But while he can't hit far, he at least hits hard.
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Our team is small and we're all close, so it hits hard.
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From personal observation, into the lab When parenthood hits, it hits hard.
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From personal observation, into the lab When parenthood hits, it hits hard.
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Home, Like Noplace Is There is emotionally heavy, and it hits hard.
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He hits hard, but that is more strength than a transfer of weight.
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The whole thing only clocks up to 3:33, but it hits hard nonetheless.
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News of the overdose outbreak hits hard, but he's not surprised given heroin's takeover.
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The news hits hard — it's a high-pressure time for my job, friend, family.
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Floyd has always had problems with southpaws; Conor is a southpaw, and Conor hits hard.
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He hits hard, and the president hits back harder, as do Trump's well-funded supporters.
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I pace really well for the first two miles, and then the wind hits hard again.
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It's a cute moment, but not one that hits hard--nothing in this episode really did.
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That's why Williams' announcement that he will be retiring from Star Wars for good hits hard.
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It also hits hard on the relationship between college affordability, employment, job discrimination based on race and poverty.
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The only good thing about oversleeping is that the realization hits hard enough to really wake me up.
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Unfortunately in his last two big wins, we only really got confirmation that yes, he still hits hard.
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In an area where about half the population lives below the poverty level, inflation like that hits hard.
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If the storm hits hard, it could delay or upend the desperately needed aid going to its neighbor.
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Everything hits hard, and I find myself in the embarrassing position of crying at my desk at work.
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Helena's first contraction hits hard, and Coady runs to her side just as she slips back into another flashback.
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It's like hearing her shout in a field very far away — she's singing with force but nothing hits hard.
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This issue hits hard on an emotional front, giving readers some extra baggage to carry around with TIM-21.
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Something the size of an M&M still hits hard enough to take out a satellite at that speed.
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PG-13 for slightly lower-than-normal American teenager levels of swearing, plus some violence that's understated, but hits hard.
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The mere mention of the word "hookers" in a Congressional hearing can't be just laughed off and it certainly hits hard.
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With a similar type of awareness that Gondelman worked to achieve, Fisch now better manages situations where his OCD hits hard.
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The trust fund issue hits hard for Petra because she feels like she's always competing with Jane, even when they aren't.
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Where some techno hits hard with full-fledged brute force, aggression here tightens its grip slowly by way of purposeful captivation.
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Neither of us expected to become emotional, but in 2019, this film about an immigrant child separated from his family hits hard.
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When she buys a box of industrial doughnuts for a late-night snack session, the play hits hard, without trying too hard.
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And for some raised in Annapolis, like New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, the tragedy hits hard even after they&aposve gone elsewhere.
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"We believe in consistency, so this transfer hits hard in a lot of places," new general manager Ali Curtis said in a release.
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Facing a Republican Party that hits hard and often beneath the belt, Franken has shown repeatedly that he is willing to punch back.
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Girl on the Third Floor deserves an R rating primarily for gore — which gets deployed relatively judiciously, but hits hard when it does hit.
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Sure, the fucks come at you fast, but let's really give some credit to the "bitch," because when it arrives, it really hits hard.
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All of a sudden you remember that Donald Trump is the president, and it hits hard—all you want is to paint the town red.
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It also accounts for more drug-related convictions than any other illegal drug, which means its impact hits hard at both the health and societal levels.
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He's a stocky, powerful guy who hits hard in ones and twos, and grinds his man down or turns them passive with the threat of his power.
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GOOGLE HITS HARD ON PRIVACY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT I/O 2018 The Department of Defense has said that its workforce is overwhelmed by incoming data, particularly video imagery.
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There is no resting heavy on their laurels—the album hits hard the whole way through and burns slow into screeching embers with the eight-minute titular closer.
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Veterans and their families will particularly suffer from a proposed budget that hits hard at the basic forms of government on which the middle and working class survive.
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EpiPen price hike hits hard at school The EpiPen is an auto-injector that delivers epinephrine, more commonly known as adrenaline, a hormone that can help to relax muscles.
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It also caps the state and local tax deduction at $10,000, which hits hard in high-tax states where people rely on deducting their state income and property tax.
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If the physical impulse when eating sour foods is to suck in your cheeks, bitterness hits hard on the back of your tongue and, in excess, makes you gag.
