The new classic

"Azalea kan egentlig godt rappe, hun har bare slet ikke fundet sine ben og sin stil endnu. Musikalsk er der langt mellem snapsene, og det er som om ønsket om at få et hit er større end at skabe en Azalea-stil. Måske er det derfor, der genremæssigt er lidt af det hele, alt sammen skåret over den gode gamle hit-form. Der er gode produktioner som fx Impossible is Nothing, eller Change Your Life og der er da også glimt af hendes talent her og der. Men det er synd, hun ikke viser mere af sig selv - for det hele virker meget påtaget".

"The New Classic barely resembles the west coast hip-hop Azalea idolised and imitated when developing her voice, and sits somewhere between EDM, dance-pop and trap music. Azalea can still spit out rapid-fire verses, but this album feels less forward-thinking than her 2011 Ignorant Art mixtape. Trio the Invisible Men - behind Jessie J's Do It Like a Dude and DJ Fresh's Hot Right Now - produced most of the album's songs, helping Black Widow and Fuck Love sound reminiscent of collaborations between Diplo, RL Grime and Steve Aoki. On Fancy, Charli XCX is like the Gwen Stefani to Azalea's Eve while New Bitch, co-produced by Timbaland, couples lyrical venom with a numbingly sweet hook - think Nicki Minaj on Starships, and you're just about there".

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