{"id":7053,"date":"2016-03-20T13:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T17:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altwire.net\/?p=7053"},"modified":"2023-12-06T06:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:37:30","slug":"album-review-love-makonnen-drink-water-6-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/album-review-love-makonnen-drink-water-6-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"Critique d\u2019album : I LOVE MAKONNEN \u2013 Drink More Water 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drink More Water 6 is by far my least favorite album of the year. With a combination of unimpressive vocals and amateurish flows this album makes for an extremely unpleasant listening experience. I didn\u2019t like the <\/span>new Yung Lean album<\/span><\/a> at all, but it did succeed in some aspects. The album somewhat distanced Yung Lean and the vaporwave aesthetic, the album served a purpose. Drink More Water 6 doesn\u2019t serve any purpose. It isn\u2019t good to play at parties, it isn\u2019t good to listen to if you\u2019re sad, it just isn\u2019t very good period. <\/span><\/p>\n

This album is very diverse sonically. It chances from upbeat trap music to a type of alternative r&b multiple types throughout the album. I am fine with the diverse soundtrack, but I feel like it could have been organized much better. Listening to the album track after track is a confusing experience. You have upbeat bangers like \u201cLive For Real\u201d right next to down tempo songs like \u201cI Only Trip With U\u201d and \u201cWhere I\u2019m At\u201d, and it\u2019s just inconsistent. While this could be seen as just a nitpick of the album it really distracted me. When an artist knows how to organize their tracklist it makes the listening experience so much better. Take <\/span>Earl Sweatshirt\u2019s 2015 project I Don\u2019t Like Shit, I Don\u2019t Go Outside <\/span><\/a>for example. The album had intelligence, and lined up songs in a way that made you feel emotion. Putting \u201cMantra\u201d, \u201cFaucet\u201d, and \u201cGrief\u201d right next to each other was a great move as it left the listener with an intense feeling of sadness. At the end of the album the album started becoming more uptempo and it was fun to listen to. If Sweatshirt actually had full control over the tracklist, and <\/span>some of the songs weren\u2019t cut out,<\/span><\/a> I can imagine how much better the album would have been. The way an artist’s organizes his\/her tracklist is very important, and I\u2019m disappointed at the organization of Drink More Water 6\u2019s tracklist. <\/span><\/p>\n

This album isn\u2019t very impressive lyrically, but Makonnen has never really seemed to care too much about lyrics, so I will let it slide. What I won\u2019t let slide is his simple flows. On \u201cUwonteva\u201d \u201cBig Gucci\u201d Makonnen delivers a choppy and simple flow, and that\u2019s pretty consistent with the rest of the album. \u00a0The rap parts of this album fail in every aspect, and so do the singing parts. Makonnen doesn\u2019t have a great voice, but he is definitely a good singer. My problem with him is that he sings with a really weird inflection in his voice. On songs like \u00a0\u201cI Only Trip With U\u201d it really comes out, and it sounds like he\u2019s trying to sing like David Byrne. The only problem is that he isn\u2019t David Byrne. He doesn\u2019t have the same charm and it just comes across as annoying to me. <\/span><\/p>\n

The only thing I can really say I liked about this album was the production. It was pretty solid all around, but it didn\u2019t make up for the album\u2019s flaws. Overall, this album was very unpleasant to listen to, if you want to listen to some good trap I would recommend <\/span>the new Lil Yachty album<\/span><\/a>, and if you want to listen to some good alternative r&b listen to literally anything else. I\u2019m disappointed that I didn\u2019t like this album because I was coming into it with high expectations. Lets all hope Makonnen can rebound on his next album.<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite Songs: Want You, Where I\u2019m At<\/span><\/p>\n

Least Favorites Songs: Uwonteva, Big Gucci, Sellin, Live For Real<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drink More Water 6 is by far my least favorite album of the year. With a combination of unimpressive vocals … En savoir plus<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}