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That means when summer finally does hit the metropolis, it hits hard, like this week when temperatures suddenly jumped from a brisk 50-something all the way up to a very sweaty 90°.
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The value of these compilations is their ability to distill an artist's career into something accessible and arresting, a series of choice cuts that hits hard, front-to-back, every time you listen.
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Basically we experience so much satisfaction and personal growth from the challenge of working toward our goal day in and day out that when the progress is no longer… progressing … the comedown hits hard.
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GOOGLE HITS HARD ON PRIVACY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT I/O 2018 Google, however, "should not be in the business of war," according to the letter to Pichai that was signed by thousands of disgruntled employees.
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Again, it's not that we don't want to use our time off to see our family, but given the fact that the trip can be tiring, doing so in lieu of a vacation hits hard.
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Celine A Diet Prada Hangover Hits Hard The cheeky watchdog duo Diet Prada has gained respect from industry insiders, fashion fans, and a growing mob of gleeful haters ready to take down bigots and biters alike.
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Gaethje hits hard enough to put anyone on the defensive if he worked in combinations, his one successful counter punch in round three had Poirier on the defensive for most of the rest of the round.
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Guest star Cicely Tyson's appearances are few and far between, but a little dose hits hard as she gnaws at her daughter to be a more noble-minded control freak: family-focused, God-fearing, ultimately good.
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Lee might also be able to take Ferguson's mind off the shot if he repeatedly punches into the clinch, puts Ferguson off balance with an attempted takedown, and then hits hard as he breaks from the clinch.
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Finally, determined to blow a hole in the Trump hot air balloon, the columnist hits hard: The white American underclass is in thrall to a vicious, selfish culture whose main products are misery and used heroin needles.
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Cline's meticulously set table in her early 1960s dining room hits hard for those who know that she would perish in a plane crash at the height of her career at the age of 30 (admission, $18.95).
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But for homes priced between £0113 million and £3 million, the stamp duty "hits hard," he said, which has resulted in stagnating prices or even a drop of one percent or so over the past 18 months.
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In the video, Warren also hits hard at the kind of racism that has influenced many of Trump's attacks, standing as a defender for Native Americans who have become the victims of the "blood sport" of politics.
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There may be some impact on remaining green turtle nests on the Atlantic coast if the storm hits hard on those beaches, "but I don't expect it would be bad," Dr. Ceriani said in a follow-up email.
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Butterfly Soup is a visual novel about four, queer, Asian-American, teenage girls who love baseball and each other, and it hits hard with jokes, energetic writing, and genuine portraits of young women finding themselves amid uncertain cultural waters.
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In extra-ghoulish news, Trump's latest attempt to ruin everything we love hits hard — right in the part of our brain where we store the slumber-party memories of watching (and rewatching, and rewatching again) the 1993 classic Hocus Pocus.
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Simon hits hard on his pet issue, which is that he should be able to call a Nazi anything he wants to: The last thing that Twitter should be doing is policing decorum, or trying to leech hostility from the platform. Why?
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Then, come Tuesday when the reality of September hits hard, I can easily whip up Samin Nosrat's adaptation of Jessica Battilana's greenest green salad (with green goddess dressing!), Julia Moskin's kale-romaine Caesar (above) or Sarah Jampel's tangy braised collard greens, spiked with cider vinegar.
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But if the promise of a massive superhero brawl isn't enough to convince you that Civil War is worth your time, you should know that this fight — so light and funny and fun — ends with a heavy emotional beat, one that hits hard and has far-reaching consequences for future films.
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But for whatever reason, Rolo's multiple flashbacks seem a bit tedious, the emotional rollercoaster gets a bit muted over time, and no one neurotechnology hits hard enough for me to worry—in the way I do about 15 Million Merits or Nosedive—that we're on the cusp of self-destruction.
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APPLE HITS HARD ON PRIVACY, MEMOJI IN NEW IOS UPDATE Privacy is paramount In the image below, Apple called out social networking as a way users are spending time on their devices and even specifically mentioned Facebook-owned Instagram as an example of an app that iOS users may see among their most used.
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But the news about C.K. still hits hard, not only because C.K. has incredible power (he owns a production company, shares management with comedians like Aziz Ansari and Kevin Hart, and has had significant influence on the careers of other comedians), not only because he might have used that power to keep women from feeling safe, and not only because he is incredibly talented and it's a shame to lose respect for someone you once admired.
