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Establishing identity through the lens of cultural appropriation can be tricky business. On Post Malone's studio debut Stoney, the Dallas-raised musician with gold grills and braids does his best to sing-rap his way through an album's worth of woozy R&B-inflected hip-hop. As a fan of rap and its associated culture, Post delivers with moderate respect, careful not to toe the precarious line over which others like Iggy Azalea and Riff Raff have stumbled. Yet, there still seems to be something missing in the calculated white-guy-does-hip-hop formula. Although he plays guitar and is influenced by Tim McGraw as much as Kanye West, Stoney is mostly devoid of that country twang, save for some outlaw grit on "Broken Whiskey Glass" and faint strumming on "Go Flex" (bonus track "Leave" actually captures his true cross-genre nature better than anything here). Mostly, that part of his background only comes through when he chooses to sing. Those tracks -- notably "No Option" and "I Fall Apart" -- work best, featuring strong vocals that quiver when he pushes it to the limit. Guest vocalists and producers like Kehlani ("Feel"), River Tiber ("Cold"), Pharrell Williams ("Up There"), and Quavo and Metro Boomin ("Congratulations") bolster Stoney with both atmosphere and credibility, while tourmate Justin Bieber increases the star power on the sweet "Cha-Cha"/"Hotline Bling"-esque "Deja Vu." Even though most of the songs bleed indistinguishably into one another, the aptly titled album provides an appropriate soundtrack for a certain type of recreational rest and relaxation (even occasionally threatening to sedate the listener). It's competent and listenable, but many others have tread this same path already. Post Malone has a way to go before standing out with his own unique voice, but there are signs on Stoney that it could happen.
© Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo
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Andrew Maury, MixingEngineer - Trocon Markous Roberts, Programmer - Peter Lee Johnson, Strings - Idan Kalai, Programmer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer - Rex Kudo, Producer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer - Austin Post, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Cashio, Producer - Trocon Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Trocon Markous Roberts, Jr., Producer
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Twice As Nice, CoProducer - Lewis Hughes, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Dijon McFarlane, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Mustard, Producer - Nicholas Audino, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Louis Bell, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalProducer - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - Te Whiti Warbrick, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Pavone, RecordingSecondEngineer - Carl Rosen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Justin Bieber, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Frank Dukes, Producer, Percussion, Programmer - Trocon Markous Roberts, ComposerLyricist - ANDERSON HERNANDEZ, ComposerLyricist - Louis Bell, Other, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Julian Swirsky, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Tavares, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar, Keyboard - Adam Feeney, ComposerLyricist - Anderson "Vinylz" Hernandez, Producer - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Kaan Gunesberk, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Alex Pavone, RecordingSecondEngineer - Carl Rosen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Justin Bieber, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Watt, Guitar - Michael McGinnis, ComposerLyricist - Trocon Markous Roberts, Programmer, DrumKit - Louis Bell, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalProducer - Idan Kalai, Programmer, ComposerLyricist, DrumKit - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - Alex Pavone, RecordingSecondEngineer - Cashio, Producer - Michael Hancock, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Rude, ComposerLyricist - Trocon Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Trocon Markous Roberts, Jr., Producer
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Frank Dukes, Producer - Trocon Markous Roberts, Programmer - Louis Bell, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalProducer - Adam Feeney, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - River Tiber, BackgroundVocalist - Alex Pavone, RecordingSecondEngineer - Trocon Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Trocon Markous Roberts, Jr., Producer - Nick McMullen, RecordingEngineer
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andre Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Idan Kalai, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - Rex Kudo, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - Austin Post, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, Producer, MainArtist - Trocon Roberts, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Carlo Montagnese, ComposerLyricist - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, Vocalist, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - William Walsh, ComposerLyricist - Alex Pavone, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Louis Bell, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalProducer - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - Alex Pavone, RecordingSecondEngineer - Carl Rosen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Peter Lee Johnson, Guitar, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Ryan Vojtesak, ComposerLyricist - Idan Kalai, ComposerLyricist - Rex Kudo, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer, DrumKit - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Charlie Handsome, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Programmer, Bass, BackgroundVocalist, RecordingEngineer, DrumKit
