★★★★★
There was a time in hip-hop when you couldn't pick up a major release without running into skits. In some cases these skits added to the story of the album, but more often than not they just caused a bunch of outrage from fans. Which is fair, after the first few times of hearing them, skits have little to no use. At some point, though, something changed...
- absolutepunk.net
2014-04-11
★★★★★
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YG - My Krazy LifeYG - My Krazy LifeRelease Date: March 18, 2014
Record Label: CTE World/Def Jam
There was a time in hip-hop when you couldn't pick up a major release without running into skits. In some cases these skits added to the story of the album, but more often than not they just caused a bunch of outrage from fans...
- www.absolutepunk.net
2014-04-11
★★★★★
For the majority of YG's minor key concept album (and major label debut), My Krazy Life, the Compton rapper concerns himself with what is, well, right there in front of him. "I woke up this morning/ I had a boner," are the first lines delivered on "Really Be (Smokin' N Drinkin')," a sticky confessional with an assist from Kendrick Lamar that kicks off the record's benighted third act...
- www.spin.com
2014-04-01
★★★★★
The first words rapped by YG on his Def Jam debut reveal not only his home city, but also his block and gang affiliation. "Nigga I'm from BPT (west side), TTP (what block?), 400 Spruce Street" repeats the hook over a typically sparse and chilling DJ Mustard beat, somehow imbued with twenty years' worth of Cali gangsta rap...
- thequietus.com
2014-03-27
★★★★★
Much ink has been spilled over the death of regionalism in rap: New York's A$AP Mob fusing Harlem rap with Memphis and Houston aesthetics, Chief Keef and Chicago's drill kids building on the blueprint crafted by Waka Flocka and Lex Luger in Atlanta, and Drake up in Toronto shrewdly cherry-picking styles from everyone. However, a group of Cali savants are eking out a body of work that gives the lie to the current proclamations of post-regionalism...
- pitchfork.com
2014-03-26
★★★★★
When YG's (Keenon Jackson) atmospheric single "My Nigga" was released last year it didn't become an instant smash hit. Instead it slowly built momentum before a viral Vine video sent the song rocketing into the top 20. It reigned on rap radio for months and still sits in regular rotation. Unfortunately, "My Nigga"s omnipresence quickly fatigued the song and now it's more likely to get a quick flip of the dial than a full listen...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-03-24
★★★★★
YG, My Krazy LifeWhen you think about it, YG's My Krazy Life shouldn't be as fully formed as it actually comes out to be. YG, before this year, had one kinda hit in 2009's "Toot It and Boot It" and fit comfortably into the role of one of many a West Coast Rapper that really didn't have a prominent opening in the past decade's rap council...
- prettymuchamazing.com
2014-03-25
★★★★★
YG's long-awaited debut record is structured around a familiar conceit - a day in the life of a young Compton kid who can't seem to avoid trouble - and will provoke appropriate comparisons to Kendrick Lamar's Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. DJ Mustard handles the bulk of the production here and uses a constantly hiccupping bass and hypnotic snares to imbue everything - even threats - with the unmistakable levity that's become YG's trademark...
- nowtoronto.com
2014-03-20
★★★★★
YG's long-awaited debut record is structured around a familiar conceit - a day in the life of a young Compton kid who can't seem to avoid trouble - and will provoke appropriate comparisons to Kendrick Lamar's Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.
DJ Mustard handles the bulk of the production here and uses a constantly hiccupping bass and hypnotic snares to imbue everything - even threats - with the unmistakable levity that's become YG's trademark...
- www.nowtoronto.com
2014-03-21