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The guy's a stud. I don't even think he's human. That guy hits hard. I've never been hit that hard before.
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On March 10, 2011 the 26-year-old won the CPBC Light Middleweight Championship bout with a spectacular KO stoppage of Anthony "Hits Hard" Lessard in Calgary, Alberta.
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In reviewing Deftones, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "Hexagram", the album's opener, "hits hard—harder than they ever have, revealing how mushy Staind is, or how toothless Linkin Park is".
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Variety deemed her appearance "solid but underused", while Detroit News stated "Connelly has too little to do, but when she lets go, she hits hard." Indiewire wrote that Connelly conveyed the role with a "steady hand", while St. Paul Pioneer Press defined her interpretation as "compelling".
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The Fast (Bidu), Power (Est), and Span (Foh). bidu travels fast but hits weak, Est hits hard but travels slow, and if you are far away, the attack will disappear. Foh fires a multiple blast and does medium damage. Bidu beats Est, Est beats Foh, Foh beats Bidu.
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Blade Killer (English version of Bourreau) was featured on Rave-On Hits Hard, a various artist compilation disc published by Rave-On Records. Chuck Schuldiner of Death, probably inspired by Sortilège, used intro similar to intro from Amazone on Death's song Evil Dead that is found on Scream Bloody Gore album from 1987.
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Rose and Hepburn, "No Wage Freeze - Unions Ready for New MoU Talks," Jamaica Gleaner, January 18, 2006. But six months later, JALGO and two other public employee unions were forced to strike the National Water Commission to increase salaries (which averaged 28 percent below market).Brown and Hines, "Water Strike Hits Hard," Jamaica Observer, June 22, 2006.
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Some may focus on how much the songs sound the same, but for me this one is about taking in the whole experience rather than selected moments." Tom Noyse of TheMusic.com gave the album an overwhelmingly positive review, writing "This newfound experimentation from Birds Of Tokyo is fully apparent and it hits hard. The production is quite immaculate and is near the best they have yet created.
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The 'Tiger' is primarily a field soldier. He is at home in the field, jungles, or woods. His motto is to 'Terrify and Destroy'. He is able to carry out his motto because of his marvelous muscular development, smooth coordination, his ability to maneuver and surprise his prey, and when he hits, he hits hard, and shoots straight at the mark with devastating accuracy.
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Working Woman received critical praise. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 31 reviews. The critics consensus reads "Working Woman delivers its timely message with a polemical force that hits hard without overpowering the engrossing story." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews.
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He is fast, strong, and powerful; hits hard, is a deadly tackler, smart and knows more football than 90 per cent of those playing the game today. He can play center, guard or tackle. He is our (Georgetown’s) whole defense, and only one team scored on us to date and that was by a pass.” Throughout Cordovano’s tenure in college football, Georgetown’s record was 21 wins, 5 losses, 2 ties.
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Music. Accessed October 7, 2007. "Don't Worry" is an R&B; flavored track and despite its "minimal production", one reviewer wrote the song "still hits hard." The final track, "Like Father, Like Son", is driven by a "melodramatic, string-laden" beat. Originally, Brandy Norwood was supposed to be on "Don't Worry", but Jimmy Iovine did not want a gangsta rapper like The Game on a song with Brandy.
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Heaven Knows What received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 87%, based on 68 reviews, with a rating of 7.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Grueling and rewarding in equal measure, Heaven Knows What hits hard -- and serves as a powerful calling card for its captivating star, Arielle Holmes." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 75 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Reception for the film was mostly positive. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film 91% out of 23 votes, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The critics consensus states that the film is "A drama of thought-provoking depth as well as a showcase for newcomer Lea van Acken, Stations of the Cross hits hard and leaves a lingering impact." On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 68 out of 100, from 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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When Nadira arrived, Nadiya assaulted her and stabs behind her head to let her bleed to death. To appear as a rape, Nadiya even creates teeth-bites on Nadira's body and carefully switches her dress with Nadira's. She swapped her identity as Nadira, making the real Nadira collapse into a coma state. Soon after her confession to Sharafuddeen, she jumps out of the moving train and hits hard on to a railway signal thereby killing herself, which makes it the real night when Nadiya was killed.
