{"id":1425,"date":"2018-02-09T18:23:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T23:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gracegazette.org\/wordpress1\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2018-04-03T12:30:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:30:41","slug":"review-culture-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gracegazette.org\/wordpress1\/review-culture-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Review – Culture II"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 27, 2017: a normal Friday for most but, a monumental day for the rap group: <\/span>Migos<\/span><\/a>. On this day their most anticipated album <\/span>\u201cCulture\u201d<\/span><\/a> was released and was a huge success, topping <\/span>both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hip Hop and R&B chart<\/span><\/a>s for albums. In July of 2017 the album was platinum certified by the<\/span> Recording Industry Association of America<\/span><\/a>.
\n\"\"In addition to this, \u00a0Culture was nominated for the best Rap Album of the year at the 60th Grammy Awards. 364 days later, the sequel to the highly acclaimed \u201cCulture\u201d, \u201c<\/span>Culture II<\/span><\/a>\u201d , was released with 11 more songs and 47 more minutes of listening time. With more songs, longer run time, and better producing, Culture II was anticipated to be a hit. \"\"This however, was not the case. Before the release of each album, three songs were released as singles. \u00a0Culture released the singles, \u201cSlippery,\u201d \u201cT-Shirt\u201d and \u201cBad and Boujee\u201d featuring Lil Uzi Vert which topped the Billboard charts for 36 weeks. This year\u2019s singles were,\u201cSupastars,\u201d \u201cStir Fry\u201d and \u201cMotorsport,\u201d which Featured Cardi B and Nicki Minaj. \u201cMotorsport\u201d is eighth in the Billboard Chart but peaked at sixth and Stir Fry is at 12th.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the year between the release of Culture and Culture II, Migos and its members, Quavo, Offset and Takeoff have produced a number of popular features. \"\"Sonically their best was on Gucci Mane\u2019s \u201cI Get That Bag\u201d which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard charts. In addition, both Quavo and Offset produced individual albums with other artists, Quavo with Travis Scott and Offset with 21 Savage and Metro Boomin. All members of the group also appeared on A$AP Ferg\u2019s album \u201c<\/span>Still Striving<\/span><\/a>\u201d and Quality Control\u2019s album \u201c<\/span>Control the Streets Vol.1<\/span><\/a>. \u201dWith appearances on other artists\u2019 hugely successful albums and the creation of their own solo projects, it begs the question whether Migos can really sustain a three minute song by themselves. The two most successful songs on the album \u201cMotorsport\u201d and \u201cStir Fry\u201d were two of the three singles released before the album came out, when \u201cStir Fry\u201d came out after \u201cMotorsport\u201d the hype for Culture II intensified with two back to back singles doing well when the third single Supastars came out the hype died down but once the album itself came out the reviews were beyond negative. \u201cRolling Stone\u201d gave the album a three out of five star rating, when last year it gave Culture a three and a half out of five stars. \"\"The group is phenomenal on features under three minutes but it seems that they hit a wall once the song time goes above three minutes. When the group is left on their own it seems that they need a feature to lift the song out of the dust, even on Culture\u2019s most popular song \u201cBad and Boujee\u201d Lil Uzi Vert\u2019s featured verse added a new element to the group that had never been seen before. I agree with Rolling Stone\u2019s assessment of the album at 3 stars, this was extremely disappointing due to the amount of projects produced by the group and members of the group.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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