Man wtf… this might genuinely be one of the worst records I’ve heard in the past five years or so. What an absolute dogshit album. Seeing some of the critic reviews honestly just makes me laugh so bad. I really don’t get how anyone can hear this and think it’s actually good.

BTS are back from their military duties, and to be honest… if this is what you return with, then what’s even the point? ARIRANG feels like parody music at times. It’s hard to ... read more

Boldy James is back again with only his third (!) release of the year. After dropping something like 10 projects last year, he’s taking it a bit slower this time around, although three releases by April is still kind of wild. With Hook, Line & Sinker, he just continues that strong run he’s been on.

On this one, Boldy again sticks to what he does best. The production, handled by Your Boy Posca, fits him really well. This project contains better production imo than Boldy’s ... read more

Music as sweet as the artwork, that's how we like it.

This album really caught me by surprise, in a very positive way. It’s been sitting on my spinlist for a while, but the past few weeks have just been quite busy with work etc., so I hadn’t really gotten around to listen to all the recent releases yet. I’m a bit behind regarding that, but I’m trying to catch up with most of the 2026 releases on my spinlist as soon as possible. Today, I finally clicked play on The ... read more

Rest easy Prince🕊️💜

10 years without Prince… probably my favourite artist of all time. Man, time really flies when you think about it. To honour him, his estate finally released his version of With This Tear, the song he originally wrote for Celine Dion. And wow… I didn’t expect this one to hit me this hard.

This track really brings back that feeling of why Prince is, to me, the greatest artist to ever do it. Everything about this song just feels so pure and ... read more

Has there ever been a rap collective as good as Wu-Tang Clan? I don’t think so, right? For me, Wu-Tang is the absolute GOAT of rap collectives. After 36 Chambers, it was always going to be hard to match that level, but with Wu-Tang Forever, they did a pretty damn great job. Sure, it’s not 36 Chambers, but on its own, it stands really, really strong.

Between the two albums, a bunch of members dropped their first solo projects. Most of them were excellent, and some are legit among ... read more

The global superstar is back with the first single from her upcoming album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, and I’ve got to say, I was curious going into this one. With drop dead, Olivia steps into some slightly new territory, which is honestly something I was hoping for. Her first two albums really leaned into that lollipop rebellious teenage pop-rock lane, and while that worked really well for her, there was always the risk that a third album in that exact same style would ... read more

After Brown Sugar, it already felt like D’Angelo had changed R&B forever. But then he came back five years later with Voodoo and somehow managed to raise the bar even higher. If Brown Sugar was the foundation, Voodoo is the cathedral built on top of it. Another perfect masterpiece.

Everything about Voodoo feels elevated. The sound is even smoother, warmer, and more intricate (you’d think that would be impossible given the quality of Brown Sugar right???). The production is ... read more

Well… I thought Prince already completely outdid himself in terms of sheer quantity with Emancipation, but nope, of course not. Here comes Crystal Ball, a three-disc, 2.5+ hour monster. Because why not, right?

Crystal Ball is a pretty odd entry in Prince’s discography though. This never really felt like a fully intended, tightly constructed album. Reality is that it’s more a massive collection of previously bootlegged tracks, bundled together into three discs with ten tracks ... read more

This was long overdue… like really long overdue. Can we even call this his debut album? Or do we count Swaecation, even though that dropped as part of the three-part SR3MM project? I’d say this is his real debut, just because Swaecation was still part of a Rae Sremmurd release. But still… eight years between that and SAME DIFFERENCE is kind of crazy. That’s a long time to build up anticipation, and also a pretty risky move.

We’ve seen how that can go. Sremm 4 ... read more

Finally, and I really mean FINALLY, Thundercat has returned. The king is back!!! After six years since It Is What It Is, we finally get a brand new album with Distracted, and I was so, so excited for this one to drop. This has easily been one of my most anticipated releases of the year. I’ve been waiting on this album for so long, and with all the lead singles being absolutely top-tier, my expectations only kept getting higher and higher.