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Kat Bein of Billboard opined that Kygo "uses chopped vocal samples and glistening synthetic piano to create a tropical melody" instead of "his usual steel drums", and that "the kick drum hits hard on every other count, pushing the tune forward on the dance floor in a laidback way" on the title track. Karlie Powell of Your EDM felt the title track "takes on a whole new audible meaning as the producer's newest track dives into the touchy, feely realm of dance music he's known for".
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Collaborations on the album include island dance pop song, "My Girl" featuring Jamaican-American singer, Sean Kingston and American rapper, Trina. The single releases with a big forward from mainstream radio and Caribbean appeal. The official "My Girl" music video, directed by David Russio, hits hard on the media circuit with front page features on VEVO, Daily Motion, Yahoo! Music and many more. Popular live urban music video show BET’s 106 & Park showcased the music video for "My Girl" featuring Sean Kingston and Trina as new joint of the day in August 2010.
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Siena Yates from The New Zealand Herald called it one of the best songs from the album, also praising the production of the song and Tiller's rapping skills. Ryan B. Patrick of Exclaim! wrote that although the song "rides a strong rap flow and hits hard in moment, it leaves your consciousness just as fast as it arrived". Music Times' Dayna Haffenden noted that the song "sounds like the hidden aggression that any normal artist goes through as they figure themselves out", as well as writing that "Tiller's flow gives off that "hardcore rapper" appeal".
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In round 4, Ortiz landed a left hand that sent Corral down. He beat the count, but Ortiz pounced, forcing the referee to stop the fight after 1 minute and 26 seconds. Ortiz kept his options open when speaking in the post fight, “There are a lot of names out there in the welterweight division. At this point I’m going to let my team guide me, because I’ll always be ready for anybody.” He also praised Corral, “Corral is a great fighter who hits hard and I definitely felt it.
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The ceremony began with a fireworks show. This was followed by Grinspoon's Pat Davern suspended on the Great Southern Stand of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) playing a guitar (equipped with pyrotechnics which produced sparks) whilst being lowered onto the stadium ground, giving a rock concert feel to the closing ceremony. Grinspoon performed their hits Hard Act To Follow and Better Off Alone. During the performance under 18 TAC Cup Australian rules football players, accompanied by several contemporary key figures of the sport entered through a banner, running out into formation.
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Destructo's second EP titled Higher was released on June 10, 2013 via OWSLA/Boysnoize Records and features remixes by Tommy Trash and Brodinski. The music video for the EP's title track was directed by Agata Alexander. On November 24, 2014, Destructo released the West Coast EP on Interscope Records which featured appearances by YG, Problem, Ty Dolla Sign, Kurupt, Too Short, and Warren G. This release took the precision-guided producer in the realm of G-house (where rap melds with house music) introducing his singular solo style. His fourth EP RENEGADE was released on March 31, 2017 on his label HITS HARD.
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While on tour, the band's lead singer introduces Jeremy to the world of self-improvement and how to better relate to the opposite sex. Mirabelle becomes increasingly devoted to Ray, who showers her with expensive gifts, such as paying off her student loans, instead of emotional affection. When Mirabelle's depression hits hard, as she has ceased taking her antidepressants because Ray makes her happy, he takes her to the doctor and cares for her, further deepening her reliance on him. Ray invites Mirabelle on a trip to New York, and has her fitted in the dress shop at Armani.
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Roberts was born in New York City, the son of Linwood Roberts Sr., a real estate investor and record label owner, and his mother, a registered nurse. Roberts' father founded Black Rain Records when he was 15. Roberts, who had sung in his church choir, expressed interest in entering the entertainment industry while attending Fordham University, and shifted his focus to music full-time. His first and only album, released under his father's label in 2005 and produced by Roberts' father, is Breathe as Kieran, generating the Billboard Adult R&B; hits "Hard Time", "You Saved My Life" and "Oh Darlin'".
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" Jordan Bassett of NME called the album "a lush '70s soul-inflected record" commenting that "Last year's Oxnard referenced his childhood in the titular Los Angeles neighbourhood, while this latest album name-checks Ventura, the sun-kissed Californian coastal town in which, he's explained, he 'found [his] depth' as a teen." Exclaim! critic Ryan B. Patrick said, "It's a super-charged R&B; record, laced with throwback Motown/Philly grooves, that hits hard but fails to land a knockout blow. It seems to be a case of not being able to fully satisfy the hip-hop heads, the R&B; fans and the amorphous genre-less Venn diagram in between.
