In 2016 The Caretaker released his concept album that would kickstart one of the greatest conceptual series in music. This was such an intriguing idea and it makes me fall in love with music over and over again when I see such creative ways to express. This album had some of the best instrumentals I've ever heard, I loved the dreamy and liminal vibe of the album. I thought the concept was executed very well on here I loved hearing the hypothetical person's memory start to fail in ... read more

In 2019 Lana Del Rey released Norman Fucking Rockwell, and it's an absolute masterpiece. This album is so amazing and I love it so much. I wanna start off with the production, it is absolutely amazing, I love Jack Antonoff's production on the majority songs and the overall dreamy vibe of this album is executed so well. This is Lana's most well written record with some of her best pen game being on this project. I adore the storytelling the album and I feel such bittersweet and ... read more

I finally got around to listening to Don Toliver's 2026 LP, Octane, and it proceeded to disappoint. I've always been somewhat of a fan of Don's voice but I just wish he'd experiment more instead of doing what gets him streams. I'm going to start with the production, it was literally nothing special, like it was basically rinse and repeat the same production for like 17 songs with the only special production being Body. Where this album really takes a nose dive is the ... read more

In 2026 Blu and Exile come together to make another amazing collab album, Time Heals Everything, and it absolutely delivers. This album was very refreshing for me and I honestly loved it. The production by Exile was amazing on this project, I loved all the samples and classic boom bap with newer sounds, there was one bad beat and they all fit Blu and the features as well. I thought Blu did a great performance and this was some of the best lyricism I've heard this year, I liked what he ... read more

In 2026 rapper slayr released his deluxe to Half Blood, Half Blood (Bloodluxe), and it absolutely delivered. I'm going to review both Half Blood and Bloodluxe as one since it's just easier that way. I have never been a huge fan of rage, I just feel like a majority is to chaotic and honestly feels like the artist are doing it for monetary gain. But with this album, I absolutely love this album. I think this what rage should be in my opinion. I loved the production it was super cool to ... read more

I finally got around to listening to Neurosis's new critically and public acclaimed album, An Undying Love For a Burning World, and it was absolutely amazing. Going into this project I didn't know what to expect because I've never heard Neurosis, I didn't even know it was a Rock album, but after listening I've absolutely fallen in love. I loved the production on this project it was absolutely amazing, the progression of every song was perfect, I was absolutely vibing ... read more

In 2019 Future dropped Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD and it happens to be one of his best. I thought this is one of the most consistent tracklists I've ever listened to when it comes to Future and every song more or less kept me captivated. I liked the production on here I thought it was really good and every beat was enjoyable and somewhat captivating and fit Future so well. I thought Future had great rapping performances and some of his best to date. I liked the features on here, I ... read more

In 2017 Future came out with his self titled album, FUTURE, and it delivers. This album, although bloated, delivered a very cohesive and enjoyable Future album, that's pretty much all. The production was nothing special but none of it was bad and I love the Mask Off beat it might be one of Metro's best, but besides that and a few other standout beats, the production was kind of just rinse and repeat. But although that was the case I did find Future intriguing me with his rapping and ... read more

In 2025, Mac Miller's estate came out with his long lost album, Balloonerism, and it happens to be one of the best albums of all time. Now I'm well aware that this is a very hot take to give this a perfect score, but that just what it is. I wanna start off with the production because its genuinely so amazing, I love the dreamy vibe to the album and I especially love all the instruments used, it enhances the album so well when you hear a majestic harp like in Do You Have A Destination? ... read more

In 2017 Sauce Walka released his mixtape, The Saucefather, and it does deliver. This is official introduction to Sauce Walka, and although the project isn't amazing or anything, I still find it to be a fun and entertaining album. The production is nothing special and it honestly feels somewhat repetitive but Sauce makes up for it with his rapping performances. His rapping performances were the standouts on this mixtape, he rapped his ass off. I like his delivery and his flows were good ... read more

