Portraying artistic maximalism is bold. Perfecting it is genius. Comparable to The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy means more to it's genre than any other hip hop album of it's decade. Serving as an extravaganza of distortion, baroque samples, high-pitched chorus vocals, and clever punchlines, West's magnum opus culminates into a maximalist perspective of his own reflection on himself and his life. The maximalist-styled production on ... read more
This is a perfect example of an album that does not necessarily fit my taste, but is seemingly objectively good. The production on this album is very good, and is mainly focused around traditional, yet unique hip hop beats with noticeable backing voice tracks layered behind drums; and an array of other instruments on later tracks of the album. There is not a single beat on this album that I don't like; and both the writing and overall composition of the album are fantastic. However, Little Simz ... read more