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"Delusions of Grandeur" is the 25th studio album by the Maryland rapper K.A.A.N. with collaboration of Los Angeles producer DJ Hoppa. As of writing of this review they have released 3 studio albums together with this one being their first. The production from Hoppa is pretty good with some nice dark samples and dirty drums. From the rapping side, this LP is also pretty much great with your standard K.A.A.N. stuff. My biggest problem with this record is pretty much just how average it ... read more

"Missionary" is Snoop Dogg's 19th studio album mainly produced by non other than Dr. Dre and it is... okay for what is it. While there are some weaker moment and the project's quality goes pretty much up and down from song to song. It manages to have enough high points for it to not be any lower. The production is amazing as usual since it is Dre, however the thing that suprised me the most was Snoop's rapping. It isn't super technical but it is very charming ... read more

"Soul Burger" is the 3th mixtape by an American rapper Ab-Soul. On this project we see Soul trying out more mainstream sounds with various degree of success, along side lyrical content that still sounds sharp with a lot of cool wordplay. While they are good or even great songs on here, there are quite a few mediocre/okay-ish ones, especially in the middle of this mixtape that drag the whole experience down for me. Also while the features for the most part were good maybe even great, ... read more

"Dark Times" is the 6th studio album by an American rapper Vince Staples. This is an album that is both sad and uplifting at the same time. With beatiful production on which Vince slides over perfectly. This LP just has this "nostalgic" charm to it that is really hard to replicate. Of course the album isn't perfect, my main concern is that the mixing on the vocals can be a little bit rough around the edges sometimes and part of it suffers a little bit 'cause of ... read more