This was the start of me loosing hope in my goat. Ye’s writing was pretty damn bad. Production was pretty good for the most part. But another very unfinished and rushed feeling album, although still delayed several times. Ye mixes hip hop, r&b, trap, and his experimental vultures sound. Almost every feature seems to outshine Ye. Seems like he just lost it in this era. Adding Chicago and Yuno Miles seems like a joke. Definitely an interesting listen, a couple of great songs, but some ... read more

For me this album seemed like a middle finger to a lot of people, nobody in specific, maybe jews but we can look past that.. The production is fantastic and nothing like what i’ve ever heard. I think it’ll take time for people to notice how influential this album could be, not lyrically though. Another several time delayed and unfinished album just brings the score down. I think Ye just wanted to do his thing and experiment, mainly in production. Kanye’s rapping is very hit or ... read more

Donda, a tribute to Ye’s mother is a personal favorite of his. Another fantastic feature list with A++ singing performances from Don Toliver and The Weeknd and great rapping performances from playboi carti, ty dolla sign, westside gunn, and more. There’s some absolute career highs on this album, and some of the lowest. Tell the Vision is a straight 0/10, and it really hurts the albums rating. The album was far too long and bloated with tracks that did not deserve to be placed in the ... read more

I’ll start off mentioning how overhated this album is. JIK is Ye’s first album after turning to Christ. This was the first Ye album I listened to. I remember my dad putting it on in the car when it dropped and I loved it as a 10 year old. JIK blends gospel and hip hop with heavy organs, synths, and live choir. JIK just feels a little bland and unfinished and Ye really needed a finalized sound to make this album as impactful as he wanted it to be. Still a very important album to me ... read more

Ye is a very short, raw, and extremely emotional album with a random “All Mine” sprinkled on top. Kanye talks about his mental health struggles, relationships, and his controversy’s making this his most raw and emotional album. Ye doesn’t have that normal super creative, high energy polished album feeling like all his others had at the time. But the point was to express his life, and he did it very well. Ghost Town of course is the highlight with a beautiful PND and 070 ... read more

I feel like I could go forever talking about Kanye albums. TLOP blends gospel, rap, soul, and experimental elements that’s just all over the place but it just works out so well. Ultralight Beam is an unbelievably amazing intro track and immediately shows off how good the feature selection was as well as the production. Possibly the most Kanye West album he’s made. Only thing bringing this album down is the obvious filler tracks. But still, Kanye’s gospel album with a lot of ... read more

808s was a HUGE shift from graduation, no more soul samples and heavy synths and lyrical raps. Kanye’s emotional and heavily autotuned tracks had a lot of influence on using autotune as an emotional tool in modern music. Theres no genre to this album, he really just made his own here. Lots of forgettable tracks on this album unfortunately. Many songs lack hooks and seem very boring and repetitive. The influence for me is what brings this album up in ratings, as well as the aesthetic and ... read more

The ending of the best trilogy in hip hop history went out strong. You can hear the big change from the first 2 albums. Kanye includes a lot of synths and futuristic production while still having those soul samples. Kanye built possibly the most iconic hip hop album ever, everyone knows these songs. Kanye still doesn’t loose his authenticity on tracks like “Everything I Am.” Graduation had a great impact in influence trying to compete with other mainstream hip hop that sounded ... read more

Late Registration seems like a small but also a big step from The College Dropout. We still get the funny little skits that plays a big role in making the albums so iconic. But on Late Registration, he works with Jon Brion and makes a cinematic and soulful orchestral hip hop album. Kanye makes some very heartfelt songs like “Addiction” or “Hey Mama” and then still puts radio classics like “Gold Digger” Kanye proves his versatility and just how good he really ... read more

The College Dropout feels iconic in a hundred different ways. The skits definitely are iconic, the songs of course, the cover art, the aesthetic, the stories. Kanye’s switch from producing to making this masterpiece of a debut was one of the biggest things that has ever happened to hip hop and ever will. The flows, wordplay, swagger to this album will never be beat. Kanye popularized one of my favorite sub genres of hip hop, chipmunk soul. Through the Wire is still one of the greatest hip ... read more

