perhaps this is the first aespa release that has satisfied me since Whiplash came out.
I won’t lie: this is not a perfect album.
I have a pretty complicated relationship with aespa in general. I love many of their songs and title tracks, but I almost never enjoy their full tracklists. the only truly great album for me remains Savage. not only is it their best work, but also the only release with a genuinely stunning digital cover. seriously, it’s one of the most detailed and ... read more
well… this is his first mid album.
to be fair, my expectations for Experimental Rap became much lower after I saw the rap community’s reaction to the project, as if JPEGMAFIA had released a genuinely terrible album.
in reality, it’s nowhere near as awful as people on Twitter were dramatizing it to be.
the main problem with this album is that there are genuinely good and even great songs here, but they’re mixed in with completely unnecessary interludes and outright ... read more