It's Stankonia. Come on.

High energy all throughout, but there's way too many interludes for my liking, but at least some actually felt funny and worthwhile. Bombs Over Baghdad slaps unnecessarily hard and a large volume of the tracks are great, but some tracks are definitely too weird and dated for their own good. But the good outweighs the bad overall.

If you haven't heard Stankonia, why? Please do, it's pretty good despite its obvious flaws. What a classic.

Favourite Song: B.O.B.

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It's been 17 years since the release of College Dropout, and it's hard to believe that this album is almost the same age as me. With classic tunes and incredible bars and sampling from the main man Kanye himself, TCD is extremely impactful in terms of both its influence on hip hop and on music in general.

The melodies that Kanye conjures up within this and his later music is honestly addicting to listen to, and The College Dropout perfects this melodic feel with incredible hooks that everyone ... read more

The debut LP of two underground hip hop terrors coming together is one of the most epic collaborations you will ever bear witness to. This album does everything that a hip hop album needs to, incorporating incredible lyricism and flows, and insane instrumentals to support the bars from the two fire spitters.

The pair make some absolute hits and hard hitters, with straight bangers like Run The Jewels and DDFH, and still manage to slip in some conscious tunes to, with the absolutely masterful A ... read more

Before hearing Daytona, I only knew Pusha as that one guy on Runaway. And after listening, he's quickly grown on me as a very solid artist that I can't wait to explore in further depth. Although it's an extremely short project, being one of the 7 song trio of albums produced by Kanye in 2018, it packs a powerful punch with no withdrawals at any point in the experience.

If You Know You Know is a crazily good opener to an album, with The Games We Play and Santeria also starring as the breakout ... read more

Going into this a few months ago, I expected it to be a lot worse than it actually was. I had only heard three tracks from the album prior, and I thought they were all decent. Listening through the thing is pretty easy going, and generally just feels nice. Don't get me wrong it's not the greatest album of all time or anything, but it's still a nice album nonetheless.

Wet Dreamz is probably my favourite song since it packs in a load (no pun intended) of nostalgia for me since it's a song I've ... read more

As weird as it sounds, listening to 1000 gecs gives me nostalgia of when I used to watch meme mashup videos on YouTube. You know it's terrible, but you love it either way. That's what this album is, a compilation of weird YTPoop sounds that somehow comes out sounding relatively okay. Or maybe it's not okay, maybe I'm questioning my sanity. Maybe I've become so desensitised by all the weird sounds I put myself through with meme culture that this album is actually enjoyable.

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Magic. One word to describe the transcient experience that is the glossy and effortless Malibu. Oh God, how I love this album. The gentle easing into the beginning, the gradual build ups with incredible bangers, and the general infatuation of Anderson's whole sound. If you couldn't tell, I love Malibu, like, a lot.

For an hour, Anderson fails to miss a beat with an impeccable track list, showcasing a huge variety of genres and moods throughout the hour experience. Put Me Thru, Come Down and ... read more

The only songs I heard prior to Watch The Throne were Gentlemen In Paris and No Church In The Wild, and they set up an incredible expectation for how this album was going to sound. But I was sorely mistaken for thinking this would be a consistent and powerful project, and instead it's an album of massive highs and massive lows. Honestly past the first four tracks the only reason to continue listening is for the massively underrated Murder To Excellence.

I love both Kanye and Jay, and I ... read more

I'm from Brexitland, yet I always hold a grudge against hip-hop from my own country. I've always tried to remain listening to American stuff because grime and drill has overtaken the UK's rap sound, and they're genres that I'm not the biggest fan of. However, I decided to listen to GREY Area on a whim one day, and ever since it's been locked in my head as the high brow of UK rap. Nearly every song is absolutely incredible, and the consistency of this thing grips you tightly throughout the whole ... read more

Jay-Z is an artist who needs no introduction, and The Blueprint doesn't need one either. It's been solidified as a classic, and I'd definitely agree with this status, but in my opinion it's not his best project by a decent margin. Although his classy beats and killer flows retain on this album, it lacks memorability as I struggle to remember how a handful of the songs actually sound like after listening through.

Even though the songs aren't that memorable, it doesn't take away from their ... read more

I cannot believe this album is almost 8 years old, mainly because it's stuck with me throughout my whole teenage hood and contains the first song that got me into hip-hop/rap as a whole, that being the legendary 3005. I've overplayed a few of the songs on this album to a ridiculous extent, but I still find myself loving Because The Internet greatly nonetheless.

With that being said, I love cuts like Sweatpants, Flight of the Navigator and Telegraph Ave. But 3005 has to be my favourite song on ... read more

This album is extremely rooted in the 90s, but it still remains as an enjoyable and incredible work of music almost 30 years past its release date. A lot of aspects of the album are pretty dated, such as the classical weird Dre beeps and the... interesting choice of language at points on the album. The Chronic is definitely a classic in terms of its old fashioned yet legendary nature, but this same nature is why some tracks sound kind of clunky and unenjoyable (High Powered is a perfect example ... read more

Song Machine is the 2nd album from Gorillaz that I've heard, and it's definitely interesting to say the least. It's a combination of weird and wacky songs that collectively sounds pretty nice all together. There are some absolute bangers on here like The Lost Chord, Aries and Desole (all of which I love), as well as some incredible features from artists such as JPEGMAFIA and Skepta, who appear on MLS and How Far?

However, there are a fair share of pretty weak and average songs, with the worst ... read more

Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album I've heard and I hate myself for not listening to this earlier than a week ago. It's so good, like ridiculously good. Before listening to this the only Gorillaz songs I'd heard were Clint Eastwood and Feel Good Inc, but they couldn't prepare me for the sheer brilliance of this album. There's a great mix of bangers and mellow, introspective songs talking about how screwed up the world is. The album is pretty perfect... apart from two words that will ... read more

4eva Is a Mighty Long Time is a double album of legends, and one that I adore dearly. It has you banging out to slappers in the first half, and then banging out to songs with introspective views on things like fame and other such stuff in the second half.

Get Away, Keep The devil Off and Bury Me In Gold are all utterly sensational tracks, but Big Bank is the absolute banger that was my most played Spotify song last year, and for good reason. It's overall an incredible album, but it's not ... read more

First review (woo)

IGOR is possibly the most perfect album I've listened to. This was one of the first albums I've ever heard and it helped to define my overall music taste which is pretty nice. I love how this album puts you through so many emotions in less than 40 minutes using nothing but absolute bangers. Love this.

Favourite Song: NEW MAGIC WAND
Best: IGOR'S THEME, EARFQUAKE, I THINK, RUNNING OUT OF TIME, A BOY IS A GUN, PUPPET, WHAT'S GOOD, GONE GONE / THANK YOU, I DON'T LOVE YOU ... read more