In 2015 EARTHGANG released there EP, Torba, and it was very enjoyable. This is my introduction into EARTHGANG, apart from there work on the Dreamville projects and features, and I was impressed. I wanna start off with the chemistry Johnny Venus and Doctur Dot had, because I thought it was really good and I liked the portrayal of Johnny being the more chaotic one and Dot being the more composed one based on there deliveries. I liked the production it kept me interested the whole project, all of ... read more

In 2011, legendary producer, 9th Wonder, dropped his solo project, The Wonder Years, and it delivered. I wanna start off with the production because that was a standout, I liked 9th Wonder's production the whole LP and I really liked all the samples he used, the beats themselves were very jazz influenced which I liked and I liked the use of instruments like, the saxophone on One Night, on songs. I liked the features too I thought all of them did a good job with there lyrical performances, ... read more

4 years after his 3rd studio album, Some Rap Songs, Earl Sweatshirt finally came out with SICK!, and it did surprised me. Coming out of Pompeii // Utility I didn't have high hopes going into this Earl album, but this album thoroughly impress me. I wanna start off with saying how I really liked Earl's rapping performance on this whole album, they were clear lyrical performances and I really enjoyed that. I also really liked the production, there wasn't one bad beat, and I thought ... read more

In 2018 Pusha T and Kanye West came together to make Daytona, and it absolutely delivers. It's crazy to think that Pusha was nearly 20 years in, making music, when this album came out and it just proves he has some of the best longevity in music as a whole. I wanna start off with Kanye's production because I thought he did amazing, I personally think that this is some of Kanye's best work presented on Daytona. These beats sound so disconnected from the rest of his production ... read more

In 2006 Lil Wayne and DJ Drama teamed up again to give us the sequel to The Dedication, The Dedication 2, and it somehow topped the first one. I wanna start off with the main reason why this project is so good, the lyricism, I thought this was some of Wayne's best lyricism ever on this mixtape, he glided over countless of these beats and managed to never have a bad verse, It was truly amazing to see such a honed in Weezy on this project. Another standout was the production, I thought again ... read more

In 2005, Lil Wayne and DJ Drama came together to make The Dedication, and it more than delivered. To be honest, going into this project I didn't have high hopes because it was a 2000s mixtape, which tends to not have to great of quality, but also because it is unfortunately not on streaming services so I had to search for the full mixtape on YouTube, and who knows what the quality will be like then. But coming out of this project I can confidently say my expectation was well exceeded. This ... read more

I finally got around to listening to Cities Aviv's 2026 LP, EVEN COLDER SPRING, and this thing is close to a masterpiece. This is my introduction to Aviv and I'm genuinely astonished about how much I've been missing. I wanna start with the albums production, this production is the epitome of ethereal music, I was almost floating to these beats, I loved the progressions of the beats on some songs like Even Colder Spring (Part 2) it was cool for them to start off bare and build ... read more

Tigrayan rapper, Sideshow, drops his 2026 LP Tigray Funk, and it surpasses my expectations. I was admittedly reluctant to give this album a listen because it was so beefy with 4 discs and an average of 8 songs on each disc, but Sideshow really succeeded to keep my attention the whole time. I additionally thought that each disc kept getting better and better. I really liked the production on this project it was very unique and I was hooked throughout the project. I've definitely heard ... read more

6 years after Thundercat's last project, It Is What It Is, he finally drops Distracted and it delivers. This project was excellent and easily one of my favorite of the year so far. I wanna start off with the production, now obviously the production is going to be good because it's Thundercat, but I just loved the funky psychedelic beats, they're always so fun to listen to. This album is also very cohesive and that's one of it's best features. I loved Thundercat's ... read more

Roughly 5 months after Amy Winehouse's tragic passing, her record label and longtime producer for Winehouse, Salaam Remi, got together a compilation album full of tracks that, in Salaam's words, "needed to be heard" and it truly achieved its goal. This is definitely one of the better posthumous albums to ever be released. I wanna start off by talking about the songs chosen, I thought every song on here was very exceptional and actually this project housed some of my favorite ... read more