SATURATION

AlbumJun 09 / 201717 songs, 51m 3s99%
Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop
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BROCKHAMPTON call themselves a boy band, but take that with a grain of salt: With “HEAT,” the L.A. rap collective’s first album of 2017 opens with a grinding beat and the ominous admission, “I hate the way I think/I hate the way it looms.” It’s not all so aggro: “GOLD” is a breezy ode to self-love over a golden hook, while the spacious, springy “BOYS” lets the crew’s rappers show off their range of flows—playful, slinky, menacing, and above all, seductive.

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6.5 / 10

The Los Angeles rap collective espouses an all-caps message of self-love on a debut album split between effortless cool and empty platitudes.

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Brockhampton - SATURATION review: GOLD STAR, BOYS