The New Classic
| Iggy Azalea
The New Classic
The New Classic is the debut studio album by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. It was released on 21 April 2014, by Def Jam Recordings in United States, Virgin EMI in United Kingdom and affiliated record labels in other countries. - Wikipedia
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TIME
Azalea has said before that she initially resisted making any kind of pop record because she was dedicated to rap. In its final form, The New Classic suffers for trying to have it both ways.
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NME
There’s nothing game-changing about ‘The New Classic’, just recycled hustlin’ tropes and an ugly, nasal double-time flow overcompensating for mediocre wordplay.
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Rolling Stone
Savvier still, she dresses them up in the kind of shamelessly poppy hooks that make Top 40 programmers giggle in delight and “real hip-hop” heads shake theirs sadly. If this is the future, it’s one strange place.
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The Guardian
Azalea can still spit out rapid-fire verses, but this album feels less forward-thinking than her 2011 Ignorant Art mixtape.
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Slant
The New Classic mistakenly tries to frame Azalea as hip-hop’s newest can’t-miss egomaniac, focusing on the riches instead of the far more interesting rags.
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HipHopDX
However, if just wanting another hour-plus of inoffensive and turnt-up party jams to listen to after you finish your top 40 diet featuring Katy Perry and Juicy J, The New Classic has that in spades.
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Hot New Hip Hop
Iggy Azalea's "The New Classic" is a flat LP that fails to utilize what that makes Iggy unique.
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Drowned In Sound
Despite variety being the explicit goal, The New Classic's ultra-polished production ends up overshadowing and sanitising Iggy's persona and quirks.
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Spin
Zippy, squeaky, and context-free, The New Classic establishes the Australian artist as a competent rapper with a decent ear for hooks, but that’s about it.
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TimeOut
The New Classic’ knows its audience so well that it largely alienates those outside it.
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The 405
Twerk-inducing and loud; 'Goddess' is the game-changer for Iggy Azalea and the glistening cherry on top of the immaculately produced, lyrically creative gem that is The New Classic.
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The Line of Best Fit
The New Classic is an ambitious pop-rap record, steering Iggy Azalea out of her comfort zone – you can glimpse her actually singing for example, and she dabbles in acoustic soul (“100”) as well as electro-reggae/dancehall-lite (“Lady Patra”) alongside her standard trappy chart-bait.
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B Sides On Air
“The New Classic” holds its own and even outshines some of the best rap/hip-hop albums released by established artists.
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