The final album of J.Cole, and it is a big one. Almost two hours and 24 tracks, this concept album is divided into two parts. The first part is rapping from the perspective of 29 year old J.Cole, the second half is from the perspective of 39 year old J.Cole. So this album is a two part album, and you can notice that the second half of the album feels more mature then the first part. This concept does make this album feel like you are listening to an album and not a collection of a couple of ... read more
This is a classic album, I had never heard anything on this album before listening to it and I was pleasantly surprised. An album that came out 55 years ago still has lyrical content that holds up until today, the themes and topics touched on by Marvin on this record are still very relevant today and that shows that this album will be timeless. Other than being a great poet, Marvin has a great voice. He sounds so pleasant and can really just sing great. On every song he shows this off, if it is ... read more
This album is a lot of fun, it is just 11 great songs (“The Art of Loving (Intro)” does not count here). The theming of this album is great, it is about love of course and it uses a lot of house metaphors in this entire album. These metaphors are supposed to represent love, these make this album feel really cozy and that is exactly what the sound of the album is for me. This album is obviously big on the radio and everywhere in the world, even though most songs on the radio are ... read more
True Romance by Charli xcx is just a fun pop album, most songs are well written but there are just some songs that don’t do it for me. Charli was definitely in her hook bag for this project, even my least favorite songs have undeniable catchy hooks. Besides the hook and the good writing this project is a little less great, when it comes to verses Charli just kind of does not do many very interesting stuff. The album is a lot of fun though with a lot of bops in it, but not every track gets ... read more
Black Country, New Road had to reinvent themselves after their lead singer and frontman left their band, it went from a seven piece band to a six piece band with the three females taking the role of Isaac Wood with them singing and writing the songs now. It was described as a healthy competition and that was noticeable on this album. The writing was definitely the best part of this record, although the instrumental hardly had any change after Isaac Wood left it felt even more like they could ... read more