BroBo$$

(BroBoSS)

Fun idea: lets market an album as having a unique tone and concept and then not do that

Baby Keem raps like he's making reference tracks. Everything here sounds half baked for the express purpose of bringing in someone actually interesting to finish it. On top of that he somehow made Kendrick Lamar sound forgettable and stupid.

Baby Keem is far from a talentless hack, his work on Mr Morale helped shape that into what became my favorite Kendrick album. His reference tracks for Donda gave Ye some really great verses. It's when his solo albums enter the conversation that ... read more

Don Toliver has mastered the art of releasing the same album over and over again and still getting attention. OCTANE follows the same formula he's utilized since day one: put one or two memorable tracks on the album (in this case E85 and Body, both placed at the very beginning of the project) before backloading the rest with stale sludge. Don's certainly capable of doing far more as his feature career indicates, he's just continuing to take the easy money route instead of doing ... read more

Boring on purpose is ultimately still boring.

Fakemink's insistence on continually using the same tired sounds, flows, and vocal deliveries over and over again will be his downfall. Nothing on here stands out in any meaningful way, every song feel like it bleeds into the next to form a smudge of beige across the proverbial musical canvas. There are hints at potential woven in here and there, though most of it swiftly gets lost in the dull songwriting.