Limbo
| Amine
Limbo
Limbo is the second studio album by American rapper Aminé. It was released on August 7, 2020, by CLBN and Republic Records. The album features guest appearances from JID, Charlie Wilson, Young Thug, Slowthai, Vince Staples, Summer Walker, and Injury Reserve. -Wikipedia
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Paste
The Portland rapper is more existential than ever on his sophomore record.
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Pitchfork
On his new album, the Portland rapper rediscovers the appealing lightness that made him famous.
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meaww
Overall, the innovative artiste has laid out several personal notes of his innermost feelings and his views on his rising fame while thematically underlining the LP from its 'Limbo' standpoint. The new record feels like it plays with the audience perspective rather than pushing a particular message or throughline. 'Limbo' is what it wants to be without fronting and without showcasing excessive amounts of hip-hop stardom perks and we highly recommend you listen to it.
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The Post
All in all, this is a very mature project in that is leaps and bounds better than the average pop rap album. While there are a few weaker tracks toward the end of the project, this was a winning effort as a whole. The charmingly fun, versatile and bouncy sound on Limbo has paid off this time around, making it one of the better rap albums to come out in 2020.
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mxdwn
Overall, Limbo still remains true to who Aminé is when he debuted, just a mature version. He is still the same happy-go-lucky artist when he was singing about that bad thing named Caroline. While focusing on this unsure transition into adulthood, he is still able to punch out clever flows with witty bars on pop culture references. They have a good balance of having fun, finding love and adulting that many young people navigating life right now can relate to.
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Redbrick Music
Limbo is the project that proves Aminé as an artist and will keep him around for years to come.
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Medium
On "Limbo", hip-hop's most charismatic goofball exhibits authority on the mic while maintaining the charm that made him so endearing to begin with.
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Clash
'Limbo' is certainly not a representation of his best work, but rather an example of a talented artist not pushing his boundaries.
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Daily Bruin
the entire album is just that – blandly satisfying and lacking a wow factor. Aminé delivers silky vocals, pleasing instrumentals and a consistent flow, but unfortunately still falls short in terms of putting forward a coherent body of work.
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Ratings Game Music
Aminé does not get nearly enough credit for being an outstanding artist. I think he is a fantastic rapper, a pretty solid singer, and a great song-maker. On Limbo, the Portland rapper blesses us with hits, hits, and more hits!
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Vinyl Chapters
You can really tell that Aminé has taken a lot of inspiration from his fellow peers and idols throughout the world of hip-hop whilst creating Limbo. It is a melting pot of sounds and impossible to be bored when listening through. There is not one dislikeable song at any point which is quite obviously the sign of a great record.
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Slant Magazine
The album proves that the rapper can keep pace with his contemporaries while drawing on the history of hip-hop.
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The Collegiate
This album is exceptional and extremely versatile. There’s a mix of songs about growing up, love songs, hard hitting rap verses, and a commemoration to his mother as well as how the death of Kobe Bryant affected him.
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Earmilk
Limbo, is a beautiful mixture of fun summer hits and introspective emotivity. The subject matter of his music has experienced a new level of maturity and deep reflection since his ONEPOINTFIVE project. This project is an exciting forward direction for him and a hopefully impactful moment for the direction of the rest of hip-hop.
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Surreal Resolution
I have to say this album did give me more than what I was expecting. While I wasn’t on board with most of the relationship tracks, everything else just floored me on how much Amine improved from his debut with a broader beat selection, interesting content, good use of features, and it makes for a solid follow-up.
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Uproxx
Aminé’s Dazzling ‘Limbo’ Sets The Bar For How To Make A Classic Album.
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EW
Aminé sounds stuck on Limbo.
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Riff Magazine
A solid follow-up to his 2017 album, Good For You, Aminé delivers with an album that’s accessible and further explores the artist’s identity as he continues to grow.
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The Cultured Nerd
Despite its shortcomings in some areas, Aminé’s sophomore album is fun, exciting, versatile and offers more of what made him click in the first place.
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wavypack
There’s no telling where Amine can go from here and that excites me. If he takes his time on another project as well structured and polished as “Limbo” I think he’ll (ironically) only go up. Either way, I’ll anticipate hearing from him again.
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What You Expect?
Amine stepped it up on every level with this album. He has vastly improved as a singer and rapper while his ear for beats and features is coming along as well.
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East Side Vibes
Limbo is an example of a rapper improving on all of his skills that already made him great. If you have been a fan of Aminè’s in the past, I guarantee you will find a lot to love on Limbo. Aminè is a great artist who just keeps getting better, and this record is a really good example of that fact.
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Lazy Music Guru
I am definitely impressed at how much Aminé grew up since his first album. While there are several playful tracks on here, there are tracks where you can see that he has shown so much growth and maturity. We will see if he continues to ride out the success to improve his craft in the near future.
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HipHop Hopscotch
this Aminé project is a great album with a whole range of styles and focuses. His melodies are catchy, production great and delivery spot on - and this has some of my favourite songs from the year on.
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