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" Billy Dukes of Taste of Country, on observing "Break Up in a Small Town", referred the song as "likely the wordiest song of 2015" and Hunt's "most genre-bending release to country radio", adding "Any talk of which genre Hunt belongs in misses the point. His story hits hard. It's deep and emotional and sincere and all the things we expect from a great country song." In a 2015 interview with Billboard, Hunt remarked on the position of women in his music, "Respect for women was a very important part of my upbringing," and added, "The women in my life demanded that from me.
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K. Sparks and French beat-smith Kurser teamed up to release their collaborative 2018 album entitled Note to Self. The album's first single entitled Questions was released on August 4, 2018. The entire album was produced by Kurser, and K. Sparks composed all of the songs including the hooks sang by other artists. The album was released to critical acclaim receiving a review of 4.5 out of 5 on the Music website Sputnik Music. The album reviewer stated "Spark’s gift is not just that he can rap, but he is able to inject realism. The song Side Effects hits hard with “I'm just conversating about' my life, I don't make rap".
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Anderson and Stim emerged as the band's primary songwriters, with occasional lyric writing by Andrea Ross (aka Angel Corpus Christi). Unable to obtain gigs in most local music venues, MX-80 performed a regular series of Sunday concerts at the Monroe County public library, tracks of which were later compiled on CD. The band's first studio release was the EP, Big Hits: Hard Pop From The Hoosiers (Bar-B-Q Records 1976), recorded at Gilfoy Studios, produced by Mark Bingham and engineered by Mark Hood. A review of Big Hits in the British music magazine Sounds by Caroline Coon, spurred Island Records A&R; man Howard Thompson to license the band's second recording, their debut LP, Hard Attack (1977).
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Chicago was picked up by Warner Bros. in 1981 after being dropped by its former label Columbia, which believed that the band was no longer commercially viable. After teaming with producer David Foster, the band shot back into the charts in 1982 with the album Chicago 16, which reached No. 9 and produced two hit singles including the US #1 hit "Hard To Say I'm Sorry". The group's second Warner album, Chicago 17, became the biggest seller of its career—it reached No. 4 in the US and produced four US Top-20 singles including the Top-5 hits "Hard Habit to Break" (#3) and "You're the Inspiration" (#3) and is currently accredited at 6× Platinum.
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Bowery Electric co-headlined the Music in the Anchorage festival with Mogwai in New York on June 20, 1997. They performed in London on July 16, 1997 and on The Think Stage at The Phoenix Festival. Reviewing a concert during the tour, Melody Maker noted "for two people to be able to create such a huge, rolling epic sound is surprising; what really hits hard is just how huge it can be, how the inarguable and pulverising beauty of BE's sound simply forces a slacked out crowd into its swell." A John Peel Session was recorded at Maida Vale Studios in London on July 20, 1997 and broadcast on BBC Radio 1 August 7, 1997.
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News Moretz clarified that she was not taking time off, "I'm just becoming more picky and particular about what roles I'm choosing. I think as an actor you have a huge opportunity to find yourself through the roles that you choose. I think it's my time, right now in my life, to figure out who I am and what I am and what I want and what this industry means... Why not sit back, slow down, realize I'm 19 and go, 'Hey, let's make stuff that really, really hits hard with who I am and helps me figure out what it means to be a 19-year-old actor who is just doing her thing.'" In 2017, Moretz co- starred again with Ansel Elgort, in the crime drama November Criminals.
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The Los Angeles Times writer Jody Rosen deemed the song a "stormy duet" and "a tortured call-and-response between estranged lovers", adding that the song hits hard because of its essence of reality. Justin Curto of Vulture opined that Swift has been productive in the pandemic, creating her most contemplative album yet, with "Exile" as a prime result. Terming it "a rich, textured track" of two "unlikely" voices together in "glorious" harmony, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen of The Sydney Morning Herald found the song's mythology mesmerising, building "a whole world in under five minutes", and wrote that the effect erects a climax that dies down again, resulting in "a spectrum of sound and emotion" that resonates across Folklore. Uproxx writer Philip Cosores regarded Vernon sounding "like himself" a flex, as he avoids his characteristic falsetto present in Bon Iver's music.
