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Released | April 8, 2022 | |||
Genre | West Coast hip hop [1] | |||
Length | 41:02 | |||
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Ramona Park Broke My Heart is the fifth studio album by American rapper Vince Staples,released on April 8,2022,through Motown and Blacksmith Records. It features guest appearances from Mustard,Lil Baby and Ty Dolla Sign. Production was handled by a variety of record producers,including longtime collaborator LeKen Taylor,Saint Mino,DJ Dahi,and Mustard himself,among others. It follows Staples' eponymous fourth studio album (2021),and shares its conversational themes.
Ramona Park Broke My Heart is named after Ramona Park,the neighborhood of Long Beach,California where Staples grew up. [2] [3] The album's first single,"Magic",was released on February 14,2022, [4] with an accompanying music video following on March 7. [5] The album's second single,"Rose Street",was released on March 28. [6]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.8/10 [7] |
Metacritic | 82/100 [8] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
Beats Per Minute | 80% [10] |
Clash | 9/10 [11] |
DIY | [12] |
Exclaim! | 9/10 [13] |
Gigwise | 9/10 [14] |
HipHopDX | 4.0/5 [15] |
NME | [16] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10 [17] |
Rolling Stone | [18] |
Ramona Park Broke My Heart was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic,which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications,the album received an average score of 82,based on 10 reviews. [8] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.8 out of 10,based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [7]
Robin Murray from Clash enjoyed the album,saying,"A brave record that asks awkward questions both of its maker and his audience,Ramona Park Broke My Heart is a document of personal evolution and what its possible to bring along with you". [11] Reviewing the album for AllMusic,Fred Thomas stated,"Staples goes even deeper into memory and self-reflection on Ramona Park Broke My Heart,presenting his pain,glory,and contradictory emotions in sharper definition while turning in some of his most engaging music to date". [9] Matthew Ismael Ruiz of Pitchfork said,"The companion piece to his 2021 self-titled record diverges from the innovation and technical proficiency in favor of introspection and contemplation. It is a richly detailed,deadpan elegy for his stolen youth". [17] Beats Per Minute critic Marc Griffin said,"Ramona Park Broke My Heart is an illusion;Vince Staples' latest LP finds him making far more ear-catching music than his previous effort,but the infectious beats and choruses are merely a facade". [10] Wesley McLean of Exclaim! praised the album,stating,"It's a near-perfect encapsulation of every enticing aspect of his previous work,wrapped into one project". [13] Writing for NME ,Kyann-Sian Williams stated,"The production is clean,the rhymes imaginative and the rapper digs deeper than ever before. Yes, Vince Staples was a beautifully personal reflection from start to finish,but Ramona Park… deepens the listener's relationship with the rapper". [16]
Karl Blakesley of Gigwise said,"This is easily Vince's strongest and most ambitious work since Big Fish Theory . An album that sounds great,but also offers an intricately crafted and at times brutally honest portrait of his hometown,highlighting the maze of social traps from which he was lucky enough to escape". [14] In a positive review,Spectrum Culture's Aaron Paskin said,"Tragic accounts of violence surround a guarded Vince Staples,who raps not proudly but unapologetically about his dedication to the hustle,his anxiety,and ultimately his inability to love,all stemming from his tumultuous upbringing in Long Beach". [19]
Critic/publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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Clash | Albums of the Year 2022 | 5 | |
Complex | The Best Albums of 2022 | 5 | |
The Fader | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 37 | |
Mondo Sonoro | Los 50 mejores discos internacionales de 2022 | 20 | |
Okayplayer | Okayplayer's 22 Best Albums of 2022 | 4 | |
The Ringer | The 33 Best Albums of 2022 | 33 | |
Rolling Stone | The 100 Best Albums of 2022 | 19 | |
Rob Sheffield's Top 20 Albums of 2022 | 13 | ||
Vulture | The Best Albums of 2022 | 2 | |
Wired | The 12 Best Albums of 2022 | 2 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Beach" |
| Mingo | 1:07 |
2. | "Aye! (Free the Homies)" |
| Taylor | 3:05 |
3. | "DJ Quik" |
| 2:20 | |
4. | "Magic" (featuring Mustard) |
| 3:46 | |
5. | "Nameless" |
| Brazzen | 0:48 |
6. | "When Sparks Fly" |
| Frano | 3:47 |
7. | "East Point Prayer" (featuring Lil Baby) |
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| 3:37 |
8. | "Slide" |
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| 2:18 |
9. | "Papercuts" |
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| 3:01 |
10. | "Lemonade" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) |
| 2:59 | |
11. | "Player Ways" |
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| 3:28 |
12. | "Mama's Boy" |
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| 2:19 |
13. | "Bang That" (featuring Mustard) |
| 2:39 | |
14. | "The Spirit of Monster Kody" |
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| 0:45 |
15. | "Rose Street" |
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| 2:33 |
16. | "The Blues" |
| Mingo | 2:22 |
Total length: | 41:02 |
Notes
Credits adapted from liner notes. [30]
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Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [31] | 99 |
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [32] | 30 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [33] | 193 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [34] | 44 |
US Billboard 200 [35] | 21 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [36] | 10 |
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