Earl Sweatshirt returns with his 5th studio album, Live Laugh Love, where the topics he tackles are much more positive than before.

On this record, lyrically, Earl delivers a lot of confident wordplay and positive outlooks on life, such as talking about loving his life and taking it one step at a time.

The production here is pretty standard Earl Sweatshirt, almost entirely made with samples, creating an abstract and interesting soundscape. There are lots of lo-fi beats, and the best ones have ... read more

Sabrina Carpenter releases her 7th album, and on this one, she really goes all in on the sexuality.

The production on most of these songs is actually pretty good and makes these songs somewhat passable. Jack Antonoff is certainly a good producer, and it’s cool to see Sabrina use some pretty layered production.

Now, the songwriting just isn’t it. Almost all of these songs are basically about the same thing, and most of them aren’t even catchy. None of these songs are as ... read more

Reviewing every Led Zeppelin album 8/8.

The final Zeppelin album, In Through the Out Door, is by far their most criticized release. See, the thing that made Led Zeppelin so good is how heavy, explosive, and raw their music was, and this album lacks just that. However, I do think this album is overhated.

While it has its fair share of boring or uninteresting moments, there are some truly great tracks. Fool In The Rain is a catchy and fun song, and All My Love is a pretty beautiful and ... read more

Reviewing every Led Zeppelin album (7/8).

Led Zeppelin’s 7th album marks what many believe to be the beginning of their downfall. This is due to many different factors, but the main thing to note is that it made the band less focused.

Achilles Last Stand is pretty easily one of Zeppelin’s best songs. The lyrics are fantastic, and the instrumentation is electrifying. One of their most ambitious songs for sure. It’s so fast and so grand. Everything about this song is ... read more

In 1975, two years after releasing one of my favorite rock albums ever, Houses of the Holy, and four years after the legendary Led Zeppelin IV, the band released Physical Graffiti, my favorite record in their entire discography. It is easily their most ambitious work, spanning an hour and twenty-two minutes and featuring a tracklist full of long, adventurous cuts. It is a monster of an LP, but despite its length, there is not a single moment that lacks creativity.

Custard Pie is such a perfect ... read more

Reviewing every Led Zeppelin album (5/8).

Coming off their most successful and acclaimed album, Led Zeppelin IV, they decide to go in basically a completely different direction. Houses of the Holy is less just straight hard rock and instead goes for a lighter tone (for the most part) and fuses more genres together such as folk, funk, prog, and even reggae.

The Rain Song is probably my favorite Zeppelin song. It’s easily the most beautiful song they’ve ever recorded and one of the ... read more

Reviewing every Led Zeppelin album (4/8).

Ok so where do I even start? At this point in their career they were on top of the world. They’d released three huge albums in two years, all of them great. Just a year after putting out Led Zeppelin III, they released their most famous, acclaimed, iconic, basically their most everything album; Led Zeppelin IV. Led Zeppelin IV is their tightest tracklist, best produced, best performed, most focused and most dynamic album up to this point.

Black ... read more

Reviewing every Led Zeppelin album (3/8).

Think about how often your favorite band/artist releases music, then think about how Led Zeppelin dropped 4 of the best rock albums of their time in 3 years. Their grind was insane.

The intro, Immigrant Song is one of the bands most successful and praised tracks. This is probably due to the war-cry-like vocals from Plant and just overall epic mess as a track. Zeppelin seems to like to write/compose songs that sort of sound like ancient gladiator ... read more

Reviewing every Led Zeppelin album (2/8).

Happy birthday Robert Plant, he truly has one of the greatest, most powerful, and most recognizable voices in the history of music.

In less than a year since their debut, Led Zeppelin releases their second album. They take everything they showcased on their debut and turn it up a notch, or several. It’s more explosive, more experimental, with better riffs, better writing, and even better band chemistry. I think this album is stronger than the ... read more

Reviewing every Led Zeppelin album (1/8).

Led Zeppelin is the iconic debut album of, yes, Led Zeppelin, one of my favorite bands of all time. On the album the band shows their unique explosiveness and hybrid sound of blues and heavy rock.

