JPEGMAFIA - EXPERIMENTAL RAP
66

copy c + copy v ass flows

jpegmafia has been around for so long now, since devon hendryx he's been bringing great and different music to the table. he always stood out from every other rapper for his experimental style, but sadly, that spark he had has died here. peggy feels sooo repetitive here. the rollout was giving out bad vibes from the start, but i never loss the faith. sadly, this corny era also translates into the music. every song feels like he's saying "i fucked your ... read more

Rimera - TEDDY'S HEADPHONES (VOL II: REAL RIMERA HATER RADIO)
79

it's blue, british, gay and explosive. what more could u ask for?

rimera comes back with his 2nd ep this year, teddy's headphone volume 2. shorter than the last one timewise, longer trackwise, and that just makes it funner and more explosive than the last one. every track is really short and fun, it's just a lil compilation that you could listen 4 times in a row without getting tired. i really like the last three songs, the features are great and the production is sooooo fun. i ... read more

MIKE - POMPEII // UTILITY
77

speakerpluggg/the tony below

earl and mike dropped a double album with plugg production from surf gang, and it works like a middle point to all expectations combined.

mike does really well in most of the tracks in pompeii. even if the beats might be underwhelming and feel repetitive from time to time, the way mike flows and his lyrical showcase alone carries most of this half. he does amazing on man of the month and back home, and the features that lay a verse on some of these songs also ... read more

Thundercat - Distracted
92

GOAT DIDN'T DISAPPOINT!!

6 years after thundercat's most personal album, it is what it is, he comes back with a more fun and funky album. the first single for this lp came out back in 2023, and holy shit it was amazing. after two more years of silence, he started dropping singles like 'i wish i didn't waste your time' and 'children of the baked potato' (which i would like to know why it isn't on this album btw). every single anticipating this album was ... read more

Childish Gambino - Because the Internet
100

THEY will NEVER make me hate you

i consider "because the internet" childish gambino's magnum opus. now, i know some lyrics can be cringy now and not every song is perfect, but honestly, i don't care. the storytelling, the replay value, production and, even tho it's not really relevant musically, the rollout involving an screenplay and the short movie "clapping for the wrong reasons". i love everything in this album and it does not get old for me. the first ... read more

Baby Keem - Ca$ino
76

for having only 11 tracks and being 36 minutes long, baby keem delivers a pretty mixed bag

5 years after his debut lp, "the melodic blue", baby keem comes back with a pretty short album which switches from introspective to fun in almost every track. i think he makes it work pretty well. obviously, it's not perfect, but i don't think there' a single miss in it. yes, the kendrick feature might be disappointing, but it's still really fun and matches the vibe of the ... read more

Micah Dailey-White - MANIA
83

banger after banger oh my

really fun lp, i was not aware that micah was dropping an album tbh. so yeah, i do feel like it gets a little bit repetetive towards the end but it never bores you anyway, mainly bc it's pretty short and when it starts to feel repetitive micah saves it with a banger like "endless dark/at sunrise". overall really fun album experience, it does feel like a "either really good or decent song" at some point but, it's 40 minutes, it's ... read more

J. Cole - BIRTHDAY BLIZZARD '26
81

okay we hear you!!

i hope he puts atleast the intro and closing track in streaming 'cause he's going HARD in this ep. his bars are punchy and flows really well, ts actually got me excited for a j cole album (i'm sorry, last j cole is mid joke)

By Storm - My Ghosts Go Ghost
89

rest in peace Stepa J. Groggs

i got to admit, i'm not really familiar with injury reserve's music. i have listened to some songs of them but that's that. that being said, in those said songs, i always liked the energy they used to bring. the energetic and triumphant beats, the humorous verses and bars, they we're one of the most promising hip-hop trios of recent times. when groggs passed, ritchie and parker switched it up for "when i get to phoenix", the ... read more

IDK - e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk.
80

fun, but i would understand if somebody found it disappointing

i did like this project, and it does have many bangers, solid features overall and great production, but it has low points. the hooks are lowk lazy for the most part and some songs with great features may be too short and don't really go anywhere. features like jvb, pusha t and black thought lay down great verses, but the other vocal features are snippets utilized for the hooks (hooks that aren't really a crazy thing ... read more

