ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 COUNTERFEIT Average: 7.46 High Score: 10 (@kandicha, @creativity., @Ace Reject) Low score: 1 (@a_d_22) With a playground chant of a chorus that would make Gwen Stefani jealous, “Counterfeit” is Amaarae’s spin on braggadocio rap. She’s got all the bills, bling and bitches she could want. Best bit: “Honestly, I don't give a FUCK!/I'ma run that shit UP!/I'ma pump that bitch UP!” ATRL says…: “The steel drums went the fuck OFFFFFF on this one,” @Ewan Chaos said. @a_d_22, once again, found it “annoying her voice makes me wanna skip immediately.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Off to a bad start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 "Counterfeit" was tied with "Wasted Eyes," but had more 10's. Next up is a three-way tie. All have two 10's, so I had to use the next-highest scores to break the tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 GOOD BYE Average: 7.53 High Score: 10 (@MP2K, @Reverie) Low score: 3 (@Alldeezy) With Victoria Monét playing the regal soul diva, Jaguar II ends on this farewell to a relationship that she keeps coming back to in spite of her better judgment. “If this is the last time,” she proposes over a lushly retro swing, “let's make this one a good bye.” Best bit: “You got my heart all bent out of shape/So after you, I'll never really use it the same” ATRL says…: “The way this song EXPANDS in the second half... heavenly,” @Ewan Chaos sighed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 Whew, the server is really struggling harder right now than Zach Bryan in this rate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Good Bye is nice but a bit subdued for me. Still better than a bunch of Olivia's songs, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 Where are my Olivia Rodrigo haters at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 BALLAD OF A HOMESCHOOLED GIRL Average: 7.53 High Score: 10 (@4Real, @creativity.) Low score: 3 (@MP2K) Among the array of bitterly funny self-deprecations on Guts, this Grammy nominee for Best Rock Song about Olivia Rodrigo’s social anxieties may feature the single most laugh-out-loud scene of all: After looking up online how to flirt so she can talk to a hot guy at a party, Olivia finds out “he was makin' out with boys, like, the whole night.” Best bit: “Each time I step outside, it's social sui-CIIIIIIIIIDDDEEEE” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 @Achilles., did you like this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Is this the one where she mentions that all the boys she likes are gay or something? Taking the wrong lessons from her mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 3 minutes ago, Suilen said: Is this the one where she mentions that all the boys she likes are gay or something? Taking the wrong lessons from her mother. Yes, so many great (Grammy-nominated!) lyrics in this one. Thought your mom was your wife Called you the wrong name twice Can't think of a third line 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 SMOKE ft. Lucky Daye Average: 7.53 High Score: 10 (@creativity., @glitch) Low score: 3 (@Achilles.) Returning from a brief hiatus following the birth of her daughter, Victoria Monét kicked off Jaguar II in early 2023 with this Lucky Daye duet about the joys of weed, which features an R&B bounce so thick you could get stuck in it. Victoria described “Smoke,” which also serves as the album opener, as “the beginning of a new era for me! Exhaling the old and inhaling the new.” Best bit: “To the left or the right, 'long as it rotate/It's a bisexual blunt, it can go both ways” ATRL says…: “She put crack in this,” @glitch wrote, mixing drug references. “Deserved the success that ‘On My Mama’ got.” @a_d_22 considered it an “odd concept but lowkey a great song.” @Ewan Chaos agreed that “it's a good song, but I just don't see it as an opener idk, maybe because to me it felt far away from the album release and kinda like a standalone song. The bisexual blunt line is top tier though.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 Truly dying over here with this server! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 SOCIOPATHIC DANCE QUEEN Average: 7.58 High Score: 10 (@4Real, @Reverie,@Ace Reject) Low score: 3 (@a_d_22) Amaarae is deeply in lust on Fountain Baby, but she regards romance with an intense cynicism. Even on this airy pop banger, with its insistent chorus commanding a lover to “touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch,” she’s already imagining the end of the entanglement before it’s begun. Best bit: obviously that chorus, though there’s a fantastic line (“Maybe we could be the remedy/Then eventually we'll be enemies”) that sums up Amaarae’s perspective on love ATRL says…: “Touch! Touch! Touch! What a hook!” @Ace Reject sang. @a_d_22, of course, found it “annoying but not as bad.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Just now, supaspaz said: SOCIOPATHIC DANCE QUEEN Average: 7.58 High Score: 10 (@4Real, @Reverie,@Ace Reject) Low score: 3 (@a_d_22) Amaarae is deeply in lust on Fountain Baby, but she regards romance with an intense cynicism. Even on this airy pop banger, with its insistent chorus commanding a lover to "touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch, touch," she's already imagining the end of the entanglement before it's begun. Best bit: obviously that chorus, though there's a fantastic line ("Maybe we could be the remedy/Then eventually we'll be enemies") that sums up Amaarae's perspective on love ATRL says…: "Touch! Touch! Touch! What a hook!" @Ace Reject sang. @a_d_22, of course, found it "annoying but not as bad." Rate cancelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 I love Genius annotaters just make shit up. Like, someone wrote all these notes about how this song is a reference to the Hades and Persephone myth but I could not independently verify that anywhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 Should I keep going or just call it here and do the next five tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 Never mind, this is completely unsustainable. Your top 15! Fountain Baby “Angels In Tibet” “Co-Star” Guts “All-American Bitch” “Bad Idea Right?” “Get Him Back!” “Love Is Embarrassing” “Pretty Isn’t Pretty” “Obsessed” Jaguar II “Alright” “How Does It Make You Feel” “On My Mama” The Record “True Blue” “Not Strong Enough” Zach Byran “Overtime” “I Remember Everything” ft. Kacey Musgraves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 And...of course the server picks up now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles. Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 31 minutes ago, supaspaz said: @Achilles., did you like this one? I don't think I did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Olivia should not be the album with half the top 10 and with the way Amaarae's album was dragged by someone who barely bothered to listen we were all way too generous to the albums that had the actual listeners in the trenches! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 Guts is a great album. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 ATRL is not beating success stanning allegations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverie Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 2 minutes ago, supaspaz said: Guts is a great album. I was surprised by how much I liked it. Maybe partly because listening to it after Boygenius breathed some life back into me. Still not touching Victoria and Amaarae for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 9 Author ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 9 3 minutes ago, Suilen said: ATRL is not beating success stanning allegations. Maybe, but the biggest hit in the rate did go out at #37. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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