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Scarlet

Doja Cat

Scarlet

Fourth full-length album from the Los Angeles rapper working with a series of producers including Jean Baptiste, Rogét Chahayed, Earl on the Beat, Fallen, London on da Track, Kurtis McKenzie, Jay Versace and Y2K

ADM rating[?]

6.6

Label
Ministry Of Sound
UK Release date
22/09/2023
US Release date
22/09/2023
  1. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The album is consistently rap-heavy with some more classic Doja-pop sprinkled around. It combines all of Doja’s past lives with some more heavy-hitting punchlines
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  2. 9.0 |   American Songwriter

    A sharp knife to cut through the blizzard of sounds and styles out there. But at the same time a fiery party, something you can witness from the solar system. With the blazing soundtrack to accompany it
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  3. 8.0 |   The Independent

    As with hit 2021 album ‘Planet Her’, this record operates in its own strange world
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  4. 6.4 |   Northern Transmissions

    While it has some good ideas, Scarlet just isn’t as strong or inventive as the artist promised
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  5. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Doja Cat’s blend of disco-revival and glossy pop-rap has been a much-needed injection of personality on the charts in recent years
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  6. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    There’s a pugilistic force to the rapper’s lyricism as she takes on her diehard fans’ sense of entitlement, but even amid some experimental production, she starts to repeat herself
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  7. 6.0 |   NME

    The provocateur doesn't want you to like her. But with a Number One hit and a twisted, memorable fourth album, the attention is unlikely to wane
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  8. 6.0 |   Clash

    At its core, ‘Scarlet’ is an interesting exploration into the world of ego trips, the trappings of fame, escapism and novelty, a welcome deviation with a heightened sense of maturity and finesse
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  9. 5.9 |   Pitchfork

    In proving herself as a rapper, Doja Cat offers up an uneven album that is accomplished but gets bogged down in reactive and repetitive songs
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  10. 5.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The album is the work of a talented MC in search of the right tonal balance
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