The lyrics just suck. If they were an English group and they sang with those lyrics I would think the same thing. It’s so riddled with all the overused hip-hop catch phrases and terminology that I hate. Most of the songs are remakes so they have a better Korean version and the songs that aren’t remakes aren’t that mind-blowing. (Though I like With U, as many have mentioned before it’s generic for Big Bang. They can do so much better). They remade Babo into Mad About You, Oh my, that is not nice. I LOVE Babo and I thought the remake was just okay. They also remade Last Farewell and This Love into songs that are inferior to their originals.  I don’t blame the boys, they hardly even know what they’re saying but I know YG can dig up better English lyricists. 

Through all this I keep in mind that this is for an audience who presumably has never heard their Korean music and who mostly don’t understand English either, so they may not be as jarred by this album. But even as an album there is no flow or art to how it’s mixed. Bah humbug, I’ll just wait patiently for their next Korean single. (You know, the one that YG says will far surpass Lies and Last Farewell.

At the end of the day, the mini-album is alright. Certainly not worth 22 dollars though. 

*Disclaimer: I know a lot of people loved this album so just keep in mind that this is my opinion… you know, one of the things that differentiate us from each other? Okay.*