The group known for their smashing hit singles “Bad and Boujee” and “Versace,” their forever-memorable triplet rapping style and their ability to make a song out of almost anything, the Migos, recently released a new album. “Culture II” is the follow-up to their previous album, “Culture.” The album is doing decent economically, but how does the public truly feel about the music?
According to the Pitt News, “‘Culture II’ is a sequel in every sense, but it does not quite live up to the hype that surrounded it in the wake of last year’s success.”
During the time that “Culture” was released, the Migos dominated the party scene and took over the radio.
The Migos did in fact keep the same approach to the “Culture II” album lyrically, but fans are not rating this album as highly as the first one.
John Volz, sophomore business major, said, “Compared to the rest of their music, I don’t really think that is much different and I think that might be why it didn’t blow up.”
Billboard commended the album, writing, “Rap trio scores its second number one on the Billboard 200 charts as ‘Culture II’ opens atop the tally.”
The album is still dominating the music charts and accumulating stream from apps like Spotify, Apple music and Pandora, despite being on the bad end of many twitter memes and under fire for unoriginality.
“Critics say the album was a flop because it’s not something they want to hear,” Quinn Ackerman, junior writing major, said. “The album is climbing the charts, so it’s kind of impossible for anyone to say the album is a flop.”
The success and the excitement around the first “Culture” album was so widespread, it is possible that it could it have created an unreachable expectation for its predecessor. This could explain why critics and fans alike are claiming that the album is not something they want to listen to, though from looking at the billboard charts or any streaming app, it is clear the album is performing well.
“You have to give the album time. It only came out [a few] weeks ago,” Edmund Whisnant, freshman business management major, said. “Once people start to listen to it, they will start to understand the music.”
What does this mean for the Migos? Will every album they make be compared to their first? Should they change the way they approach their next album so it received better ?
“In the future, I think the Migos should keep doing what they are doing because people still love them and are still buying their music,” Volz said.
