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All My Heroes Are Cornballs

JPEGMAFIA

All My Heroes Are Cornballs

Third full-length album from the Baltimore-based experimental hip-hop artist features guest appearances from Abdu Ali, Helena Deland and Buzzy Lee

ADM rating[?]

8.1

Label
EQT Recordings
UK Release date
13/09/2019
US Release date
13/09/2019
  1. 10.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    It’s easy to become giddy over JPEGMAFIA’s mastery with the building blocks of tension and release
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  2. 10.0 |   NME

    Often switching between masks and jumping from one genre to another, JPEGMAFIA seems the perfect artist for this particular cultural moment
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  3. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    he production is smooth and warm, yet at times unsettling, with the industrial influence and random samples that maintain Hendricks' signature style
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  4. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    On All My Heroes Are Cornballs, experimental rapper and producer JPEGMAFIA broadens his visceral online image and sounds into a more vulnerable, humanizing, and melodic project
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  5. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    JPEGMAFIA makes music that is outwardly political and dissatisfied while also being ironic, cynical and funny
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  6. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    On his latest record it's clear, now more than ever, that Peggy is in his own lane
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  7. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The songs feel more raw, less tweaked with and the conflict he creates between the melody and rhythm hit harder
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  8. 8.0 |   Clash

    Peggy has filled it full of the same playful bounce, and reactionary lyrics, that made ‘Veteran’ such a powerful and intoxicating listen
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  9. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    A riposte to his viral fame that showcases his as-yet-unheralded talents as a producer
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  10. 8.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    All My Heroes Are Cornballs serves as an electronic manifesto for his fans, guerilla warfare of the auditory kind
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  11. 7.6 |   Pitchfork

    The experimental rapper remains an impish writer and an athletic vocalist on his latest album, one that lays bare the sprawling collage in his fiery, fascinating brain
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  12. 6.0 |   Q

    Flashes of brilliance are obscured by a bloated tracklist. Print edition only


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