Re-review: Going back over Kendrick’s albums, I had to be true to myself and re-rate TPAB and GKMC. GKMC, to me personally, is just the better album and far more replayable. Like I said in my initial review, TPAB is more of an art piece than an album and deserves its flowers, but if GKMC isn’t the ultimate banger album then idk what is.

Re-review: Going back over Kendrick’s albums, I had to be true to myself and re-rate TPAB and GKMC. GKMC, to me personally, is just the better album and far more replayable. Like I said in my initial review, TPAB is more of an art piece than an album and deserves its flowers, but if GKMC isn’t the ultimate banger album then idk what is.

So, I was waiting till 100 followers to review this. So thank you everyone for liking my reviews and following me for more! I plan to expand on ... read more

So, in my mind I split the Wu-Tang roster in three ways:

Lyricists/Poets: GZA - Inspectah Deck - Masta Killa

Once in a Lifetime Talents: ODB - Method Man - RZA

Rappers/True to the Game: Raekwon - Ghostface - U-God

To keep this review simple: this album has the classic Golden Age RZA beats, hard-hitting features from every member (except ODB, he only got one hook and I wish he’d had a lil more shine on this tracklist), and classic lyricism you’d expect from The Genius. But ... read more

It took me a few tracks to understand this album, but this is a Bob Dylan album essentially. I know that sounds insane, but hear me out.

There are no songs on this album, the only thing that makes them songs is that they have hooks and rhyme. This is just a masterclass is hip-hop storytelling. Every track is just storytelling and journalism. Instead of being filled with metaphors like Dylan would do, it’s filled with slang and euphemisms.

Nothing really excited me on this LP except the ... read more

Truly a great album. Incredible production, lyrically dense, and groovy as fuck. Really my only issue with this album is how chill it was! Which is a crazy thing to say, but it sounds like these dudes were just chilling. It’s a major flex to be this lyrical and it sound like no effort at all, but I was always waiting for that breakout moment that wowed me. Now, sometimes the beat would shock me, and every now and again were some lines that’d kill, but the real highlight of the album ... read more

A really clever, tongue-in-cheek, mock-pop album. Genuinely surprised me at some points with the writing on this LP. Truthfully, there’s nothing bad about this album at all. It’s perfectly listenable and the little artistry that shines through really hits you right. Sabrina Carpenter is a beautiful woman, with an alright voice. This was made and packaged perfectly for consumption, but I really do enjoy the twinges of satire and intelligence on some of these songs. It’s trendy ... read more

So, let me be clear. I hate Guns N’ Roses. They’re one of the most overrated, overplayed, radio-friendly groups to come out of the 80s. But, I concede that when an album is solid, it deserves its flowers.

Besides Slash and his innovative and heavy guitar playing, that fit so smoothly into Top 40 rock at the time, I really don’t think GNR had much to offer. Axl Rose is constantly just putting on a hair-metal Robert Plant impression, lyrically there’s nothing exciting in ... read more

The true fathers of Punk. This is where Garage Rock took the tumble into the sick and disturbed and came out at the other end as Classic Punk. The only problem is… this album is truly not reviewable. There’s 3 major mixes, the infamous Bowie Mix, Iggy’s own mix, and then a 50th Anniversary “Remastered Mix” that includes both the original mixes. And guess what? They’re all radically different. Truly hard to decipher and understand what the sound was supposed ... read more

I got a 4.7 for this one, but moved it down to a 4.5 because I genuinely did not enjoy this.

