Bangarang [EP]
by Skrillex
  • Record Label: Big Beat
  • Release Date: Jan 24, 2012
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 209 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 121 out of 209
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 209
  3. Negative: 65 out of 209
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  1. ovoon7
    Jan 26, 2012
    3
    This is terrible. Honestly, you have to try hard to annoy me in this genre, and this EP is loaded with poorly done, obnoxious tracks, with awful samples. Include all of the rehashed bass lines we've all heard before, and you have a short, and horrible album. You think Skrillex would improve after achieving sudo popularity, but instead he has degraded. Sad to see.

    If you want to bump    This is terrible. Honestly, you have to try hard to annoy me in this genre, and this EP is loaded with poorly done, obnoxious tracks, with awful samples. Include all of the rehashed bass lines we've all heard before, and you have a short, and horrible album. You think Skrillex would improve after achieving sudo popularity, but instead he has degraded. Sad to see.

    If you want to bump some good fast paced dubstep, look up Acid Wolfpack - Coyote Kisses That song is 1000x better than anything on Bangarang. Last thing I want to say is that the actual Bangarang song is decent. It's worth a listen.    … Expand
  2. bit_crusherrr
    Jan 25, 2012
    0
    Hasn't progressed in any way, its just the same old formula with more silly noise than before. Skrillex really is stagnating he should mix it up a bit.
  3. MusiclyMade
    Jan 24, 2012
    3
    Skrillex is just rehashing the basslines we've heard over the past couple of years from dubstep artists everywhere. Why doesn't he take a leaf out of SBTRKT or Rustie's book and look to take dubstep somewhere it's never been before?
  4. mactazer
    Jan 24, 2012
    2
    I guess the main problem I have with Bangarang, is that it sounds exactly the same as the other songs we heard from Skrillex in 2011. There is nothing new, nothing is changed. For example, we heard Kyoto way waaaaaay back in april. The only difference is that back then, it was called Ruffneck. Also, the drops! Sometimes I don't even know the drop has happened, but I realise it after aI guess the main problem I have with Bangarang, is that it sounds exactly the same as the other songs we heard from Skrillex in 2011. There is nothing new, nothing is changed. For example, we heard Kyoto way waaaaaay back in april. The only difference is that back then, it was called Ruffneck. Also, the drops! Sometimes I don't even know the drop has happened, but I realise it after a minute or something. So yeah, this EP is nothing new, nothing spectacular, it just happened.… Expand
  5. pyromcr
    Jan 25, 2012
    1
    Is he even trying anymore? We have heard all of these songs before from either his previous albums or others. Kyoto is just Ruffneck Bass but with a few words changed. How did he go from being one of the best Dubstep artists out there to making this crap?
  6. Bezet
    Jul 16, 2012
    3
    With a clear lack of progression, Skrillex is delivering the same tricks all over again, and according to sales this is working out very well for the prince of Brostep. A lot of high pitched noise with lack of real bass, moving far away from the sound system roots of the genre. He has however improved his production skills slightly as the songs sound more polished.
  7. RonaldOVOXO
    Feb 20, 2012
    0
    This is his worst EP. I hate Skrillex bcuz of this EP he doesnt deserve any award from this EP if he does then that means the people are just stupid.
  8. cameronmorewood
    Nov 12, 2012
    0
    Pointless noise with no inspiration or meaning. Listening to it makes you die a little inside.
  9. Mariana80997
    Apr 22, 2013
    0
    Skrilles can go catch in the ass with his gramma He doens't even deserves to be alive and he should die with a stick in his vagina because i know he has one He is a fuxking gay person and i hate him
  10. JacobYoung
    Feb 26, 2013
    0
    Honestly, dubstep is so awful. No music from this genre should even come out. Every single song is the exact same. There is absolutely no variety at all.
  11. Jrc523
    Apr 21, 2014
    3
    Little to no creativity and to be honest as much as I don't like most of skrillex's music his previous singles beat this out any day. Mostly annoying Voice choppy dubstep crap! By the way I am a huge fan of house so I myself am not discriminating the album for its sound!

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Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    Feb 29, 2012
    40
    Bangarang, a stopgap EP ahead of his debut album later in the year, still fails to confirm whether his unashamed populism is deeply naive or profoundly cynical.
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  2. Expert Witness (MSN Music)
    Feb 14, 2012
    91
    This is a pop record because its shamelessly hedonistic barrage of proven dancefloor tricks will obviously be more fun at home than in a club.
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  3. AllMusic
    Jan 25, 2012
    50
    Bangarang is a disappointingly formulaic affair which hints for the first time that the wheels may soon slowly begin to fall off.
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