I’ve waited for this moment for so long, after many nights of staying up because i’m confident it will drop, the one night i decide not to, it drops middle of the night. BULLY feels like a lot of ye’s eras got mashed into a new version. I didn’t expect this out of this album at all. Lots of work it’s still needed though, obviously mixing issues are still a problem, which hopefully will soon be fixed, and really really hoping he gets all the ai out of the album. ... read more

Colter Walls 5th LP was perfect all around to me, the critic reviewers are insane. Little Songs is about as authentic as a country album can be. And we absolutely NEVER see this in modern country music. This dude lives these songs. Colter leans into his daily life and makes some traditional cowboy and ranching music. Some of the best songwriting in modern country. That signature baritone voice of colter makes all of his music just so good, it seems to gravely and so smooth at the same time. ... read more

Fried Chicken & Evil Women was a great debut album with his usually fantastic songwriting and story telling. This albums definitely more on the outlaw side of country and i’m really liking it. Again i hear Red Headed Stranger influence on this album as well. Vincent’s definitely here to bring back that outlaw country and I hope he doesn’t stop. I’m really a fan of the instrumentals on this album but my only critique is the quality of the vocals and overall recording. ... read more

My goodness i’ve been sleeping on this guy. I’ve known about him for over a year maybe two and known a couple songs but recently decided to take a listen to his discography. This album blew me away. 2 albums in i’m feeling like this dude could go down as a country songwriting legend. I don’t know how he does it. There’s not a singular flaw on this LP. He experiments every genre and some that people just don’t ever do well at all. This album feels like a ... read more

The beginning of a legend.. Charley paid to record “A Stolen Jewel” with a bag of w**d. You shouldn’t expect much from that and a debut album. But charley made some catchy songs, with a fun and raw as possible sound. The quality’s not there but the hundreds of stories surrounding this album amazes me. He started out playing street corners, writing music, and handin out his Stolen Jewel CDs. And now front row at the grammys. This album was as quality as you can get with ... read more

Charley goes right back to a really unique genre that I can’t even describe. Just a whole lot of blending of classic blues, soul and some classic country like on “What’s Made Milwaukee Famous” The vocals really stand out, and it’s got a very raw and powerful tone to each song. Silver Dagger really stands out to me and “Im workin” once again tells that life story real well in an almost hip hop influenced boom bap bluesy way. That’s why ... read more

On Lil G.L.’s Honky Tonk Jubilee, Charley goes back to that 60s and 50s honky tonk essentials. A cover album with covers from hank williams, george jones, tanya tucker etc. This is yet another album that just feels so classic. Of course covering 50s and 60s country hits is gonna feel classic, but charley does it like he should be there at that time. Another album that should be a classic in every honky tonk bar in Texas.

Lonesome as a Shadow is straight classic blues. I can hear the lightning hopkins influence, but i really think this album just has Charley written all over it. Extremely authentic, as all of his music feels. But somthing about this one seems the most authentic. Although it might seem a little repetitive, that’s really just blues for ya, but Charley can spice it up with “Goin Back to Texas” and “Lil Girls Name” and some more chill bluesy vibes like “Oh So ... read more

Blues Charley is amazing. He goes back to every single one of his roots, you’ve got all kinds of classic blues, louisiana blues, texas blues, and more classic country covers. A very Charley album for sure. Vocals are soothing, some upbeat tracks but mostly a chill album. Everything in this album screams straight classic. shout out “Dime at a Time” as well, great freakin song. This album really just lacks nothing but a slight need of fixing for tracks like “Lead Me ... read more

Similar to Music City USA, the tracklist seems very scattered and random. Although it is mostly a cover album, tracks like “The Valley” highlight the album with one his best story telling songs about his life. There’s quite a bit of forgettable and bland songs like “If Not the Fool” or “Change Yo’ Mind” which was a released song originally done on Lonesome as a Shadow. Although you’ve got some really good songs and even essentials to his ... read more