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This review is transcluded from Talk:Foreign Exchange (album)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Locust member (talk · contribs) 23:36, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: LEvalyn (talk · contribs) 01:12, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will take on this review! I typically prefer to make smallish prose edits myself and only place comments here when I have questions, though of course as always you should feel free to change or discuss any edits you happen to disagree with. Looking forward to it! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 01:12, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!! Locust member (talk) 16:54, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All right, Locust member, I've finished going through everything! There are a few things below to address, but overall it's pretty close. Just let me know when you think everything is ready for me to take another look (or if you have any questions about my comments!) ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the review! I have done the prose edits but am still working on the rest of the close paraphrasing ones. Will let you know once these are done!!! Locust member (talk) 02:41, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

• Appropriate fair use rationales for the cover image and the audio clip. Since there are no free images of the artist, there are no obvious oversights for additional images to add. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Earwig copyvio check is fine; just one place where I moved a quotation mark to encompass everything taken verbatim from the source. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• In my prose pass, I made more bold edits than usual trying to bring in a more formal encyclopedic tone, and trying to be a little more careful about what information gets put into "wikivoice". Of course as always, you should feel free to revisit or discuss anything that you don't consider an improvement. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• The overall reference list looks appropriately reliable. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• No major aspect of the topic is omitted. I think the reception section might flow better if it was organized more thematically (drawing on this advice), but that's just a general suggestion, not required for GA. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This table checks 9 passages from throughout the article (24.3% of 37 total passages). These passages contain 12 inline citations (26.1% of 46 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive	Status	Notes
Foreign Exchange is a hip-hop album that does not utilize common song structures, hooks, or verses, and instead opts for breathless and direct raps.
2	b	pitchfork.com	web.archive.org	Y	For me, "breathless and direct raps" didn't convey the style very clearly so I brought in a quote from Pitchfork that I found more helpful. But no issues with source-text integrity.
4	a	sputnikmusic.com		Y
The production is generally driven by synthesizers and a moody sonic palette, incorporating sound effects such as claps, rimshots, chimes, and hi-hats.
4	b	sputnikmusic.com		N	incorporating sound effects such as claps, rimshots, chimes, and hi-hats. is a WP:CLOP of employing a range of percussive effects like claps, rim shots, chimes and hi-hats. It also looks like this source has more to say about the sound and its instrumentation, so I'd revisit this freshly and make sure you're capturing the full picture of what it's saying here.
Additionally, Rx Papi addresses his mother, stepfather, and being exiled from his house, alongside the fact he did not want to life the lifestyle he lives.
6	b	laut.de	web.archive.org	N	This one is also a too-close paraphrase, of addressing his mother, his stepfather, his expulsion from home, his prison stay. He tells how he cried and how little he actually wanted this lifestyle.
"Teflon Don", a song about aspirations and status, opens with soft keys and a breathless flow. Its instrumental is built around gentle chimes and deep bass, which Jack felt gave the song a more emotional feel. The instrumental emphasizes Rx Papi's rapping; the atmospheric sound of the instrumental contrasts with the song's strong themes. "Albino Steve" features overlapping lines, which Jack viewed as creating the impression of Rx Papi arguing with himself or "finishing his own sentences through a second persona".
4	f	sputnikmusic.com		N	More close paraphrase of gentle opening keys and increasingly breathless flow. I also don't think the delicate chiming of the instrumental means that there are literally chimes? Also gave the song a more emotional feel doesn't feel like the right paraphrase of Jack's assessment... what he says about this song, really, is that it's characterized by a very strong contrast between the sound (ethereal) and the lyrical content (brutal). That's different from being "more emotional", and also different from emphasiz[ing] Rx Papi's rapping. I'd revisit the whole explanation of "Teflon Don". The "Albino Steve" sentence is fine, though.
"Split Decision" is driven by synthesizers. "Still in da Hood" makes references to popular culture in its lyrics: "Drako sound like Boomhauer" and "Spike Dudley with the leg drop." Smith viewed these lines as "small comforts" in a world containing constant threats of death.
2	d	pitchfork.com	web.archive.org	❓	The first sentence is fine, but the second sentence is a sort of odd way to use the source material's There is humor to Papi’s bars: a track like “Still in Da Hood” drops pop culture references from cartoons to wrestling (“Drako sound like Boomhauer,” “Spike Dudley with the leg drop”) with no irony or quotation marks, just small comforts in a world marked by the ever-present expectations of looming death or heat around the corner. It's a pretty close paraphrase, and yet the meaning doesn't quite come through-- the lines aren't the small comforts, it's pop culture that offers small comfort, and the comfort is felt by Rx Papi, not Smith. I'm not sure sure how to rewrite it... I think what's actually important here is that Smith points these out as non-ironic pop culture references, highlighting the role of cartoons and wrestling as "small comforts" in Rx Papi's life. Can you revisit this writing?
Jack viewed the line as a reworking of the lines where Rx Papi compares himself to notable criminals. He further described it as a "sober ending" and said "both ego and conscience present themselves for a final curtain call".
4	k	sputnikmusic.com		Y	Checks out. I did make some prose edits just for better flow with the preceding sentence.
Foreign Exchange was released by Year0001 on November 19, 2021.
7	a	year0001.com	web.archive.org	Y
Upon its release, Foreign Exchange received a positive review from Pitchfork. Smith called it "tight and cohesive", which she attributed to Gud's "experienced pop precision". She also called it "more direct than Gud's work with Sad Boys" due to Rx Papi's flow, further stating that when Gud's production "emphasizes the grit and pain inherent in [Rx Papi's] voice" when his lyrics are not "transparently emotional".
2	f	pitchfork.com	web.archive.org	Y
No text found: citation may be in an infobox, table, or image caption
2	h	pitchfork.com	web.archive.org	Y	Looks like all of these are the notes for German translation -- they are very helpful to include, and checking them with machine translation I spot no issues.
4	n	sputnikmusic.com		Y
6	g	laut.de	web.archive.org	Y

• For this bit-- likened multiple songs to therapy sessions, writing that the lyrics are "rhymed only by chance" isn't quite accurate as a paraphrase or Several times we hear songs that sound like emotional outbursts in a therapy seat that were only rhymed by chance.... Gölz isn't literally saying that Rx Papi rhymed by accident, he's saying that the raps feel like therapy sessions, which would only rhyme by chance. I think this would be better placed in the reception section, letting Gölz say the whole line for himself, something like Yannik Gölz for laut.de wrote that the several songs "sound like emotional outbursts in a therapy seat that were only rhymed by chance". ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Done. Locust member (talk) 17:15, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Should the "Composition" section be called something more like "Music and lyrics"? "Composition" makes me think it will explain how the music was composed, but that was actually covered in the previous section. I looked at some other album GAs and several of them had a "Music and lyrics" section. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Done. Locust member (talk) 17:16, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I finished my spot check above, and turned up a few instances of close paraphrase that need some revisions, though no major source-text integrity issues. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Locust member (talk · contribs) and LEvalyn (talk · contribs), this review has had no edits since 3 December. Do either of you intend to continue further? ♠PMC♠ (talk) 18:45, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just so happened to be on Wikipedia when you sent this so quick response lol.

But yes, I know I have been inactive on this page but I will still work on getting these corrections done. Have not had much time or motivation recently but it has been in my mind since the review started. Will attempt to get some of the corrections done today. Locust member (talk) 18:46, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy to finish out the review, Locust member, as soon as you give me a ping that everything is addressed and ready for me to take another look. Looks like it was getting pretty close. ~ le 🌸 valyn (talk) 20:44, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]