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Even if the lyricism isn't outstanding and it revolves around love & heartbreak a lot, it doesn't really matter when Sam glides on basically every song. The more soul-inspired, upbeat songs like "Baby, You Make Me Crazy" and "Midnight Train" do a good job at breaking up any monotony throughout, and slower, less crowded songs like "Palace" and "Burning" are great. Although it sits at a concise 10 tracks, it's bookended by cuts I find ... read more

This project’s alright! A succinct album loosely themed around the loss of her mother, Michelle Zauner (the woman behind Japanese Breakfast) vocally soars throughout this project. The atmosphere of this project is incredibly spacious, very much dreamy. Unfortunately, I wasn’t really clicking with a lot of the project in the melody sense. Both interludes here (The title track “Psychopomp” and “Moon on the Bath”) do okay stringing the sequence along. Where the ... read more

The voice similar to a less-expressive Frank Ocean with the lyricism akin to a Drake is the best way to describe 6lack on this project. His debut, the first half of this project is fine enough. Certain pockets for flows he gets into, like on the intro “Never Know” and album “highlight” “PRBLMS” are enjoyable to listen to, and the production stands solid enough. It’s further into the project where the decency falters off. The meandering vocals that 6lack ... read more

I’m not the biggest fan of the minimalist drums and eerie synths that’s brought to the table, usually by 40, paired with the subpar lyricism from Drake. He has a nice singing voice, but a *lot* of the songs on here blend together. When it does switch up, it only manages to become decent. The guest features aren’t too standout either, with Lil Wayne somehow, someway managing to barely pick up the slack on his multiple appearances. While Trey Songz is passable enough on ... read more