Vince's biting commentary against White America is at it's most abbrasive and confrontational in this newest pivot to punk rock mixed with his usual west-coast flair.
Gustavo Cerati has this immense elegance with the way he harmonises atop these rock instrumentals. Always adrift. Never staying in one place. Gliding and floating among the brashness of the guitar strings, that can go soft and soothing at the drop of a dime. Sometimes without Gustavo to accompany them.
It is mellow. It is melancholy. And it is extremely memorable.
fakemink is one of few rap artists, that acknowledges the fact, that Balkan Countries exist.
A pleasantly surprising, bouncy and catchy cloud rap project, that even in it's bloat did not outstay its welcome. Like a Virgin is one of the best bangers that the subgenre has produced this year.
There is an intense irony in Peggy laying claim to the "Experimental Rap" label on this album of all things. For this project may be the most repetitive, boring and unimaginative thing that he has ever created.
In this bloated ass tracklist, filled with the same old flows and aggravatingly predictable instrumental patterns, JPEGMAFIA exposes the fact, that he has lost most of his creativity as an artist. And all of the self awareness to realise, what a parody he has become. This is ... read more
"I'm turning 40 dawg, I'm battlin aging"
A succinctly perfect line to describe every problem with Drake as a musician in the current decade. His refusal to grow up and learn from anything puts him in this consistent creative rut, where all he's capable of is regurgitating the same tired topics to an audience that are a third of his age at this point.
Drake is too grown to be having an hour long midlife crisis across this needlessly long and confused tracklist. But ... read more