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Celeb News: Iggy Azalea "The New Classic" Reviews
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Iggy Azalea "The New Classic" Reviews
XXL (preview)*
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Iggy’s The New Classic is a debut ready for mass consumption. Developing her sound into something marketable, we can expect Iggy’s debut to elevate her to the status she’s worked hard for.
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A Life In The Day (preview)*
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Ms. Azalea does not disappoint. The New Classic is packed with fifteen (yes, you read correctly, fifteen) bass-hitting, beat-bumping, cleverly lyrical hip-hop/pop tracks that can only be described in a nutshell by her braggadocious (yet well suited) album title.
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Digital Spy
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Emily Mackay from Digital Spy gave the album three out of five stars, highlighting tracks 'F**k Love', 'Goddess' and the single 'Fancy', stating "If not quite a classic, Iggy's first full-length release is a punchy, characterful debut that shows the benefits of taking your time and finding your own terms - a lesson that's genuinely inspirational from Mullumbimby to Miami."
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Attitude
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Attitude, commenting that the album "definitely deserves some of your time", also referenced "Black Widow" and "**** Love" as standouts.
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Time Out
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But has all that graft paid off on her major label debut? No doubt Azalea plays to her substantive strengths, penning tracks that rigidly comply to one of three categories: underdog triumphalism (‘Impossible is Nothing’,); girl power defiance (‘Goddess’, ‘**** Love’); and boy-baiting drama (‘New Bitch’ and ‘Black Widow’ featuring Rita Ora).
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Zero Magazine
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The New Classic is a bold statement – a refined yet raw effort by a promising rising star.
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Drowned In Sound
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The New Classic chronicles her ascent to stardom, from the "No money, no family/16 in the middle of Miami" phase she recalls in her first single proper 'Work' (here placed halfway through the album) to the "bow down to the goddess" bragging of the surprisingly rocky 'Goddess'.
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The 405
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Twerk-inducing and loud; 'Goddess' is the game-changer for Iggy Azalea and the glistening cherry on top of the immaculately produced, lyrically creative gem that is The New Classic.
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Spin
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The New Classic establishes the Australian artist as a competent rapper with a decent ear for hooks, but that's about it.
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The Azarian
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Azalea lets down her defenses showing to others that she relatable as an artist, which many forget when creating albums.
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Female First
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A collection of music with minimal duff moments, it may be a little early to call this a classic, but it's certainly a super strong debut that will cement Iggy's career for some time going forward.
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The Guardian
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Azalea can still spit out rapid-fire verses, but this album feels less forward-thinking than her 2011 Ignorant Art mixtape. (...) Azalea's rags-to-riches story shines on Work, but elsewhere her "bow down to a goddess" schtick grows tiring.
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The Independent UK
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Though neither particularly new nor classic, Iggy Azalea’s debut album proper (following two self-released mixtapes) reveals enough smarts and skills to sustain the Aussie rapper’s momentum.
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The Line of Best Fit
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There’s no rap entitlement on display, and even brand-dropping doesn’t feel disingenuous or superficial, somehow--and, furthermore, she’s a grounded everyman rap icon. It’s endearing to no end.
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Rolling Stone
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Iggy swaggers through her first LP with all the zero-****s-given zest of the Nineties baby she is, trumpeting her story on underdog anthems like "Work" and "Don't Need Y'all." Savvier still, she dresses them up in the kind of shamelessly poppy hooks that make Top 40 programmers giggle in delight and "real hip-hop" heads shake theirs sadly. If this is the future, it's one strange place.
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US Weekly
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Iggy Azalea has the deft flow to make her rap's next empress - and she knows it.
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Yahoo UK
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Whether 'The New Classic' will be as revered as Azalea hopes remains to be seen. But it's undoubtedly a cool, colourful and characterful first effort which more than justifies the wait.
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theMusic.com.au
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Azalea might be following a formula that most hip hop artists do, but she’s believable.
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The Observer UK
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But Azalea's flow is both playful and authoritative, and above-par surprises unfurl on the productions – there are stuttering digital guitars on 100, and a deranged percussive workout on **** Love.
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The Independent UK on Sunday
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And yet omens be damned for, in fact, this is an instantly engaging showcase of the 23-year-old Aussie’s talents – poppy without diluting her fierce-flowing charisma.
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Hot Press
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As an opening salvo, The New Classic is fascinating and often very compelling indeed...
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AllMusic
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The New Classic features an EP or so worth of memorable moments that mash fashion, sass, high tax bracket mackin', and flashy beats.
