This was one of the first rap albums I ever listened to oustide of odd future albums, and it fundamentally altered my perspective on music. From hearing music and enjoying it for what it is on the surface to obsessing over the production and sampling behind the track and digging around to find more. Most people recognise Madvillainy as DOOM's best, but I definitely recognise it as Madlib's best. I'll talk about Madlib in a sec, but first, DOOM.
I'll admit, I got on ... read more
This album lowkey changed my life in late 2021 when I was browsing on YouTube while listening to my very 2020 playlist full of Russian hardbass and Japanese OST's and other corny post-2020-era songs when I saw a video of Tyler performing NEW MAGIC WAND live at the Grammys. I heard of Tyler from one or two Flower Boy songs that my sister put me on a few years back, when I was still a small lad. So I decided, why not watch the video and immediately, my 14-year-old mind was blown away. I ... read more
I've been a fan of Peggy right after he dropped LP but only got into his older hendryx stuff mid-late 2023. This album never really stuck with me at first, mostly because at the time I was really closed-minded about music in general, but this album was always stuck in the back of my mind because it was so mysterious, never on any streaming at the time, and only a small handful of videos about it online, mainly some very old archive reviews of people listening to it when it came out. So I ... read more