I’ve always been a pretty big Thundercat ... read more

𝓑𝓾𝓵𝓵𝔂 /ˈ𝓫ʊ𝓵𝓲/
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𝒶 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓀𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓂 𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒸𝑒𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝓋𝓊𝓁𝓃𝑒𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒.

Are we here? Are we really here? Well… it looks like it. Ye has finally dropped his latest solo record, BULLY. ... read more

After dropping such an incredibly iconic debut album with Illmatic, how could Nas even follow that up? When your debut is one of the greatest albums ever made, you're probably not going to top it. But that doesn’t mean you can’t deliver another great album, and Nas did exactly that with It Was Written.

This album is a beast too. Sure, it might not be as concise and straight-to-the-point as Illmatic, but it's just as cold and cinematic and Nas is just as sharp as on ... read more

After “retiring” for like the hundredth time, Kid Cudi is back again with a brand new EP. This guy is honestly so unpredictable, but I’m here for it every single time. I mean, we all want new Cudi music anyway, right?

This EP consists of four tracks he cooked up on stream, and I’ve got to say, it was actually a pretty fun listen. It’s nothing too groundbreaking or anything and it’s not like he’s reinventing his sound here, but it does feel like ... read more

This is what Hip-Hop’s about. All Eyez on Me is art, man. Pure art. 2Pac’s always been one of the greatest to ever touch a mic, and a West Coast legend through and through. After dropping the incredible Me Against The World, he came back just a year later with All Eyez on Me, and continued the greatness without missing a beat.

One of the first things that stands out is the length. At two hours 12 minutes, it’s a lot to digest. Like really a lot. But it's Pac, so I'm ... read more

Jack Harlow’s back… and to be completely honest, not with a good one, again.

After two pretty big snoozer albums back to back with Come Home the Kids Miss You and Jackman., Jack returns with his newest effort, Monica. It’s been about three years since his last release, and this time he’s trying something different by leaning more into a neo-soul type of sound.

Now I’ve never really been a huge fan of Jack Harlow to begin with. Sure, he’s got a couple of ... read more

James Blake is finally back with a brand new album and wow, just wow… it’s breathtakingly amazing. Following the 2024 collab project Bad Cameo with Lil Yachty, which was pretty decent, and his 2023 solo album Playing Robots Into Heaven, which leaned more into his electronic side and was already pretty good, James now returns with another solo album: Trying Times. And honestly, this might really be his best album to date. It genuinely feels like he went all out on this one.

James ... read more

Another single already??? Thundercat has really been blessing us with a lot of music these past few weeks. With his upcoming album Distracted on the way, he’s now dropped the fourth single from the project. And all these singles have been absolutely top-tier so far. This new track, ThunderWave with WILLOW, is no exception to that.

At this point it’s really starting to feel like this might end up being Thundercat’s best album yet. Every single he’s dropped so far has ... read more

Don’t really understand anything about that album title, but sure, I guess? Either way, Harry’s back, that’s for sure. Four years after Harry's House, Harry Styles returns with a brand new album, and I got to say I was pretty curious to hear what direction he’d take this time.

Just looking at the title and hearing the lead single beforehand, I thought I could already sort of guess where he might be heading. Something danceable maybe? Some disco influences perhaps? ... read more

Gorillaz are back with a brand new album, and this really feels like a proper return to form after Cracker Island, which to me was kinda mediocre. This though, this feels like a real Gorillaz album again.

You can tell that Damon Albarn really went all in on this one. Going to India with Jamie and building an album around that experience, while also both dealing with personal grief, it adds a whole extra layer to the project. The themes around the afterlife and spirituality really come through ... read more

Finally, Boldy James and Rome Streetz have dropped Manhunt. I feel like this one was announced quite a while ago, so it’s nice to finally see it actually out. And it’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a Boldy and Rome collab project.

Boldy’s been a bit hit or miss for me over the past year. He’s dropped quite a lot, but the quality has been all over the place. Some projects were solid, some were forgettable, and a few just didn’t really hit at all. ... read more