This album is just full of bangers. Good Times Bad Times is easily one of the group’s most iconic songs and for good reason, everything about this song is catchy. It’s crazy to me that they came out of the box with such amazing band chemistry. ... read more

(Sorry it took so long I forgot to put my YouTube reviews on here)

JID, one of the most praised and in demand rappers of this generation finally released his highly anticipated fourth album, God Does Like Ugly. His previous album, The Forever Story is easily one of the most praised hip hop albums of this decade, and dare I say, ever?

First off, JID’s technical rapping ability is way off the charts. I don’t know if there’s anyone else right now who can rap with this much ... read more

Food & Liquor is the breakout debut album for legendary rapper Lupe Fiasco. It also so happens to be one of my favorite hip-hop releases of the 2000s.

It’s no secret that Fiasco is one of the best lyricists of his generation, and he really showcases that on this album. He displays a very strong lyrical ability and flow on nearly every song on this album. Take that masterpiece of a song Kick, Push for example, where Lupe tells the story about someone’s obsession with ... read more

Rapper Freddie Gibbs and producer The Alchemist reunite to release the sequel to 2020’s Alfredo. Freddie Gibbs is one of my favorite rappers, and he combined very well with The Alchemist on the original Alfredo.

Well, I’m not gonna sugar coat it. This is nowhere near as good as the original Alfredo. For the most part, Alfredo 2 feels so much more forgettable and uninteresting. Aside from the standouts, Al’s production is not it on here. This kind of production is not what ... read more

Egotrip is the breakout record for rapper John Michel and producer Anthony James. Egotrip features chipmunk soul production, similar to that of early Kanye West and conscious lyrics. It somewhat came out of nowhere and is now one of the most praised albums of the year. I remember hearing this album the day it came out because it popped up on my AOTY feed.

Chipmunk soul is sort of a rare style of production in today’s contemporary hip hop world. The production on here is very well done; ... read more

Many times people call an album a “musical journey,” but it’s a very rare occasion you get to witness a journey this immersive.

Quadeca, a 24 year old California born singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s fourth album, Vanisher, Horizon Scraper has been one of the most anticipated releases of recent memory. It’s common knowledge that Quadeca got his start on YouTube, posting FIFA gameplay and his own soccer highlights. Then he became one of those cringy ... read more

Reviewing every Tyler, The Creator album (9/9)

Tyler’s 9th album, Don’t Tap the Glass, strays away from what he’s known for and goes and makes something just for fun. DTTG is a highly dance inspired album with a lot of samples from disco or dance songs, such as Off the Wall being sampled in Ring Ring Ring.

Something I find funny is that he said this isn’t conceptual, and although it doesn’t have a very lyrical concept, it literally does have a narrative and a ... read more

Reviewing every Tyler, The Creator album (8/9)

Tyler’s 8th album, Chromakopia, is a personal and reflexive album. There’s a lot of insight to Tyler’s mind and his viewpoint on fame, identity, culture and many other things.

Lyrically this album is kind of all over the place, that can be seen as a positive as it covers many bases or it can be negative because that means it’s less focused. He’ll go from being braggadocios, to being paranoid to talking about abortion ... read more

Reviewing every Tyler, The Creator album (7/9)

Tyler’s 7th album, Call Me If You Get Lost, feels like a great mix of Tyler’s early albums and his latest. Instead of being vulnerable like his past two albums, CMIYGL is full of braggadocious rapping and upbeat sunny production.

One of the best parts about this album is how consistent and well done the summer and vacation vibes are. Even the more hard-hitting “bangers” keep this feeling. A lot of the production is similar ... read more

Reviewing Every Tyler, The Creator Album (6/9)

Tyler’s 6th album, IGOR, is often his most praised and celebrated album. This album has such a unique and interesting soundscape that isn’t exactly comparable to anything else entirely. Tyler wears his influences on his sleeve, the clear Kanye interpretation on I THINK, the producing influence from Pharrell, and many other examples. But that’s not to say this album isn’t unique, because the way he blends all these different ... read more

Reviewing every Tyler, The Creator album (5/9)

Tyler, The Creator’s fifth album, Flowerboy, marked the turning point in his career. As it was the final transition from internet childish horrorcore to more introspective neo-soul inspired pop rap.

The production on here is well done. I like the more synth heavy aspects of this album. And this is where Tyler really departed from the dusty soundscapes you can find on his previous albums. I really like the pianos on here as well.

911 / ... read more