I started my Piñata review talking about how Freddie Gibbs is one of the best rappers ever, and this album just further solidifies that. He’s especially incredible when he locks in with a producer, and it’s always an amazing producer.

The Alchemist has amazing production (like always), it’s perfect for Freddie Gibbs. The samples are so great and the beats have so much texture. Some of the beats are just straight up beautiful, like Scottie Beam or grimy like Frank ... read more

This album broke my mind like To Be Kind did. Which I think that happens when I hear something that is so expressive that I can’t wrap my head around it. But I think I sort-of understand it now. I’ve been listening to this album for a while and I just kept going back off of pure curiosity.

At first Bjork’s unique vocals didn’t make sense to me, then all the sudden it just clicked. I don’t know why they work so well but they just do. The instrumentation is ... read more

BANGER ALERT 🚨🚨🚨

Tha Carter 3 is one of the most iconic albums in the entire Hip-Hop genre. It sold a million copies first week, and is the most successful album of Lil Wayne’s extensive catalog. Although he has better albums and mixtapes.

However, the iconic-ness of this album seems to often blind people from realizing it’s not all high quality.

It has its highlights like A Milli, where Wayne showcases his fantastic punch-line-writing skills. Or Mr. Carter which is one of the best tracks that ... read more

Death Grips’ The Money Store is a dark and weird album. On the surface it’s loud and seems like madness, but it’s actually very calculated and a lot of intention with its sound, style and lyrics. And it’s DEFINITELY NOT for everyone.

MC Ride is a literal force to be reckoned with. His shouting delivery is completely unhinged and maniacal. He’s actually a good writer, but in an unorthodox way. He’s amazing at building a world and expressing an idea with his ... read more

RTJ4 is more futuristic and dystopian than any of their past albums while still keeping their raw and gritty feel.

The Yankee and the brave idea is so simple but it’s so cool, it’s like they are two outlaws who work together. I hope they keep using this idea.

The best part about this album is that it’s just straight bangers, and it’s the most layered and dynamic production for El-P yet. The production on this album is more futuristic than anything they’ve made ... read more

If someone said this is the best RTJ album, I wouldn’t blame them. Although I do prefer RTJ2, you could definitely argue that it’s lyrically better, and the production is just as good. At this point RTJ has become one of the most consistent and high quality groups in rap.

I’m honestly kind of running out of things to say because it’s hard to explain the sound and feeling of the album, and if I tried I would just kinda be repeating myself. Even though this album is ... read more

This album is just flat out better than the first one in every way. They literally improved on everything.

El-P’s production is even better, it’s more lyrics and dynamic than ever. Songs like Blockbuster Night Pt. 1 and All My Life have such unique and fun-to-listen-to beats. So many of these beats are hard hitting and grimy, it makes the songs so much more powerful. And his rapping is also better. Killer Mike also consistently has better flows and better written verses on ... read more

JID’S BACK WITH ONE OF HIS HARDEST BANGERS YET‼️
This beat is soooo good and JID’s flows are just incredible. DROP THE ALBUM 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Run The Jewels is an exciting debut from one of the most ambitious rap duo’s in rencent times.

The opener and outro are really the only amazing songs on here. The title track is awesome, I love the fast paced beat and the rushed rapping, it’s so well done. A Christmas Fucking Miracle is basically a masterpiece, the production is incredible and very good example of El-P’s ability, and it’s a very well written track as well.

The biggest issue with this album is manly ... read more

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is commonly seen as one of the best albums ever. It was even given the #1 OF ALL TIME spot on Apple Music’s horrible top 100 list. And I disagree strongly.

Lost Ones is not a very good intro, it’s too long and the flows are very repetitive. It gets annoying after the first verse. But it picks up a lot when it gets to Ex-Factor, which has amazing singing from Lauryn and great writing.

A lot of these songs end up just being good, because they ... read more

Ah yes, BRAT. The insane cultural phenomenon of an album, causing “brat summer” whatever that is. Fantano gave this a 10/10 for some forsaken reason, which gave this album a lot of attention from music fans.

Considering that I like electronic music I thought I would like this more. In its best moments, it’s creative and cool, but the other part is boring, uninteresting, and tries to be fun but it’s not.

360 is good for the first the first 30 seconds then it’s ... read more

With the front man Issac Wood leaving the band after their last album “Ants From Up There”, BCNR was left with a choice, try to replace Issac and continue their style, or change it up completely. They chose the latter.

Two things that are the same about this album is the insane amount of instrumental detail, and the very unique and abstract lyrics. Seriously, these instrumentals are beautiful, they aren’t powerful the way that Ant’s were, but they are so beautiful and ... read more

The world didn’t know it but up until this point, Jimi had been holding back. He waited until Electric Ladyland to push the boundaries of music and production. When Electric Ladyland dropped in 1968, nothing else sounded remotely like it. This wasn’t just a psychedelic rock album, it was Hendrix tearing down the walls of the genre itself. Every second of this album is Jimi pushing himself, and the rest of his band to exceed their limits.

This album’s production is next-level ... read more

It’s so generic, there is nothing special about this album at all. There are a couple cool moments of production and singing but overall is extremely bland and boring. And for some reason it gets overrated mainly by people who only listen to contemporary/basic music.

Why would you listen to his when you have countless 80s synth pop classic’s that are actually good? Why would you listen to this when you could listen to The Weeknd? I don’t know.

On most of these songs, ... read more

Daft Punk has always been one of my favorite artists in music ever since I was a young child. Something about their groovy, repetitive, robotic and unique approach to music made me always gravitate to their music. As I’ve matured, I’ve come to appreciate just how layered, forward-thinking, and emotionally resonant their music really is. If you were to read the lyrics to most of their songs, they would seem simple and repetitive, but once you hear the song, a whole other world opens ... read more

You ever have that feeling that music is getting stale and you have nothing to listen to? That feeling that you’ve already heard all this best music out there? I have that feeling a lot and then this album happened, it kind of reignited my passion for music.

I’ve been trying to learn how to play piano for a couple months now, and I kind-of took a break from that because I wasn’t getting the progress I wanted. But after listening to this album I felt inspired and so I’m ... read more

Some albums are good. Some albums are great. And then there’s TOTAL XANARCHY, an album so ahead of its time that people still don’t understand its genius. This isn’t just music—it’s a spiritual awakening.

From the very first track, Lil Xan grabs you by the soul and refuses to let go. His flow? Otherworldly. His lyricism? Shakespearean. His beats? The sound of heaven colliding with Earth. The production across this album is so clean, so futuristic, that it makes My ... read more

DAYTONA by Pusha T is a short showcase of Pusha’s and Kanye West’s genius and synergy together.

From the beginning of If You Know You Know it’s clear that Pusha T is rapping to prove something. His flow is ice cold, his voice is powerful, and he makes his rapping sound effortlessly. His writing is fantastic, and his delivery is vicious.

The production from Kanye West is fantastic, the beat switch on If You Know You Know hits like a truck, while the beat for Hard Piano sounds ... read more

Playboi Carti’s Die Lit is one of those albums that shouldn’t work as well as it does. It’s repetitive, bare bones, and most of all mind-numbing. It’s easy to dismiss because of its simplicity, but when it the right state of mind, it hits.

The production, for the most part is fantastic, you’ll get one of Carti’s hardest hitting beats on a song like R.I.P. then you’ll get an instrumental that is gorgeous on Shoota. Love Hurts’ beat is the ... read more