Rocky return with a single that is fun and bouncy. While I like Rocky and the single isn’t bad by any means. It isn’t something new. Which is ok. Not every artist need to do something new. I enjoy when an artist staying in their lane as long as they are sharpening their craft. I don’t see much of that here. It is just vibey and wavy Rocky which we know and love. So while not spectacular or greatly different it is still fun. PS. Carti’s verse would have ruined the track, ... read more
Let him Cook... Stove hears us. He knows we want a new album, but he is a chef, as a chef doesn't take his food out too early, so here is an appetizer to hold us over. But stop asking. The message is loud and clear: Don't worry, he is cooking, so stop calling. Here is hoping the album drops soon
"My people fled to the mountains, but it's nowhere the white man won't go..." -- billy woods.
In a Rolling Stone interview, woods states that this album reexplores a story he wrote at 9. The story of an evil Golliwog. His mom, a Jamaican literature professor, read it and told him, "... it was overly derivative and needed some work." Here is the finished work, but instead of 1 story, it is a musical collection of short stories and poetry. woods has explained that ... read more
some probably saw my comments already but ima leave a review bc jesus some of yall just be hating with no explanation huh. while it is your right to not explain and that is fine. it is annoying constantly hearing, "oh the song sounds bad and is lazy." this explanation is also lazy and add nothing to musical discourse. l wanted to leave a review to explain why i like the song despite the "lazy sampling" and maybe give a new pov about the song. IMPORTANT NOTE: LAZY SAMPLING ... read more
Kendrick's Zuu. At least from sound alone. This on first listen reminds me of Denzel's thought process on Zuu with him trying to capture the sound of the City he is from, but for Kendrick is that West Coast. This isn't that deep, there isn't a bigger narrative here. Just Kendrick asserting dominance with the sounds of his hometown while giving his thoughts post-beef.