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During the sitting, Eamon Ryan called on the Irish to grow lettuce on their window sills: "Let's get every south facing window sill in this country and lets plant our seeds in the next week so that if there is any supply crisis in food in two or three months time when this really hits hard, we'll have our salads ready to go". On 19 March, it was reported that Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy had been in self-isolation for the past week after returning from a visit abroad to see family. Murphy had set off before travel advice against doing so was issued and—while he had "not been in direct physical contact with any colleagues"—he, nevertheless, was well enough to continue his work remotely. On 20 March, Seanad Éireann—also sitting in reduced numbers—passed the legislation after a three-hour debate.
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It included the singles "I Am Mine" and "Save You". The album featured a much more folk-based and experimental sound, evident in the presence of B3 organist Boom Gaspar on songs such as "Love Boat Captain". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said "Riot Act is the album that Pearl Jam has been wanting to make since Vitalogy—a muscular art rock record, one that still hits hard but that is filled with ragged edges and odd detours." The track entitled "Arc" was recorded as a vocal tribute to the nine people who died at the Roskilde Festival in June 2000. Vedder only performed this song nine times on the 2003 tour, and the band left the track off all released bootlegs. In 2003, the band embarked on its Riot Act Tour, which included tours in Australia and North America. The band continued its official bootleg program, making every concert from the tour available in CD form through its official website.
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" Peter Tabakis of popular music blog, Pretty Much Amazing, gave it a B+ saying that the album is a "more focused epic" compared to her debut album, The ArchAndroid. Ben Wener of OC Register praised Monae's "outta-space idiosyncrasies," saying the record "hits hard like Janet Jackson." In his Pitchfork review, Jayson Greene wrote that "taken as a whole, The Electric Lady is a convincing argument for the virtues of micromanagement, but some of the most powerful, tender moments come from acknowledging limits", and continued writing that "[Monáe]'s not singing to exorcise pain, which will hang around until it's good and ready to go, she's just passing the time until it does doing the thing she does best." Jez Collins of PopMatters mentioned that "as with The Archandroid, Monáe refuses to wear a musical straightjacket" and continued to give a positive review by adding "Monáe is acutely aware of her history, and it's a history to be understood, respected, re-appropriated and re-purposed.
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At Salon, the rise of personalities who dominate the 24-hour news cycle continued to be one of Pareene's mainstay concerns.If You Want Alex Pareene To Stop Writing Takedowns, Give Him A Cushy Columnist Gig, David Taintor, Talking Points Memo, August 18, 2012 Salon publishes a yearly list composed by Pareene called the Hack 30: The Worst Pundits in America, a list of people described as "the most predictable, banal, intellectually dishonest and all-around hacky newspaper columnists, cable news shouting heads and political opinion-mongers working today."Meet Salon’s “Hack 30″: “The Worst Pundits In America”, Hillary Busis, Mediaite, November 22nd, 2010; accessed June 7, 2012Introducing the Hack 30, Alex Pareene, Salon, November 22, 2010 The Columbia Journalism Review described the list as a "fun-to-read, blunt, stick-it-in-deep-and-twist-it list of mostly old-world print-y pundits."Salon’s Top 30 Hacks List Hits Hard, Joel Meares, Columbia Journalism Review, November 29, 2010 The list became so popular in media circles that Pareene began composing essay-length posts throughout the year about each person featured in the list to expound upon what he considered to be their hackery.
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" Jonathan Zwickel of Spin described the album as "unconventional stuff, drug-like, elemental and extraterrestrial" and opined, "In its menacing incandescence, LP1 sounds like nothing else in the world right now." Pitchforks Philip Sherburne praised LP1 as a "huge album" and a "monumental debut", while writing that "FKA twigs is not a masterful lyricist, at least not yet; some of her couplets feel clunky, like she's grasping in the dark for rhymes and coming up with the objects closest to hand [...] But when she zeroes in on the essence of a thing, she hits hard." Alexis Petridis of The Guardian viewed the album as "a singular piece of work in an overcrowded market", and expressed that it "has its flaws [...] but you leave it convinced that FKA Twigs is an artist possessed of a genuinely strong and unique vision, one that doesn't need bolstering with an aura of mystique." Hazel Sheffield of NME commented that the album "impresses with its futuristic vision of R&B;" and remarked that FKA Twigs's "pervading sense of control and commitment to her art proves that Twigs is set on building the sound of the future all by herself.
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