Unorthodox jukebox
Bruno Mars
Emneord
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Bibliotekernes vurdering
d. 6. okt. 2014
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Thomas Tiedje
d. 6. okt. 2014
"X" er Chris Browns sjette album. Rapperen, der var Rihannas kæreste og tævede hende sønder og sammen, har mest gjort sig i lumre og sexistiske tekster, og ikke meget er ændret på den konto. Nu føler Brown sig snarere misbrugt og misforstået. Musikalsk er der dog mere at komme efter takket være blandt andre Diplo. Superproducerens grooves er ganske forrygende, men "X" kommer også omkring fin, Stevie Wonder-lignende soul-funk og Avicii-agtig folk-house. Kort sagt: Et album der lyrisk og musikalsk stikker i hver sin retning.
AllMusic
2014
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Andy Kellman
2014
"In a way, the album is a corrective. The influence of European dance-pop, which resulted in some of Brown's most forgettable material on Fortune, is all but eliminated in favor of contemporary R&B and pop productions that tend to suit the singer better. Brown does maintain his bad boy image. It's on typically full display in the chintzy "Loyal" -- its hook a misogynist pleonasm -- and the part-clever/part-nonsensical string of R. Kelly quotes that is the Trey Songz duet "Songs on 12 Play" ("And I'm feelin' on yo booty, drivin' me crazy, half on a baby"). On "Drown on It," the pied piper of R&B himself joins in, and he and Brown dole out an unsurprisingly cartoonish variety of metaphorical and/or explicit come-ons that include "Just like a male mermaid, baby."".
Rolling stone
d. 22. sep. 2014
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Christopher R. Weingarten
d. 22. sep. 2014
"Chris Brown's sixth album is adventurous musically and a total mess lyrically - it's almost defiantly oblivious to his past as a domestic-abuser".