You’d think after releasing a conscious hip hop classic in Tetsuo & Youth, and separating himself from his label, Lupe would craft one of his strongest records yet. Instead, he makes a pretty bland pop trap album that doesn’t suit his strongest skills at all. His best asset, which is his lyrical prowess, is shunned across this record in return for cheesy hooks and standard pop beats. His ability to flow over these beats is a nice addition to the record, but the lyrics ... read more

The peaks are really high on this album, bringing back peak Lupe. But the lows are pretty noticeably low, drawing a lot of the same criticisms that Lasers did. The hooks on this album range from mediocre to straight up ass, which isn’t what you want from a pop rap album. Lupe’s raps are really solid on the album though, and makes it still worth a listen just for that opening stretch of tracks

This feels like a very raw, stripped down Aesop project compared to some of his more recent albums, but that’s not really a bad thing. It’s still a good offering of that same creative music we all know and love him for, but I do wish he had more varied performances on the record to make up for the backseat the beats kind of took here. It was the prime opportunity for him to show off all his flows, and while his lyrics are still top notch, it could’ve gone to a whole nother ... read more

It’s just kind of whatever. It’s like if Kiari and Without Warning had a baby that had similar traits of the parents but didn’t stand out on its own. Plus a horrendous acoustic song with NoCap. If the songs were fleshed out more then this could be a short little interesting EP, but as it stands, it doesn’t do much to set itself apart from the rest of Offests catalogue

This doesn’t feel like the traditional posthumous album, more like a playlist full of random freestyles and verses from his career. I do wish that the whole project was curated a little bit better to make it seem like a cohesive album, but with the lack of material and changes in recording technology I’m sure there wasn’t a whole lot that could be done about that. Besides that, this album is a really good celebration of Big L’s career. Very solid verse choices all ... read more

One of his weaker projects for sure, mainly because of the questionable beat selections and song structures. It seems like he tried to go more mainstream and club heavy with some pop rap songs, which is just not his speciality at all. He’s a top tier lyricist who shows his wordplay off better on other albums. It’s definitely one to check out, however, if you want something a bit different from Lupe. It’s interesting to hear this new style, even if it aged kind of poorly

Easily Q’s most underrated album, and one of the most underrated debut hip hop albums of the 2010’s. Q’s rapping is passionate, technically precise, and filled with this raw energy and hunger that would become a classic Q staple. It’s not a perfect record by any means, but it’s certainly a charming one with a surprising amount of good raps on it that still hold up to this day

Q hasn’t found his signature sound yet, but he still sounds good when his flows are working. Some of his experimentation doesn’t work out in his favor on some of the more light hearted tracks, but he shows a lot of promise on this album

Caesar’s Magnum Opus. He blends gospel with his signature RnB sound perfectly, and it is a super well constructed and emotional listen, hearing him discuss the difficulties of balancing love and religion, all the while having mixed feelings about his strained relationship with his father. It’s a very raw, emotional listen, and it is one of the most relatable and human breakdowns of the mental wars a person wages in order to balance their lives and discover what’s really ... read more

My first Dave album, and definitely not going to be my last. Every song on this thing is DEEP. The lyrics and storytelling have so many meaningful elements and morals that it makes this album one the best to break down and analyze from this year. We truly get to find out what makes Dave the man he is, what demons he’s fought and triumphed over, and his views on society and civilized conflict. Dave is such a unique artist that is a UK standout and one of the best pure emcees of this ... read more

Chief Keefs best projects are always gonna be the ones where he’s hungry and has the burning passion to stand out from the crowd. The projects he put out during his rise in the industry and his recent resurgence have always topped the material put out in the mid to late 2010’s purely because Keef is actually determined to make a cohesive project filled with bangers. And he does so right here, at the mere age of 15. Insane work

It’s honestly just boring. It’s so watered down and effortless to the point where it only comes across as just pure noise. Theres barely any musical effort put into this tape

This one’s a banger right up until the last 4 track run of the album, where it really starts to lose steam. The rest of the project is just a prime example of 2010’s trap bangers, especially the intro track. Gucci and Keef have good chemistry, and it’s produced really well, it’s just too bad it couldn’t keep up the consistency at the start of the tape

I take a vacation for like a week and my ears are getting assaulted by Sosa again, who is staking his claim pretty damn well for being the most overrated rapper of all time if we’re considering his entire catalogue. It’s another example of Sosa ruining solidly produced trap beats with his mediocre flow, monotone voice, and unbelievably horrid mixing. As my cousin would say, this is straight dookie

This is the biggest brain fuck for me since I tried learning all the lore for the Dune Universe. I just can’t do Chief Keef Pop Rap. The temptation was there for me to give this points for how much it made me laugh, but all jokes aside, this is maybe the worst example of genre blending I’ve seen in a while, at least with the nerdy “break it all down” attitude I use while reviewing albums. If you play this in the car with the homies it’s an automatic 100. But as a ... read more

I mean, at least Don’t Kill The Party is an absolute banger. The rest of this thing is very generic trap songs in different styles, but each song does very little to stand out for their specific sound. The Opium style tracks are mixed terribly, and the standard trap soul songs are bland and have pretty subpar lyrics. Besides the beginning portion, this whole album is a slog to get through.

Yall tripping, this shit is fantastic. The average user score being a 64 is wild to me. To me, this is a powerful record. Parker gives us a really good record filled with great examples of dual contrast. We get some of the most groovy indie house instrumentals that are bound to put a smile on your face, while simultaneously reminiscing on his fears as a parent and his hopes that he will not become a “deadbeat.” Opposites attract, however, and the differences in the style and sound ... read more

I never thought I’d hear a chief keef drumless piano track drenched in autotune, but if there’s one thing this dudes music has taught me, it’s that he does some weird shit, whether it sounds good or not. Also, Uh Uh is SEVERELY overrated. I honestly don’t know how it has a rating of 87

The typical late 2010’s Chief Keef tape. Carried by one absolute banger(Never Had A Job), then followed up by a large mixed bag of okay to terrible tracks. And it’s going to be damn forgettable

This is offensively bad. Not even half a decade out from dropping promising projects like Finally Rich and Back From The Dead, Keef drops this absolute dumpster fire. He somehow made autotune sound off key. I can honestly respect how shit he tried to make this project