Apart from a sort of shaky first leg, La maquina is another solid release from Conway this year.
A couple have months have passed, so obviously that means a new Griselda project is being released. I admire that each member is able to churn out projects on a regular basis to keep listeners fed, including Conway the Machine who managed five projects in about a year. That said, I can’t help but feel like Griselda as a whole, including Conway, is starting to experience the issue of “quantity over quality”, and this persists on “La Maquina”.
Let me start off by ... read more
While at times this is trendier and not as consistent as some of the best projects from Griselda, La Maquina still has some great highlights, production, and performances from Conway and the features he brings on.
I’ll always be interested in new Conway music, but I was a little worried about how much music he has been dropping lately. Griselda typically prefers quantity over quality, and while Westside Gunn has been the epitome of this, Conway for the most part had been taking more time ... read more
You'd think I'd get tired of praising the Griselda crew with the sheer volume of projects they seem to produce in lightning-quick procession, but it just never seems to get old. With an incredible amount of releases in 2020 from each member of the crew - Benny the Butcher, Westside Gunn, and Conway the Machine - the crew were on top of the hip hop world throughout the year. With only Conway the Machine releasing a new full project thus far in 2021, as Benny the Butcher has only released an EP ... read more
Tracklist Rating
1. Bruiser Brody: 7.5/10
2. 6:30 Tip Off: 7/10
3. Blood Roses: 7.5/10
4. Clarity: 7/10
5. KD: 6.5/10
6. 200 Pies: 8/10
7. Sister Abigail: 7.5/10
8. Grace: 7/10
9. Scatter Brain: 9/10
10. Had To Hustle: 7/10
11. S.E. Gang: 8/10
Best Song: Scatter Brain
Worst Song: KD
7.5/10
1 | Bruiser Brody 3:20 | 77 |
2 | 6:30 Tip Off 3:03 | 77 |
3 | Blood Roses 3:07 feat. Jae Skeese | 77 |
4 | Clarity 2:04 | 77 |
5 | KD 3:40 | 70 |
6 | 200 Pies 4:25 feat. 2 Chainz | 82 |
7 | Sister Abigail 4:18 feat. Jae Skeese, 7xvethegenius | 76 |
8 | Grace 3:19 feat. Jae Skeese | 75 |
9 | Scatter Brain 3:29 | 89 |
10 | Had To Hustle 5:02 | 74 |
11 | S.E. Gang 5:01 feat. Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher | 82 |
#18 | / | The New York Times: Jon Caramanica |
#29 | / | Complex |