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The libraries' assessment
d. 30. May 2014
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Thomas Tiedje
d. 30. May 2014
Producerduoen Diplo og Switch aka Major Lazor har stået bag nogle af de allerstørste klubhits de seneste år. Deres heftige blanding af reggae, dancehall, dubstep og hip hop favner bredt og har mange fans, og gennem tiden har duoen været god til finde prominente stjerner til at synge for. Den succesfulde stil med tunge beats, loops og bas fortsætter ufortrødent på Major Lazors seneste ep, hvor blandt andre Pharrell "Happy" Williams og Sean Paul lægger stemmer til de rave-agtige, numsevrikkende melodier. Major Lazor kan høres på årets Roskilde Festival d. 29. juni.
AllMusic
2014
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David Jeffries
2014
"Featuring five of the most inspired tracks to come out of Diplo's Major Lazer project, Apocalypse Soon is futuristic island hopping at its finest, incorporating a whirlwind of slick subgenres from locations both tropical (dancehall, soca, and dub) and trap (booming hip-hop and trap music itself). This compact party starter is a hook-filled monster as well, kicking off with the Pharrell feature "Aerosol Can," a track which combines graffiti culture and Ying Yang Twins-styled silliness for the EP's most poptacular moment".
Pitchfork
d. 3. Mar. 2014
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Jamieson Cox
d. 3. Mar. 2014
"It's disappointing that these songs don't have the bones to stand on their own, especially since a precedent for truly great Major Lazer songs exists: older cuts like "Keep It Goin' Louder" (still one of Diplo's finest musical moments, bar none) and last year's Amber Coffman collaboration "Get Free" work as both genre exercises and straightforward pop triumphs. Apocalypse Soon's best song doesn't quite scrape those heights, but its relative coherence and catchiness places it a head above its counterparts on the EP".