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Teenage Emotions

Lil Yachty

Teenage Emotions

Debut album from the 19-year-old Atlanta rapper Miles Parks McCollum

ADM rating[?]

6.2

Label
Virgin EMI / Quality Control
UK Release date
26/05/2017
US Release date
26/05/2017
  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Idiotic, startling and brilliant outsider rap
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  2. 7.5 |   Paste Magazine

    Teenage Emotions doesn’t have a defined aesthetic and feels like Yachty is still experimenting, and his refusal to rely on formulas is commendable for a 19-year-old overnight sensation
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  3. 7.3 |   AU Review

    The album is very polarising in the fact that one will either love it or hate it, but the highs outweigh the lows by a lot, meaning the album is a substantial debut for a name that will be around for a while, like it or not
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  4. 7.0 |   Crack

    Follow-up to 2016’s Lil Boat and Summer Songs 2 mixtapes takes artistic risks without discarding the Auto-Tuned antics that made him one to watch
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  5. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Rap music has its twee icon – and this time, the revolution is not just for record geeks
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  6. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    His debut album is well-polished and full of pop-rap confections, but his polarizing style hardly captures the nuance suggested by the album’s cover and title
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  7. 6.7 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    The best song here is “Better”, an affectionate, steel drum-driven sendup of saccharine cuddle-pop
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  8. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A mostly fun listen for those on board with the Yachty persona
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  9. 6.0 |   The FT

    The rapper is carried along by a nice contrast between heavy basslines and catchy melodies
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  10. 6.0 |   The Observer

    The Atlanta teen’s very modern take on hip-hop is buoyant and direct. Shame about the misogyny
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  11. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This album proves that a great (or at least very good) Lil Yachty record is achievable, but that when it comes it will have as little rapping on it as possible
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  12. 6.0 |   Gig Soup

    While the album may be called Teenage Emotions, there’s almost no inkling of anything that normal people, let alone teenagers, could relate to
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  13. 6.0 |   The Music

    Teenage Emotions' is new, fresh, different, diverse and full of good vibes
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  14. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    An instrumental version of the album would be a blast as you wouldn’t then have to contend with McCollum’s inarticulate flow
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  15. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Yachty’s loose rudder on Teenage Emotions causes him to lose his bearings as he only half-commits to “capturing all aspects of teenagers” while the other half boasts of a life unrelatable to most
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  16. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Yachty just sounds like an odd kid figuring it all out
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  17. 5.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Teenage Emotions reads like that freshman-year college paper you really wish you’d just deleted off your hard drive
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  18. 5.0 |   A.V. Club

    His music is pointless, but it is also beside the point
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  19. 5.0 |   Exclaim

    In the album's best moments, Teenage Emotions feels like a bit of a misnomer, but it's a little too apt at others, given Yachty's juvenilia throughout
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  20. 4.0 |   Evening Standard

    The best and worst of teenage emotions
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