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The Sun's Tirade

Isaiah Rashad

The Sun's Tirade

Debut studio album by the Tennessee hip hop artist who is a founding member of the Chattanooga hip hop collective The House

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Top Dawg Entertainment
UK Release date
02/09/2016
US Release date
02/09/2016
  1. 8.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    The Sun’s Tirade sees the artist’s handle the difficulties of dealing with the ripple effects
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  2. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    While the album may have been crafted during a two-year tsunami of struggle, Isaiah Rashad still manages to sound as calm as an ocean’s gentle waves; sounding so effortless has never taken so much effort
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  3. 8.3 |   Consequence Of Sound

    It’s not as ambitious as it could have been, but it works due to its sheer expressiveness
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  4. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    Other artists come across as forced when speaking about certain issues, but there is a genuineness and frailty to Rashad that comes across in ‘The Sun’s Tirade’
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  5. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Isaiah Rashad Doesn't go out of his way to prove his transcendent talent on The Sun's Tirade, but it's undeniable by the album's conclusion
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  6. 7.5 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    This is Isaiah Rashad’s version of Earl Sweatshirt’s Doris, a debut album that had a longer than normal gestation period due to personal reasons from both artists after a hyped breakthrough
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The album has a low-key stoned feel to it that doesn't exactly scream major label debut, it's certainly a far cry from the recent maximal opuses of TDE labelmates
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  8. 5.0 |   Beardfood

    Even when it works (‘Free Lunch’) it remains stuck in third gear
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  9. 4.0 |   No Ripcord

    Isaiah Rashad is not a terrible rapper or a lost cause of any sort. He simply has work to do
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