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The Arts Desk
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It’s the sparse, dark beat behind the verse of “Impossible Is Nothing” and the breathless powerplay of the Boney M-sampling (seriously) “Goddess” that are the moments worth savouring.
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Associated Press
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If Azalea doesn't fall into the trap of rapping only about her designer clothes and wealth in the future, and keeps her eyes on the artsy prize, she might just become an old classic.
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HipHopDX
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The New Classic is a musical throne upon which the new blonde princess of Pop can rest her ample posterior.
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So So Gay
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Genre wise, the material on The New Classic leans on a commercialised pop EDM sound meeting trap. Old school rappers may disapprove, but remember this is supposed to be the ‘new’ classic.
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The Morning Sun
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Azalea took a minute on this project, but she certainly made the wait worthwhile.
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JustDip
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With people desperate to tear her down. With every aspect of her image dissect. Her very art questioned. It’s little surprise that ‘The New Classic’ is delivered with a defensive snarl. There’s a party, but it’s not one for pity. What Iggy Azalea has built, is a shrine to self. An album worthy of worship. A constant reminder that one person’s vision holds inordinate power. West Coast, East Coast or the whole, outdated rules of a scene, ‘The New Classic’ is bigger than all. So paint your targets and take aim. Iggy Azalea can’t be touched.
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The Minnesota Daily
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Azalea’s ear for beats is phenomenal. She extends rap’s trend of minimalist pings (popularized by “Yeezus”) and transforms them into two-chord pop melodies.
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New York Times
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Student’s complete commitment to character and form compensate slightly for the unrelenting weirdness of this project.
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Between the almost undecipherable feature, to the generic reggae-tinged instrumental, if you looked up “filler” in the Oxford dictionary, Lady Patra would be the first thing labelled. Well, the second – after “Keri Hilson’s career”.
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Oh my gawd
Get that acclaim though Iggy! ![party](images/smilies/images/smilies/party.gif)
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Wow, that doesn't seem too good... It seem's there's a negative in almost every single song.
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You'll have to edit out some of the article because you'll get WPs for using more than half of it ![Dancehall Queen](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/dancehall_zps88e4c4c6.png)
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Changed the title since that's the most exciting part for me atm
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Originally posted by aidan_dolan
You'll have to edit out some of the article because you'll get WPs for using more than half of it ![Dancehall Queen](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/dancehall_zps88e4c4c6.png)
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I always forget about that **** ![deadbanana](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/bananas/deadbanana2_zpsd45da7d4.gif) thanks, done!
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I already posted the Dark Horse comparison yesterday and y'all ignored me ![rip](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRLSmilies/rip_zpsec10ede9.gif)
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The thread change assures it will be a hit, ~ joão.!
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Between the almost undecipherable feature, to the generic reggae-tinged instrumental, if you looked up “filler” in the Oxford dictionary, Lady Patra would be the first thing labelled. Well, the second – after “Keri Hilson’s career”.
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![rip](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRLSmilies/rip_zpsec10ede9.gif)
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I knew she would use TRAP !!! OMG !!1
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Originally posted by Matangi
I already posted the Dark Horse comparison yesterday and y'all ignored me ![rip](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRLSmilies/rip_zpsec10ede9.gif)
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I noticed & actually just mentioned it on the album thread too ![laugh](images/smilies/images/smilies/laugh.gif) just didn't comment cuz you said the review was coming. ![Duca](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/duca_zps480ab501.gif)
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![toofunny2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/faces/toofunny2_zpsb54f2d2d.gif) so much shade at every fawking body
Still can't wait to hear it for myself ![Dancehall Queen](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/dancehall_zps88e4c4c6.png)
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Gaga ha impact ![clap3](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/67d90ee8.gif)
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So ready to hear this album
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Looking forward to this ![Duca](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/duca_zps480ab501.gif)
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YAAAAAAAAAASSSSSS when is it coming out?
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Black Widow
The first track on the album to delve into the world of trap, Black Widow featuring Rita Ora bears major similarities to Katy Perry’s Dark Horse - which isn’t surprising considering the Teenage Dream singer had a hand in writing the song. Tracks that start with a chorus are always destined for greatness: Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance, Madonna’s Hung Up and Destiny’s Child’s Say My Name all did the same and they’re now certified pop classics.
http://attitude.co.uk/iggy-azalea-track-by-track/
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not to be TEW nitpicky but Bad Romance doesn't start with the chorus ('I want your love and I want your revenge')...
anyway, get dat WW smash, Amethyst.
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![Duca](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/duca_zps480ab501.gif) Black Widow sounds like it'll be amazing. I can't wait for this album to drop.
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can't wait ![weeps](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRLSmilies/52b0f867.gif)
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