DS2
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DS2
DS2 is the third studio album by American rapper Future. It was released on July 17, 2015, by A1 Recordings, Freebandz and Epic Records. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
As a stylist and a technical rapper, Future’s operating on a level unmatched in his five-year discography.
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Rolling Stone
Future plays to his core strengths on a druggy album full of blunt-force hooks.
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SPIN
Future is the rare artist who reaches both his musical and commercial peaks simultaneously.
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Consequence of Sound
It’s the first time a new Future album has met all expectations.
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Complex
There's a reason that Dirty Sprite 2, which is now being released at the apex of his popularity, has cultivated such a powerful response.
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Hip Hop DX
Dirty Sprite 2 doesn’t survey any new territory for the croaking crooner, but it magnifies the depth of his distress and channels it into an even richer multilayered sonic experience.
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The Verge
Future knows how to make a smash single, and can construct a near-classic mixtape seemingly on a whim, but Mr. Hendrix still hasn’t figured out how to make a truly great album yet.
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Billboard
Future Pledges Allegiance to Highs & Lows of Self-Medication on 'Dirty Sprite
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Vibe
Future’s ‘DS2′ Is A Serious Dose Of Self-Medication.
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The National
To describe the Atlanta rapper’s rhyming style as “relaxed” is an understatement – on at least half of the tracks on DS2 he sounds barely half-interested in the Auto-Tune-embellished words spilling from his mouth.
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Pretty Much Amazing
An exclamation mark on an already booming rap career.
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Noisey
'DS2' isn't so much a return to form as an elevation of form. Future has never sounded so good.
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Crack Magazine
The demons of DS2’s maker are what makes it so totally enthralling.
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FACT Magazine
Future embraces the monster on DS2, his most honest album yet.
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Demo Magazine
DS2 is the culmination of the sound that Future was honing on his mixtapes.
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Revolt TV
Future's 'DS2' is the golden project of his discography.
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NOW
If DS2 is championed as an “event record” by anyone, then quality control is obsolete and the future is as bleak as Future.
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Tiny Mix Tapes
DS2 finds a hellish, motivating power by articulating how it’s possible to have the best time of your life during the worst time of your life. And it all sounds so good.
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Pop Matters
On his second installment of the Dirty Sprite series, Future redeems himself and creates his own minimalist paradise.
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Hot New Hip Hop
Dirty Sprite 2 is a formal declaration of Future's dominance of Atlanta trap, but nothing more.
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XXL Magazine
DS 2 is the type of album that fans expected Future to finally produce.
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Hit The Floor Magazine
‘DS2‘ is Future at the height of his powers, giving his audience exactly what they want while also raising the bar for all his imitators and undoubtedly starting a new wave in hip hop.
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The Line of Best Fit
He’s earned all the attention and adulation and now with his new album Future has delivered. DS2 is his moment.
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Exclaim!
DS2 is a satisfying climax to the three-peat of tapes that took the rap world by storm in a span of six months.
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About To Blow
This release competes with the year’s best rap records.
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Black Sheep
DS2 is a success, as it solidifies Future’s place in the trap scene, putting him far ahead of any competition in that lane.
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Rhyme Junkie
Not only is it Future’s best LP, it’s also one of the best projects we’ve seen this year
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All Music
Future makes it sound like the gateway to a magical, luminous place.
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The Charlatan
Atlanta rapper Future’s latest release Dirty Sprite 2 (DS2) might be the most surprisingly great rap release of the year.
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The 405
Four years after dropping his breakout mixtape, the follow-up is an exultant street album.
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Medium
DS2 easily surpasses my preconceived expectations.
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The Early Registration
DS2 serves as an appreciation statement for the acclaim Monster received.
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The Urban Daily
DS2 is likely Future’s most well-rounded to date.
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Campus Vinyl
DS2 shows that Future has found his way and has developed his style and sound to new heights.
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Sputnik Music
DS2 is an affirmation of self and self’s means in part, but it’s also an inflection point at which Future is starting to think he’s going too fast even as he continues to hammer the gas.
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The Boombox
Dirty Sprite 2 is the exclamation point to Future's stellar run in 2015 so far.
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UInterview
This album will be soundtracking the rest of your summer.
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Herban Indigo
DS2 proves to be a masterpiece that I would describe as the perfect illustration of Future’s unique style.
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Passion of the Weiss
Dirty Sprite 2 isn’t a collection of all-purpose bangers, nor is it a careful study of Future’s psyche. What it is is his third genuinely great LP in four years.
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