Boo Boo
by Toro y Moi
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Drowned In Sound
    Jul 24, 2017
    60
    Boo Boo is fascinating as an exercise for Bear, and proves that Toro Y Moi has yet another viable direction to take their music in. At some point, Bear may need to chart a clear course for the project but for now it’s fun to hear him freely experimenting with new sonic palettes.
  2. The Observer (UK)
    Jul 10, 2017
    60
    Bear can’t rely on the strength of Drizzy’s personality to lift the weaker songs and when he reaches for the Auto-Tune, it becomes difficult to engage with his distant vocals. It’s Bear’s most consistent work to date, though, and the best songs have a haunted wistfulness that is impossible to forget.
  3. AllMusic
    Jul 6, 2017
    60
    Despite the flares of inventive arranging and limber songwriting that flash from time to time, Boo Boo is the first Toro y Moi album that doesn't work overall, the first to feel like product instead of artistic expression.
  5. Mojo
    Jul 5, 2017
    60
    Amid all these tribulations, Toro Y Moi still quarries a few gems. [Aug 2017, p.89]
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. NeutralMilkH
    Jul 8, 2017
    9
    When I saw the title of this album, I expected something completely different.. a crappy rap album was what I expected. Instead, what I gotWhen I saw the title of this album, I expected something completely different.. a crappy rap album was what I expected. Instead, what I got was an interesting electronic hip-hop (R&B is a better term for it) album with long instrumental breaks, lyrics that are self-less (When I expand my vocabulary, I promise to come up with better words to describe lyrics) without becoming self-deprecating and unrelatable. The singer has a voice that sounds childish and young, and it completely contrasts with the surprisingly mature lyrics and interesting "conversations" that it tests the limits of how much every instrument and singer has to blend together. For now, I don't have much to say about this album, but I can say that as of right now, it is in the right place at the right time in my opinion.

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