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Get Low
May 20th 2019


14620 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Stop caring so much about who produced what songs imo

Asdfp277
May 20th 2019


24849 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i mean, it affects how this sounds

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
May 20th 2019


28241 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

tracking producers has led to so much good stuff, and not many other people do it when it comes to pop, r&b, and hip hop. had I never looked up who produced, I dunno, "devil in a new dress" (bink!) I wouldn't have found like five other classics



maaaaaaybe once in a while it colors my perception in unseemly ways, and I understand something isn't good or bad because of who produced it, but it's definitely worth it

Get Low
May 20th 2019


14620 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I just think it's dumb when people care more about the who, what, where and when of the production than the actual music. It shouldn't be completely ignored though, for certain.

GreyShadow
May 20th 2019


7374 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

the music is good. that's all i care about lol.

and Everything He Needs is a bop. an unexpected bop, but a bop nonetheless.

Get Low
May 20th 2019


14620 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"the music is good. that's all i care about" [2]

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
May 20th 2019


28241 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I'll admit I can hardly imagine not being curious what goes on "behind" pop music. I'm not a huge fan of deprecating the role of actual pop musicians/performers in bringing across great music, because that's sort of an auteurist/possibly masculine(ist?) perspective on who holds the key, but writing and production, which is much more often than not left up to someone who is not the actual artist, are such big parts of why something sounds good to my ears that I need to follow those threads, without necessarily (hopefully?) letting the cart come before the horse.



From that perspective, I do think it's really interesting that EMOTION and Dedicated only share one production/writing team between them

mynameischan
Staff Reviewer
May 20th 2019


2407 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Gotta agree about "everything he needs". That chorus is weak. Though I don't hate it like I did when I first heard it.

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
May 20th 2019


28241 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

4sure 4sure. I think I sup into the latter sometimes but I have pop fiend friends who keep me in check

Get Low
May 20th 2019


14620 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I only care about Carly.

MO
May 20th 2019


24136 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this doesn't touch emotion. still solid though

Slex
May 20th 2019


17351 Comments


The production is part of the music tho?

Idk that's confusing to me lol

Lucman
May 20th 2019


5537 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

The only songs holding this back for me are The Sound and Feels Right. Almost entirely skippable they are. The rest is bop after bop.

GreyShadow
May 20th 2019


7374 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The Sound has such a top tier everything except chorus with a high-mid tier chorus.



The Feels Right chorus is super fun but definitely not the best Carly chorus.

GreyShadow
May 20th 2019


7374 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

just realized that For Sure is one of the best here

Tundra
May 20th 2019


10123 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Good review, album jamss m/

Tundra
May 20th 2019


10123 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Everything He Needs is for sure the lowest point of the album imo

Get Low
May 20th 2019


14620 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

The Sound and Right Words, Wrong Time are the weakest links for me.

DamnVanne
May 21st 2019


3571 Comments


There’s a weird chorus that doesn’t land right or an awkward intro here and there but almost this whole record is bloody great. Except Right Words. That one should have been aborted

GreyShadow
May 21st 2019


7374 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Right Words is "weaker" but still great



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