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12/31/25(Wed)02:39:03 No.128982054

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Anonymous 12/31/25(Wed)02:39:03 No.128982054

> ? opens with an arrogant Introduction in which he asks the listener to be open to his alternative sound, which proved that he had no idea of what music was being made by alternative musicians. Ironically, the music that comes next is anything but original. However, this is certainly a varied collection with smart arrangements, from the catchy and dramatic singer-songwriter performances of Alone Part 3 and Pain = Bestfriend to the quasi-orchestral pop ballad of Numb via the limping synth-pop ditty Moonlight and the autotuned trap-soul ballad $$$, ending with the orchestral elegy of Before I Close My Eyes. The nocturnal jazz-rap Infinity (888) samples sampled Stan Getz and Bill Evans's The Peacocks. He weds frenzied rap and desperate crooning in The Remedy For A Broken Heart over neoclassical guitar strumming. The pseudo-industrial hip-hop of Floor 555 sounds like a lightweight version of Foetus or Nine Inch Nails (unfortunately Schizophrenia, that harkens back to the metal-industrial style of the 1990s, is left unfinished after a little over a minute). I Don't Even Speak Spanish Lol fuses reggae, pop and hip-hop whose melody has the same appeal of Madonna's Isla Bonita. As a singer/rapper, he has coined a unique way of weeping, perhaps best displayed in the understated, piano-based, mantra-like Changes. His most popular song from this album was the pretty tedious but catchy Sad. Not many were so capable of mixing extroverted and introverted moments, especially in the depressed emo-rap genre.
>XXXTentacion was shot dead in 2018 at the age of 20. Not a big loss for music. Probably a big loss for the media because his antics certainly created controversy and opportunity for articles.
>rates the album a 7/10
What did he mean by this?