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808s & Dark Grapes III

808s & Dark Grapes III
Studio album by Main Attrakionz
Released June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)
Studio Perfect Skies
Genre Hip hop
Length 43:36
Label Vapor Records
Producer Friendzone
Main Attrakionz chronology
Bossalinis & Fooliyones
(2012)Bossalinis & Fooliyones2012
808s & Dark Grapes III
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 77/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars
Cokemachineglow favorable
Exclaim! 8/10
Pitchfork 7.4/10

808s & Dark Grapes III is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Main Attrakionz. It was released via Vapor Records on June 30, 2015. It is the third installment of the duo's 808s & Dark Grapes series. Entirely produced by Friendzone, it features guest appearances from Shady Blaze, Robbie Rob, Dope G, and Lo Da Kid.

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, 808s & Dark Grapes III received an average score of 77% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Paul Simpson of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and called it "an enjoyable, highly focused effort." Calum Slingerland of Exclaim! gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying, "While the two have never been lauded as top-tier lyricists, their liberal approach to flow and delivery keeps their work engaging". Meaghan Garvey of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4 out of 10, describing it as "bombastic and baroque, certainly not lo-fi".

SF Weekly named it one of the "Top 7 Bay Area Hip-Hop Albums of 2015".


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