Might be Kill Bill's best since Ramona. Love the almost ethereal take to Alchemist style production here. Lends itself well to Kill Bill's delivery style and feels quite refreshing contrasting it with some of his prior albums.
Fav tracks: Codeine, Kikaider, Patience, Joe pera, Appleseed, Animidnight, I dont write love songs, Parkers ferry, Integra, Joyce, Blue butterfly, Dr slump, Blue gender
2 aoty contenders dropping on the same day is insane. Much like Vince, Navy drops an incredibly consistent project with the beautiful songwriting and jazzy production you expect from a project of his.
Fav tracks: Commencement, Baron, Sir render, Over, Reflections, Residuum, Crux ansata, Belladonna, Circa, If god had legs, Next life, The birth of medicine, Fear
Love to see Vince experimenting into a bit of a punk rock sound on this. Doesn't top Dark Times for me yet but on first few listens I think this is top 2 Vince quite handily. Loving the consistency
Fav tracks: All
The only really notable Method Man solo album. Some good highlights but doesn't hold up as much as a full album listen comparatively to some other Wu solo classics
Fav tracks: Bring the pain, Meth vs chef
Unfortunately very outdated sounding by the time of its release, a fact I find applies to a lot of Wu's mid-career projects
Fav tracks: New wu, Kiss the ring
Late career win for Rae
Fav tracks: Pomogranite, Wild corsicans, 1 life, The guy that plans it, Get outta here, Mac and lobster
Deserving of its classic status but not so much my taste production wise as far as 90's hip hop albums go
Fav tracks: Wu gambinos, Heaven and hell, Wisdom baby
Inconsistent towards the latter half, holding this back from being good
Fav tracks: Freedom, Kinda like a big deal
Incredibly atmospheric. Not something id necessarily listen to on a day-to-day basis, but the ethereal vibe here is unmatched
Fav tracks: For residue, Bumpy, Modern lust, Fear of symmetry, Storm show, Waterfalls
Underappreciated album from Sweet Trip's catalogue, frankly my favorite of theirs
Fav tracks: All
Very well put together album. Though there's one or two tracks I'm not huge on the quality of the rest makes up for it, especially when listening to the album as a whole.
Fav tracks: Air supply, Conservation of two, Acting, Darkness, To the moon, Misfortunes are cruel, Your world is eternally complete, Pretending
A great early showing of FlyLo's insane ability to craft a unique soundscape
Fav tracks: Clay, Time vampires, Camera day
This could have been a near perfect album if it just had some of its fat trimmed. Or atleast it would have been better off had it been separated into two different albums rather than a conjoined one as it makes listening to it front to back a bit of a slog, even though most of the tracks here are of decent quality
Fav tracks: Heroes, Post requisite, More, Burning down the house, Spontaneous, Takahashi, Black balloons reprise, Inside your home, Andromeda, Remind u, Debbie is depressed, 9 ... read more
Feels a bit like leftovers from Cosmogramma unfortunately, though still good leftovers given the quality of that album. Theres certainly great foundation to a lot of these tracks but they just feel a bit unfinished compared to what they could have been
Fav tracks: All in, Getting there, Until the quiet comes, The nightcaller, Heaven, Me yesterday
Very psychedelic though a tad bit boring as a full album listen
Fav tracks: Breathe, Camel, Comet course, Golden diva, Parisian goldfish, Sleepy dinosaur, Roberta flack
Certainly rough around the edges but thats partly some of the charm of this
Fav tracks: 1983, Bad actors, Orbit brazil
Loving Genesis' consistency
Fav tracks: Stampede, Hellstar, The worldwide scourge, Blessed are the meek, Life keeps going
A little rougher in execution compared to Smiling With No Teeth but this is still a great album
Fav tracks: The roach, Thats life, What comes will come, Leaving the light
Short but it has everything youd want in a Benny project
Fav tracks: All
Prod top tier, rapping top tier, another Benny classic
Fav tracks: Burden of proof, Sly green, One way flight, New streets, Trade it all, Thank god i made it, War paint, Legend
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