well as that, it's also clear that they have not put any two similar sounding tracks or artists next to each other and have tried to switch from male to female artists from track to track - though there are more women than men on the album. They have also been able to blend the styles gradually to go from one style to a completely different one a few tracks later. All of the songs are very, very well done, and, whilst there are some that stand out as being really, really good, there aren't really any that stand out as being poorer than the rest. They all have different styles and messages, but they have been careful to only pick artists and songs that are on par with each other so none stand out as too good or too bad too much. The songs sound like they have all been made by professional studios with multi-million dollar budgets, rather than a tiny indie label that started out from Grand Theft Auto Online. Also, if you think about it, all of the tracks have been made in the last week or two, as most of the artists have only just been signed. We're not a record label, but even we know that making an album, especially one like this, should take months; but Residual were able to pull it off extremely quickly. And the best part, of course, it is completely FREE to listen to and download on YouTube. NegativesWe knew a week ago that not many people that we know from Residual Records would be featured on the album, but we didn't literally think they would only have one artist on it. The only artist that hasn't been signed in the last few weeks that actually perform on the album is FranTiK. Everybody else is a new signing. Even The Beast, who's album it is, doesn't perform on the album at all. We love the concept and the reason behind this album, but we at least wish we could've heard him on his own album. Another weird point in the album is the opening track. There are no artists on it. It feels a bit out of place and sets a tone that the rest of the album doesn't continue with. It is a very creepy and dark track, but the rest of the album is really, really upbeat - other than the last track or two. We usually like to even out the positives and negatives, but we really can't find any other negative points with this album. Album InformationTotal Run Time: 37:22 Number Of Tracks: 12 Release Date: 08/2017 Artists: The Beast , Amirra , OG Riffs , 2GunZ , KDB , Douglas Fam (KT , Bunzy-Mack The Lumberjack , Chuko Lux) , Haley Girl , JC , Richie Dove , Coco Rose , FM-D9 , Kinz , Muna , C. Kelly , Lady Shy , KT , Alycia , FranTiK , Schminey , Nicole. ConclusionInterest/Retention --> 5/5 Sound Quality --> 5/5 Production --> 5/5 Sound --> 5/5 Lyrics --> 4.8/5 We give "Life Hurts" by Queen Bee a 9.9/10!! You can't deny that Residual Records have done an amazing job here. They truely have mastered their art - and this was only an album designed to find out what type of music people like. Well.. We clearly like it all! Keep doing what you're doing Residual!! This definitely beats their last album, Life Hurts. Hopefully they can keep this good momentum up and make their next release just as amazing! Other ReviewsThere have not yet been any other reviews on this album, though it is worth noting that this is the fastest album ever to reach a platinum sales threshold in the community. But what did you think?
Do you agree with our score? What would you rate this album? Did you like it even more than Life Hurts? Make sure to tell us in the comments and we might include it here!!
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