A$AP Rocky - Don't Be Dumb
84

"but we waited 8 years" WE GET ITTTT

8 years after his last album, rocky gives us his long-waited LP, don't be dumb. to kick it off, it's impressive how he pulls out having an album with 17 tracks which doesn't really feel bloated. i really like the experimentation rocky shows in the album, it's a perfect showcase of a long hiatus in which he had more and more influences, all showed in this project. from the hard bangers like "helicopter" and "stole ... read more

Dugui HG - AN ORANGE EP
75

really solid ep

really fun and celebratory project with great lyricism from both dugui hg and the features, great singing from pierce brown and great soulful production in every single song. the victorious "orange" with punchy drums, the soulful sample on "last summer" and the great and fun verse from Jøjo (which has a reaaaally similar voice to tyler in this track) make this 14-minute-long ep a fun experience.

Totojira - Shinigami X
63

i lowk expected myself to like it more

so... it's kind of a mixed and messy bag. production is mostly great, the problem is when it comes to some of the features or the excecution and order of some tracks. it starts strong, "outside" is a short and nice chipmunk soul song with a good feature. "sacrifice" is my favorite one, great vocal performance and a short but GREAT verse from designerdave."are you happy with the way things are?" is good but kinda.. ... read more

MatC - john
70

i really wanted to like a song named theodore..

why is this less than a 70, i feel like it's decent actually. i mean, i get it, it can get kinda messy at times and there are two pretty long lows, but apart from that it's really nice and calm, a nice lp to spend the night with. plus the cover is sweet and goes well with the music so..

the sidepeices - darklight
78

just..wow

heavensouls and stickerbush come back to deliver a more "compilation of short songs" type album, which is fine, but it also kinda brings the album down. with 20 tracks and an hour long lp (15% of it being one song) there are mostly good songs but not that much high highs. the longer songs are obviously the best ones but they're not PEAK they're "just" pretty good. which, again, is fine, but nothing reaaaally stands out like the final track.
that being ... read more

Amar333 - The Next Bus Stop
74

nice debut showing some really impressive potential

this short ep has some really good production and thoughtful lyricism all over it. features are great too, a'roc samson and dkulture bring energy to "star watching" and sweet's production in "arrival" is really...sweet too. i do think some tracks are just kind of the same and pretty obviously derived from his influences, but even those tracks have some punchy bars.
fun and short LP, looking forward to more ... read more

Shea - Eskipade
73

an ep that sounds just like the cover in a weird way

i kinda needed this to start 2026. this short project of 3 songs (excluding the transitory intro) feels like a taste of what the band is capable to do, and it's actually pretty sweet. the dreamy and noisy production kinda grabs you by surprise after the calm intro and it hooks you up so fast. the three tracks are pretty similar, with eskipade being my favorite out of the three with it's beautiful vocals and noisy production, same ... read more

loopcinema - My-Lovely-Yellow-Kombi
85

starting 2026 with the right foot, loopcinema!

taking a more psychedelic route, loopcinema blows your mind (as if you were in the space) in this nearly-hour-long ep, with the shortest song being six minutes. just, wow, stunning release, she doesn't miss in any of the songs and every single one of them gets u more and more in a coma until you're completely asleep and floating in space. it gets better and better with each song, my-lovely-little flamingo is just so peaceful and a great ... read more

Chance the Rapper - STAR LINE
74

i can't believe this is his first studio album

after 6 years from the big day, through singles and a shitty rollout, star line is here, and it's actually pretty good. i mean yeah, idk if it compensates for his horrid first album, but it's a big step in the right direction.
with that said, this is a solid comeback album, but not the one everyone wanted. it starts pretty strong, i think the first 7 tracks are all solid (yes, also "drapetomania") but when it hits ... read more

Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
99

uncs still got it

pusha, malice and pharrell came back just to prove they still got it after 16 years. every track is, while sometimes emotional, hard asf and it doesn't bore you one second. from the topics pusha and malice rap about (coke, coke, family, coke, culture) to the awesome features this album brings. from the emotional "the birds don't sing" with a beautiful john legend hook to the hard "chains & whips" with an amazing verse from kendrick, let god ... read more

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