This is a Hot Boys album in disguise as a solo album, with the star being my least favorite member. I think this album is highly overrated, and the main reason for its acclaim is that it came at a pivotal moment for the specific sound it had. Nawlins was popping off, Dirty South had cemented itself by this point as a true force in the culture, Bounce was becoming a huge genre that eventually birthed ... read more

This album confused tf out of me. The production is TOP TIER, truly some of the best beats/production of that 2000s style, and this only came out in 2001. I just… didn’t enjoy it. Every song started off and I went “dayum this shit sounds great”, and then after about 45 seconds I would be bored and uninterested. I don’t know if it’s the lyrical content, the style Eve went for, or the reach for pop appeal I didn’t like. I really can’t put my finger ... read more

This album is corny, cringe, and hits every pop-country stereotype you can imagine. Is it bad though? No, this is actually fairly good. Well written, competent songs, incredible legendary guests, and good production. It really is just a love letter to the whole genre. Maybe pushing a little hard at POP-country, but still a love letter to country.

My only true issue with the album is the length. Every track is a minute too long to squeeze in those guests, and 18 tracks is just way too many. I ... read more

This is a hard one to rate for me. Of course Johnny Cash is a legendary songwriter and musician. Of course this album has LAYERS on LAYERS. It’s one of those moments in music history like The Beatles rooftop performance. How do you judge something like that? So I’m leaving this unrated for now, but anyone who loves music needs to read about experience this album in full.

The vibe and sound of this album is painful. It feels nostalgic, but also futuristic. Its stuff you’ve felt, stuff you want to feel, its the soundtrack you want in the background of memorable moments. Listening to this album I couldn’t tell you when it came out. 70s but way ahead of its time? 2010s and right on the money for what was popular rock then? 90s because of the production quality and lo-fi aesthetic. Truly a great album and one of my new favorites.

While cutting edge at it’s time of release, I think most would agree the sounds and style of this 80s classic album didn’t age all that well, and new listeners especially will have trouble getting into and respect what this did for hip-hop.

Without Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys there would be no Hip-Hop as it is today. Yes, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kurtis Blow, Sugarhill Gang, and LL Cool J were right there with them at the birth of commercially viable rap/hip-hop, it ... read more

Man, this is probably my favorite LP I’ve listened to in a while. I’ve recently listened to 70 albums this last month, and nothing stands out like this at all.

RZA and DJ Muggs must have felt the same magical wave length in the air around this time in 1990-1993. One in California and the other in New York, but somehow they mastered the style of cutting up samples and making them nasty and grimey and then throwing the most perfect boom-bap drum loops you’ve ever heard behind ... read more

So, I just wanna say first off, this is an incredible album with almost no misses. But, like most albums I’m reviewing, it has been talked to death. So I’m just gonna talk about what I didn’t like, and why this isn’t a 10/10 album.

1) The elephant in the room. Dre really isn’t a rapper, he’s a producer. A producer in the true sense of the word too, he can put minds together, make killer beats, pick the best writers, and really produce the fuck out of ... read more

Where does the hate come from for this album? 6-6.5 rated here and on most lists? This is a truly wonderful album.

I see this album as a nerdier, more vulnerable, lesser “good kid, m.A.A.d. city”. It’s not a concept album but, much like GKMC, it focuses a lot on the adolescence and the experience of a young black man in America. There’s no direct relation to gang violence or street life here, but how being surrounded by it can still affect you. Most songs deal with emotional matters, relationship struggles, one whole track about losing virginity, father figures, etc,. Truthfully, ... read more

An album composed of covers with a jazz/big band vibe throughout. At times cringey, especially the 1-2 original compositions for the film. Nothing really stands out except Gaga’s vocals, which are their standard greatness. The highlight is her cover of Close to You to that pays homage to Karen Carpenter’s famous rendition of the song. Nothing exciting or new on this album, perfectly listenable but just eh.

I feel like what David Bowie is, is what Bob Dylan fans think Bob Dylan is.

This album was good, but the highs were so high that they demand attention. Bowie comes off as a prophet on this album, he’s a man with his fingers not only on the pulse of the current culture at the time of this album, but somehow on the future of the culture. He talks directly to the youth, and touches on the themes and ideals of the 60s while simultaneously pushing the culture forward with criticisms of the ... read more