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Trocon Markous Roberts, Programmer - Louis Bell, AdditionalProducer - Kehlani, FeaturedArtist - Ryan Vojtesak, ComposerLyricist - Idan Kalai, Programmer, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar, Keyboard, DrumKit - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Barrington Hall, RecordingEngineer - Charlie Handsome, Producer, Percussion, Programmer, BassGuitar, Keyboard, DrumKit - Kehlani Parrish, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - Cashio, Producer - Trocon Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Trocon Markous Roberts, Jr., Producer - Nick McMullen, RecordingEngineer
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - M. HERNANDEZ, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Suarez, ComposerLyricist - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Justin Mosley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Foreign Teck, Producer - Rico Evans, Producer - Tecknique, RecordingEngineer
℗ 2015 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Frank Dukes, Producer - Leland Wayne, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Metro Boomin, Producer - Louis Bell, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalProducer - Quavious Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Adam Feeney, Programmer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer - Quavo, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, Vocalist, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - Carl Rosen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pharrell Williams, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Pharrell, Producer - Andrew Coleman, RecordingEngineer, RecordingArranger - Brent Paschke, ElectricGuitar - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Mike Larson, RecordingSecondEngineer - David Kim, RecordingSecondEngineer - Louis Bell, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalProducer, RecordingArranger - Dave Rowland, RecordingEngineer - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - Carl Rosen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leon Thomas, Producer, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, BassGuitar - MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Louis Bell, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalProducer - Roofeeo, Producer, Programmer - Jahphet Landis, ComposerLyricist - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - Alex Pavone, RecordingSecondEngineer - Carl Rosen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andrew Maury, MixingEngineer - Peter Lee Johnson, Guitar, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Ryan Vojtesak, ComposerLyricist - Idan Kalai, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer - Rex Kudo, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist, RecordingEngineer, DrumKit - Austin Post, Guitar, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Charlie Handsome, Producer, Programmer, BassGuitar - Cashio, Producer
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - Carlo Montagnese, ComposerLyricist - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer, Programmer, RecordingEngineer - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - William Walsh, ComposerLyricist - Alex Pavone, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tauheed Epps, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, MixingEngineer - Chris Galland, MixingSecondEngineer - 2 Chainz, FeaturedArtist - Trocon Markous Roberts, Programmer - Louis Bell, AdditionalProducer - Austin Post, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist - Jeff Jackson, MixingSecondEngineer - Trocon Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Trocon Markous Roberts, Jr., Producer
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Watt, Producer - Khari Mateen, Cello - Nicolas Essig, RecordingEngineer - Josh Gudwin, MixingEngineer, BackgroundVocalist, RecordingEngineer - Jessy Greene, Cello, Violin - Andrew Watt, Guitar, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist, BassGuitar, StringArranger - Louis Bell, AdditionalProducer - Austin Post, Guitar, ComposerLyricist - Post Malone, MainArtist
℗ 2016 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Review: Stoney (Deluxe) - Post Malone
Establishing identity through the lens of cultural appropriation can be tricky business. On Post Malone's studio debut Stoney, the Dallas-raised musician with gold grills and braids does his best to sing-rap his way through an album's worth of woozy R&B-inflected hip-hop. As a fan of rap and its associated culture, Post delivers with moderate respect, careful not to toe the precarious line over which others like Iggy Azalea and Riff Raff have stumbled. Yet, there still seems to be something missing in the calculated white-guy-does-hip-hop formula. Although he plays guitar and is influenced by Tim McGraw as much as Kanye West, Stoney is mostly devoid of that country twang, save for some outlaw grit on "Broken Whiskey Glass" and faint strumming on "Go Flex" (bonus track "Leave" actually captures his true cross-genre nature better than anything here). Mostly, that part of his background only comes through when he chooses to sing. Those tracks -- notably "No Option" and "I Fall Apart" -- work best, featuring strong vocals that quiver when he pushes it to the limit. Guest vocalists and producers like Kehlani ("Feel"), River Tiber ("Cold"), Pharrell Williams ("Up There"), and Quavo and Metro Boomin ("Congratulations") bolster Stoney with both atmosphere and credibility, while tourmate Justin Bieber increases the star power on the sweet "Cha-Cha"/"Hotline Bling"-esque "Deja Vu." Even though most of the songs bleed indistinguishably into one another, the aptly titled album provides an appropriate soundtrack for a certain type of recreational rest and relaxation (even occasionally threatening to sedate the listener). It's competent and listenable, but many others have tread this same path already. Post Malone has a way to go before standing out with his own unique voice, but there are signs on Stoney that it could happen.
© Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:14
- Main artists: Post Malone
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2016 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2016 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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