808s & Dark Grapes III

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808s & Dark Grapes III
808s & Dark Grapes III.jpg
Studio album by
Main Attrakionz
ReleasedJune 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)
StudioPerfect Skies
Genre Hip hop
Length43:36
Label Vapor Records
Producer Friendzone
Main Attrakionz chronology
Bossalinis & Fooliyones
(2012)		808s & Dark Grapes III
(2015)

808s & Dark Grapes III is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Main Attrakionz. [1] It was released on Vapor Records on June 30, 2015. [2] It is the third installment of the duo's 808s & Dark Grapes series. [3] Entirely produced by Friendzone, [4] it features guest appearances from Shady Blaze, Robbie Rob, Dope G, and Lo Da Kid. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Cokemachineglow favorable [8]
Exclaim! 8/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [10]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, 808s & Dark Grapes III received an average score of 77, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [6]

Paul Simpson of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and called it "an enjoyable, highly focused effort." [7] Calum Slingerland of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying, "While the two have never been lauded as top-tier lyricists, their liberal approach to flow and delivery keeps their work engaging". [9] Meaghan Garvey of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, describing it as "bombastic and baroque, certainly not lo-fi". [10]

SF Weekly placed the album at number 4 on the "Top 7 Bay Area Hip-Hop Albums of 2015" list. [11] The album was also included on Cokemachineglow 's "Unison / Harmony 2015" list. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Shoot the Dice" (featuring Shady Blaze)3:43
2."G.O Style" (featuring Robbie Rob, Dope G, and Lo Da Kid)5:29
3."Dip"2:56
4."Spoken Jewelz"3:23
5."Ain't No Other Way"3:18
6."Cycles"3:26
7."My Story"3:22
8."Right Now"2:32
9."Summa Time"3:50
10."Green Ova Diamond"4:04
11."G.O All I Know"3:33
12."Two Man Horror Film" (featuring Shady Blaze)3:54
Total length:43:36

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