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Q MagazineFeb 13, 2018A grand vision is hard to discern, but when it comes to bringing the party, Culture II delivers with a scale and swagger that's hard to resist. [Apr 2018, p.117]
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Feb 2, 2018While not all of these 24 songs are equally impressive, nothing about Culture II feels like they're going through the motions.
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Feb 1, 2018Although the creative achievements aren’t revolutionary, they are thorough and consistent.
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Jan 29, 2018Migos are firing on all cylinders here, their new record a lush, chaotic patchwork that pops with primary colours. The fab three have done it again.
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Jan 29, 2018For such a gargantuan album, it’s surprisingly light on its feet, skipping nimbly between musical styles.
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Feb 12, 2018There's too much material here to sit and listen to straight through in one sitting. Give it time though and Culture II will grow on you.
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Feb 2, 2018The trio gave a double album their best, with plenty of head-turning lines, hilarious stray shouts (“dinner rolls!” on “CC” is a fave), and productions that further dilate the luxury trap spectrum, but not wildly so.
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Jan 31, 2018It may well be overwhelming in the moment, but Migos have provided us with a lot to unpack as we await whatever comes next. Chances are, you'll like this album far more after the glut of material becomes a tad less staggering over some months.
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Jan 29, 2018Migos have mastered their craft, but they spend too much time delivering what we expect instead of exploring their more interesting caprices.
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Jan 31, 2018With Culture II they've given us just enough to keep us on the hook.
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Jan 29, 2018With enough highlights to form a single digestible effort, Migos could have delivered another culture-defining classic with just a little trimming. Instead, they've taken what should have been a potent, big league statement and diluted it.
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Jan 30, 2018It’s still a joy to hear the Migos rap, which is why it’s especially depressing that Culture II ultimately feels like a drag--a formless grab bag compiled without much care.
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Feb 6, 2018Culture II is very long, yes, and vulnerable to momentum-killing duds like “Beast,” but to assess the album as an irreducible work is to cling to an entirely outmoded conception of how music is consumed.
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Feb 1, 2018Culture II ultimately feels less like a celebratory howl from the mountaintop than a transitional inventory dump. With its easily-trimmable 24 tracks, Culture II appears to be tailored to finesse chart rules, which count 1,500 individual song streams toward one full album sale.
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Jan 31, 2018Having more songs available to stream results in more royalties, though it doesn't equate to a flawless full-length.
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Jan 29, 2018Culture II was never going to be a modest affair, in which three self-effacing twentysomethings quietly enumerated their blessings. Apart from some anxiety (“Tryna be like the Carters/Gotta be like the Carters” – Too Playa) and exhaustion (Work Hard), Culture II is wall-to-wall diamonds, watches, cars, chains, brands, fashion houses and exotic fauna.
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Feb 5, 2018While the bulk of the songs can’t disguise their rush-job origins, tinges of Trap Boy Magic do spring up from time to time.
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The WireApr 5, 2018The epic slog of Culture II offers up more than 20 courses of candyfloss, toffee apple and burnt syrup in lieu of any real variety. [Apr 2018, p.68]
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Jan 30, 2018Culture II sounds like a satire of every other rap album released by a major label these days, catering to the lowest common denominator of casual music listener. As a business decision, it’s genius; as a piece of music, it’s little more than an elaborate consumer scam.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 46 out of 173
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Mixed: 64 out of 173
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Negative: 63 out of 173
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