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SZA’s Ctrl is a wonderful R&B in how combines many different production styles and manages to make them all work. Call have very glittery to very gritty sounding beats that are tied together by SZA’s absolutely amazing vocals, that also delivery very catchy choruses and melodies at a consistent rate. No track goes below above average, with the track list being both consistent while also pulling many surprises. The writing is also very personal on how it tackles SZA’s ... read more

Who Really Cares is quite the step down from French Exit, though it mainly comes from the production and beats being rather standard for the group without much innovation. The vocals and these songs are the usual understated delivery from Brad, but unlike on previous projects, the samples have nearly all of the catchy aspects instead of a few memorable moments for Brad himself. Writing is so bitter it is hard to stomach with many delicate topics not delicately handled unfortunately, while ... read more

TV Girl’s debut French Exit certainly has its highlights with a couple missteps and trite parts as well. The writing could switch between very personal, critical, allusionary, to autobiographical to occasionally storytelling based, with much of the last of latter versions being the one where the band came across as having the least proficiency in. The production was often very solid with little mixing issues and a nice signature dream pop style being brought to the tracks. The ... read more

Tha Carter VI is disappointing and even its highlights come from a place of acting within a comfortable bubble. The lowlights are very low, laughable, cringey even. Not a good album. Beats can be good all the way to complete nonstarters. Production is similarly varied, though it leans towards being unimpressive at best consistently like the beats. The lyrics also can be quite bad to like vintage Wayne, while flows are also just as inconsistent. Then when Wayne sings it goes as poorly as every ... read more