Fav tracks: What they do, No alibi, Section, No great pretender, The hypnotic, It just dont stop, Episodes, Push up ya lighter, Clones, Ital, One shine, Universe at war
Fav tracks: Mellow my man, Proceed, Distortion to static, What goes on pt 7, Essaywhuman, Swept away, You aint fly, I remain calm, Datskat, Do you want more, Silent treatment
Relisten: 87 > 92
Grown on me even more
Fav tracks: Spongebob, Houthi, A day in a week in a year, Spider hole, Crawlspace, Speak gently, Toothy, Bigfakelaugh, Red dust, Check points, Steak knives
A bit of a disappointing release as far as Billy Woods' catalogue goes
Fav tracks: Rapunzal
Runs a little dry on the production side on some tracks, but for the most part this delivers on everything you'd want from a Billy Woods project
Fav tracks: Versailles, Protoevangelium, Remorseless, Smith + cross, Asylum, No hard feelings
Another consistent release from Woods
Fav tracks: Magdalene, Fuschia and green, Classical music, Fever grass, Paraquat
Fantastic project, amongst Woods' best
Fav tracks: Soft landing, Soundcheck, Rapper weed, The layover, Facetime, Agriculture, Houdini, Waiting around, Nyc tapwater, As the crow flies, Blue smoke, Hangman, Babylon by bus, Year zero, Baby steps
Not his best by any means, and kinda inconsistent despite the stacked producer list, but there are still some highs on here
Fav tracks: A doll fulla pins, Golgotha, Lead paint test, Make no mistake, Counterclockwise, Corinthians
Fav tracks: Troy, Straighten out, For petes sake, Lots of lovin, Act like you know, Wig out, On and on, Cant front on me, The basement, Skins, Its like that, Soul brother #1
Relisten: 76 > 89
This has significantly grown on me since my initial listens. I find it still doesn't quite stack up to The Infamous, but i can agree with the must hear rating now
Fav tracks: Title track, Extortion, Bloodsport, Apostle's warning, Animal instinct, Cant get enough of it, Nighttime vultures, Get dealt with, Give it up fast, Still shinin
Coming back to this after checking out his recent drop and wow, i wish id checked this out sooner. Ive been a fan of Beloved paradise jazz for a while now but i never took the time to check out some of his other works, but with the release of Magic alive it was the perfect time to see how it stacked up to prior projects. Might be an unpopular opinion but this is probably my favorite project from Dixon. Just beautiful all the way through
Fav tracks: all of them minus make a poet black
Really beautiful album once again from Dixon.
Fav tracks: Run run run pt 2, Were outside rejoice, All the loved ones, Listen gentle, Magic alive, Couldve been different, Sugar water, Recitatif
Fav tracks: title track, the story so far, dedicated to tar feather, live from the kitchen table, run run run, sun i rise, tyler forever
A gritty classic
Fav tracks: Temperatures rising, The start of your ending, Give up the goods, Up north trip, Trife life, Qu hectic, Right back at you, Cradle to the grave, Drink away the pain, Shook ones pt 2, Party over, Survival of the fittest
Fav tracks: Slowes comb, Black ego, Dog it, Jettin, Agent 7 creamt spy theme, The art of easing, Graffiti, For corners, Blowing down, 9th wonder
such an effortlessly cool and smooth album
Fav tracks: all of them minus AATFC and escapism
Wow this is such an underrated gem. Really glad these guys are getting so much support because this album is genuinely amazing
Fav tracks: all of them
While ive never really been the hugest fan of Cordae, ive always respected him for keeping things true to old school hip hop despite the era in which he rose to prominence being dominated by mostly trap, "mumble rap", and soundcloud rappers. After his previous album, From a birds eye view, which was just alright in my eyes, I was cautiously optimistic to see how this would turn out when it was announced last year. I think i can pleasantly say that this lived up to what i was hoping ... read more
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