Not a very cohesive listen, but Hey Bulldog and It's All Too Much are crazy good.
The more I sit with The Wall, the more I've come to appreciate it. The story being told is very potent and resonates with me a lot, and I think Pink Floyd do a great job of bringing it to life with unique song writing and memorable musical motifs.
Not quite as focused or consistent as The Marshall Mathers LP, but still a fantastic listen.
Damn Eminem used to be so fucking good. I haven't listened to this album in so long and I did not expect it to hold up, but it's just undeniable.
Very mixed feelings on this new Eminem single. As a big fan of Eminem's older albums, it's cool to hear him return to that sound, but it doesn't work all the way for me because it's not as good or interesting as anything he actually did during that era. Also, the transgender cat line is probably the worst bar of the year so far, by a fairly wide margin.
The Beatles' White Album is a culmination of everything that made them so great in their later years. With some of their sweetest songwriting, most experimental production, and subversive ideas. It is genuinely impressive how little filler there is across the entire record despite how much material there is. Fantastic album that only seems to get better the more I listen to it.
I don't like it quite as much as Everything Harmony, but it slaps pretty hard.
While not as important or conceptual as other albums from this period of The Beatles' canon, Magical Mystery Tour is certainly no slouch. This album is home to some of the band's most trippy production and abstract songwriting. Very fun listen.
Atavista is a solid improvement upon what was already Childish Gambino's best album. While I do miss the somewhat lofi production on 3.15.20, I do also really appreciate the more dynamic mixes on this new version. I also really like the newly added tracks Atavista and Human Sacrifice, which I think are 2 of the best tracks here. My main issue with this album is that I don't think Little Foot Big Foot fits as well here as it did on 3.15.20, and the new Young Nudy verse, while good, feels a bit ... read more
No, I do not have a hot take about this album. It's the pinnacle of 60's psychedelic rock and pop. It's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The scope of this album is just insane. I mean sure Good Morning Good Morning is just alright, but every other song on here is absolutely stellar. Especially A Day In the Life, which probably the best song The Beatles ever made.
DAMN. is Kendrick Lamar at his most stripped back, while also remaining just as thematically dense as his more maximalist works. Each song has its own self-contained themes as well as thematic motifs that bring everything together very cohesively. DAMN. is home to some of Kendrick's best rapping performances across his entire career and incredibly personal moments as well. Amazing album, and DUCKWORTH. is an unbelievably incredible song.
Revolver is an absolute powerhouse of an album and probably the best The Beatles ever sounded together as one cohesive unit. You can really hear it in the music how much they were experimenting in the studio. The Beatles' songwriting also stepped up quite a bit on this album with more personal and philosophical lyrics. With brilliant pop songwriting and innovative production, Revolver is The Beatles' first perfect album.
Rubber Soul is where The Beatles truly entered god mode. Every track is super catchy and the switch to more introspective songwriting pays out in dividends. My only issue is that Run For Your Life does not work as a closer, especially after If I Needed Someone. Apart from that though, this shit goes hard and it's one of the best Beatles albums of all time.
Listening to this song was very anxiety inducing. Kendrick sounds genuinely scary on this song. Something about just the way everything was presented evoked such visceral emotions in me that I nearly teared up during the third verse. What an absolute nuke of a diss track and an absolutely psychotic chess move.
I was an avid Yeat hater before this album came out, but 2093 has made me completely reevaluate Yeat as an artist. This album is a bit bloated, but still almost every single track slaps. The production is atmospheric and futuristic, and Yeat's vocals feel more at home here than on the bulk of his previous efforts.
It really is like a movie. Kendrick's lyrics and storytelling are so vivid throughout this album that I can literally picture everything that is happening. Not even to mention that half of the songs here are some of the best rap songs ever made. This album is truly special and it blows my mind every time I listen to it.
The first half of A Hard Day's Night is quite possibly the strongest 7 track run of The Beatles' early career, and while there are a few duds in the second half, it's still pretty decent. The songwriting is very solid, the songs are catchy, and the instrumentation is very texturally interesting. Apparently the movie is pretty good too, I might have to check that out.