Plateau Vision Explained

Plateau Vision
Type:studio
Artist:Lushlife
Cover:Plateau Vision.jpg
Genre:Hip hop
Label:Western Vinyl
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Plateau Vision is a solo studio album by Lushlife.[1] It was released on Western Vinyl on April 17, 2012.[2] It includes guest appearances from Styles P, Heems, Shad, and Cities Aviv.[3] Music videos were created for "Still I Hear the Word Progress"[4] [5] and "Magnolia".[6] [7]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Jake Paine of HipHopDX gave the album a 4.0 out of 5, saying: "The artist knows he might not fit into the musical worlds that influenced him, but he pays homage to them without sacrificing much of his own dignity." Hari Ashurst of Pitchfork wrote, "there's enough of a sweet spot in the clean, backward-leaning production and offbeat samples to allow the record to distinguish itself as more than a sum of disparate parts."

Rhapsody placed it at number 8 on the "Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of 2012" list.[8] Stereogum placed it at number 25 on the "Top 40 Rap Albums of 2012" list.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stream Lushlife Plateau Vision. Stereogum. Tom. Breihan. April 10, 2012. February 23, 2016.
  2. Web site: Premiere: Stream Lushlife's "Plateau Vision" In Its Entirety. Complex. Andrew. Martin. April 10, 2012. February 23, 2016.
  3. Web site: Lush For Life: Raj Haldar's heady hip-hop. CMJ. Dan. Jackson. March 26, 2012. October 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603195237/http://www.cmj.com/feature/lushlife-lush-for-life/. June 3, 2012. live.
  4. Web site: Lushlife – "Still I Hear The Word Progress" Video (Feat. Styles P). Stereogum. Tom. Breihan. May 21, 2012. October 28, 2018.
  5. Web site: Video: Lushlife f/ Styles P "Still I Hear The Word Progress". Complex. Daniel. Isenberg. May 22, 2012. October 28, 2018.
  6. Web site: Lushlife – "Magnolia" Video. Stereogum. Tom. Breihan. November 5, 2012. October 28, 2018.
  7. Web site: Video: Lushlife "Magnolia". Complex. Sam. Weiss. November 6, 2012. October 28, 2018.
  8. Web site: Best Of 2012: Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums. Rhapsody. Mosi. Reeves. February 23, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20121214094843/http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/top-20-hip-hop-albums-of-2012. December 14, 2012. live.
  9. Web site: Stereogum's Top 40 Rap Albums Of 2012. Stereogum. Tom. Breihan. December 21, 2012. February 23, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20151030090519/http://www.stereogum.com/1225002/stereogums-top-40-rap-albums-of-2012-2/franchises/list/. October 30, 2015. live.