Not my favorite WSG album by any means, but it's still a perfectly fine project. Most of the time, it stays in it's 6-7/10 range with some positive and negative exceptions. I should start with the songs that I really loved. HEEL CENA is a fantastic song with what seems like an unnatural beat for WSG, though that may just be my inexperience with him. It's a hard beat that we don't usually hear him rap over, but it is a welcome surprise. his flow is on point and it makes for a ... read more

Joey Bada$$ is an interesting figure in hip-hop for me. He never really stands out to me, yet he's always very consistent with good projects. ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ is a top 25 rap album of all time for me and 1999 is up there for me too, but he still never stands out as someone I'd name as a "Best 2010's Rapper" contender or anything like that when statistically, he is. Anyways, this album is pretty good. It brings some classic Joey vibes with the grimey beats with ... read more

I think I'm the only person who genuinely likes Neverland. Yes it's basic pop stuff. Yes it was definitely a "cudi we need this single to do well" attempt. but you know what, I don't care. For some reason, it just sounds good to me. I couldn't tell you why. Anyway, the rest is great too. Submarine is an easy highlight that just gets me moving. This album's just fun and pretty underrated judging from the user score and some reviews I've seen.

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Part 30: #13: The Blueprint - Jay-Z

Putting this above Illmatic was... a decision.
I've listened to this album twice before this and this was a pleasant revisit.
Either way, this is peak Jay-Z by a wide margin for a few reasons. First, this is by far the best production on a Jay-Z album. The only thing that comes close is No ID's stellar work on 4:44. Besides that, this is it. That is a direct ... read more

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Part 29: #54: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

I didn't think my average-based ratings would work here, but it turns out that coincidentally, the rating that I was just feeling like for this album was also the average, so hooray!

I've never listened to a real strictly jazz album. Don't even get me started on who John Coltrane is. Never heard of his name before this.

Now that I have listened to this in the background while doing some stuff, which I found most ... read more

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Part 28: #38: Tapestry - Carole King

This feels like an album where it's easy to find someone that doesn't like it, but it's also really easy to find someone who does like it too. It's a great album, but it is PRIME music you'd hear in your mother's car while she says, "This is better than any of your hippy-hop stuff ever will be." I'd ... read more

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Part 26: #87: Blue Lines - Massive Attack

IT'S FINALLY BACK

This album was the first I'd ever heard of Massive Attack. I vaguely remember some album with a beetle on it being a big album of theirs. That was it. Then I was forced to sit down and listen to them. Then I started to look into them a little while I was listening and it just occurred to me how influential they were.
The album kind ... read more

My original rating for this album was top 5 failures of my life. This is a fantastic project with an insane 5-song run in the middle. It feels exactly like a buildup to the masterpiece that is Man On The Moon 1. I originally gave this somewhere around a 4-5/10, and that was just wrong. Maui Wowie is incredibly underrated for the banger that it is. Man On The Moon (The Anthem) will always be my favorite song here due to it just being scarily relatable to me.

It took me a relisten to really "get" this album, but once it clicked, everything just fell into place. It may not be as powerful or outstanding as The Forever Story, but then again, it's The Forever Story we're talking about. The fact that it's comparable to The Forever Story is a sign that it's still a really good project. JID does it again on this album, creating memorable songs that sound like they came from the heart. The features were especially great. Ty ... read more

This album screams luxury while speaking of deeper topics in hushed voices.

I did not expect this album to be as good as I think it is from the reviews, but I guess it is my own opinion after all. I originally gave it somewhere in the low 70's at first, but I've been enlightened since then. There are so many bangers on this album. No Church In The Wild is an obvious highlight due to what is easily the best chorus of the album on it. African Americans In The Capital Of France is a ... read more

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Part 26: #69: Master Of Puppets - Metallica

For some reason, even though I'd never even heard a Thrash Metal song in my life besides Enter Sandman, I just knew I would love this album. And I was so right.

Master of Puppets is exactly what I expected for Thrash to be while still feeling new on each and every song. There are barely any problems here. Everything is chaotic, rash, and almost hard on the ears at time. That chaos is why I ... read more

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Part 25: #2: Thriller - Michael Jackson

Come on, it's goddamn Thriller!
What could you want more of in this album? It has possibly the most iconic three-song run of any album (Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean). Every song is either a jam that you can just vibe to or a banger that you can just dance to. Either way, it excels. Except for some of those vibier songs. Some of them just don't hit as much as the others. The Lady in My Life and ... read more

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God damn. I thought this man was a country artist. I guess I was proved so very, very wrong in one of the best possible ways.

The generational run from Thunder Road to Born to Run is incredible and genuinely had me considering if this was gonna be my next favorite album of all time for two days. Unfortunately, it dips in quality near the end, which is pretty bad for an album this short, but that five-song stretch is one of the best I've seen. ... read more

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Part 23: #64: Baduizm - Erykah Badu

The only thing I knew about Erykah Badu before this album listen was that she was an RnB artist and that she dated Andre 3000 for a bit and inspired Ms. Jackson... Better than knowing nothing, I guess...
This album is just good. There are definitely standouts, especially Appletree, which is just more upbeat than the rest of the album. Not that an album has to be upbeat or fast for it to be better, but ... read more

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Part 22: #61: Love Deluxe - Sade

So I've already listened to this because of a list I tried to do back in the beginning of the year, but ended up quitting halfway through. Almost none of my opinions changed besides one song getting slightly better (Feel No Pain). Anyways, this album is beautiful. I'm not the biggest fan of soul, but this just pushed past those boundaries and made me feel everything Sade said. It just kind of stays on ... read more

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Part 21: #90: Back In Black - AC/DC

this entire album is just a camera slowly panning away from car driving through the australian outback. Played ten times in a row.

AC/DC is one of the most known rock bands of all time. Even I knew some songs from them before getting this album. Trust me, that's rare for this list.
The first song was good, and the second song was great! Then the third kinda sounded ... read more

really weird but kinda a vibe like damn tyler you're really just doing everything with your career

A newer release from Raekwon which was unexpectedly great. It also just dawned on me that Nas hasn't had a bad feature. Not that I've heard, at least. Off topic, but still. Anyways, Bear Hill kind of threw me off even though the album just started. Raekwon has this weird mixing on his voice that just makes it sound off, and it kind of follows on Pomegranate, but that song is great either way. After that, I didn't hear it as much. The Ghostface Killah features went off, Raekwon ... read more

Not as bad as everyone says, but some songs make me genuinely want to just go outside and touch grass just to make sure i still have a sense of free will because why else would i be listening to this garbage?

REREVIEW

IT ONLY GOT BETTER IN MY EYES. ACTUALLY, IT GOT A BIT WORSE BUT THEN I LISTENED AGAIN AND LOVED IT EVEN MORE THAN THE FIRST TIME SOMEHOW. I CAN FINALLY TELL PUSHA AND MALICE APART, DON'T WORRY