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MP2K giving a Sudan song a 10

37 | COME AND FIND YOU | 7.748076923 "Watch as he comes and goes So easily without restraint..." Highest Scores: 10.5 (@Haze); 10 (@California, @cloudbusting, @Florence Belch, @MP2K, @Reverie, @theblackestday, @worldwide angel) Lowest Scores: 3 (@Curaga) My Score: 9 Florence Belch says this was a "GIGA SMASH IN MY HOUSE," while a couple of you take a moment to praise Sudan's bending of genre. worldwide angel "love[s] her strings-infused electronica so much and this is a prime example of that being a success," while KatyPrismSpirit "love[s] how she incorporates different styles of music on here so perfectly." Finally, Haze is feeling the fantasy: "This song encapsulates sweltering heat and grinding bodies. HOT."

It's Supreme. Of course she didn't.

Let's make it 4. 38 | YEA YEA YEA | 7.722115385 "You got a big egg roll Like the deli off of 6 mile..." Highest Scores: 11 (@Reverie); 10.5 (@Mezzanine); 10 (@KBax, @SupremeGoddess, @Tsareena, @worldwide angel) Lowest Scores: 2 (@HonourableVomit) My Score: 8 Florence Belch bets "she was MADLY pressing those buttons in that studio!" (She gave it an 8.5 so that's a good thing, clearly!) "The TWO amazing outros, omg," says Ewan Chaos, creaming wildly. "This ******* HIT!" exclaims worldwide angel, adding that this is "the song that drew me to the era as a whole." KatyPrismSpirit thinks that "the beat switch near the half of this is so epic, this entire record is a creative masterpiece honestly. She deserves sm more." Oh, she must have seen the results early somehow.

Next page for someone who is not Rochelle, Erika, or Amaarae?

If you're going to downvote everything you're going back on ignore @California

39 | STARKILLA | 7.711538462 "Now pump your body, eat the floor, just like a disco ****..." Highest Scores: 10.5 (@modern thing); 10 (@California, @cloudbusting, @Eeveelution, @Ewan Chaos, @KatyPrismSpirit, @khorkina, @K$Ellie, @McNulty, @Mezzanine, @Pendulum) Lowest Scores: 0 (@Truth Teller); 1 (@SupremeGoddess) My Score: 7 "The trance production, the beat, the vocal delivery… Y E S," squeals Florence Belch, while cloudbusting simply exclaims, "And serve she did!" "Oh, this is a good time," bops starstruckaj, while KatyPrismSpirit merely sings along: "Ketamine coke and MOLLY." Elsewhere, Ewan Chaos outs himself as a Brony: ""okay so 18 pounds of cokane, 12 pounds of crake and 7 male stripers, but make sure none of them are white, I cant see the coke on them if they are."" "Oh, get Cokeli xcx on a remix," proposes Vin, before adding a postscript: "Edit: OOP, someone made a mashup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uHuxsjCV5o." Meloetta Carey cryptically asks, "Why does CzechSlovakAtlanta feel pretty apt for ATRL?" I'm not sure what you mean by that. We don't listen to Amaarae in my country. A few of you take a moment to praise the feature (oh Zara Larsson, don't make that face.) "Bree killed the intro and the song itself is such a hypebeast," thinks worldwideangel, while Bartender professes, "Bree Runway we love you." Antisocialites praises Amaarae's charitable inclinations: "So generous of Amaarae to give Bree her first good song since 2020." A few of you aren't as sold, however. theblackestday "hate[s] the Milkshake interpolation so bad… Could we not get Kelis to fume over this as well?" Kelis knew not to come for the Ghanaian Beyoncé, I fear. Indie Go Mind "think[s] the verses on this are on the weaker side and the chorus is a bit TOO repetitive," but calls it "still an enjoyable song." "It's funny, I guess," shrugs an apathetic flower moon. "The 'lala la lala la' part is kinda bad and brings down the song for me." And SupremeGoddess? Of course, she just shares:

Shall we give poor Erika a break?

There actually was! I relistened to it and Afterglow in really close proximity and realised it made no sense to have them sitting at the same rating.

The Garden being the only song in the entire rate to get a 10 from @Vin.

40 | THE GARDEN | 7.670192308 "I woke up feeling very sеntimental But you don't follow me, you think it's irrelevant..." Highest Scores: 10.5 (@playboi); 10 (@Bartender, @Démodé, @Ewan Chaos, @Reverie, @Vin) Lowest Scores: 4 (@Graves, @Meloetta Carey, @Mezzanine) My Score: 8 The Erika de Shakespeare pen game appreciators were out in full force again for this one, with Bartender calling it "just beautiful lyrically," and playboi christening it "a masterclass in writing, it carries an understated yet lingering melancholy that always hits me at the very end after the last "You know we can't stay."" ""Magnolia and willow trees is all that I can fathom. A spur of life that rises from the ashes of our kin," Antisocialites sings along, before designating Erika as "lyricist of the millennium iktr." "She was going for Sade," theorises starstruckaj, "it's cute." Similarly, SupremeGoddess calls it a "cute girl but everything in the album is gorgeous and gorgeous devours cute." A similar sentiment is expressed by worldwide angel: "Memorable but there are much stronger tracks." Ewan Chaos "feel[s] like this one is kinda viral since everyone was YELLING the chorus to this one when I saw her live? So random but so deserved." The kids on TikTok dancing to "The Garden" be like:

Hm... No! 41 | LIFETIME | 7.653846154 "And I will be the grown-up that she needed I promise that..." Highest Scores: 10.5 (@worldwide angel); 10 ( @Curaga, @Eeveelution, @HonourableVomit, @K$Ellie, @Legend E, @playboi, @Tsareena) Lowest Scores: 2 (@Mezzanine) My Score: 7 "The extreme slow down outro is goooood, just like the rest of the track," states Curaga. "Quite possibly her best track," declares worldwide angel, adding that "everything she's done, especially on Sensational has led to this." The step up in quality after a little slump is appreciated by playboi, who thinks that "she saved it so hard with this album, Still was really boring in retrospect." A couple of you were divided on it being the album's closing track, with Antisocialites praising Erika's pen: ""When the lights go out, do you still see me?" being the last line of the album is such a genius move. " Eeveelution calls it "the perfect closer for this album, zero notes." SupremeGoddess, on the other hand? "Cute girl again, but as an album finisher? Loses momentum."

You here babe? 42 | THE CHASE | 7.617307692 "Hit midnight Not even a text to hold me warm..." Highest Scores: 10.5 (@Legend E); 10 (@Antisocialites, @Démodé, @SupremeGoddess, @Tsareena, @worldwide angel) Lowest Scores: 4 (@starstruckaj) My Score: 8 "This is straight up from Massive Attack's Protection," accuses SupremeGoddess (complimentarily). As if she hasn't suffered enough, Antisocialites takes a moment to kick one of our rate's punching bags when she's down, saying this is "lowkey what FKA Twigs thought she was doing with Cheap Hotel." A couple of you take a moment to share some trivia, with Bartender offering a "fun fact, the reason why there's a sparkle when she says midnight is a nod to the album's original title: Midnight Caller, so this was probably the OG title track," which worldwide angel agrees with: "I remember this album was supposed to be called Midnight Caller and this screams title track turned highlight."

When I have to add an addendum to the album averages at the end because someone managed to get a 10+ average for someone (without giving everything a 10).