Peter Marrack

By the end of Me Time, the down-to-Earth, around-the-block-and-back 2 Chainz bores.

It's a sharp album in a string of impressive Canadian releases this summer that's accessible enough to usurp some of the American blockbusters.

Technically flawless, but focused to a fault, Albert Einstein is further proof that Alchemist could benefit from a mistake.

Albert Einstein is technically flawless, but focused to a fault.

O.N.I.F.C. starts off with "Intro," a Cardo and Sledgren joint that sums up the production: 808 drums, skittering hi-hats and saccharine melodies, although the atmosphere is meaner than Rolling Papers.

Good kid m.A.A.d city is a definitive album for Compton - though it is not without its flaws.