It's pretty good. Blunt, energetic southern trap that, when it works, it's pretty darn gas. Staying in the same lane the whole time, it falls into mediocrity here and there with production or just the overall sound of a song, but it also produces some great bangers. The hardest hitting tracks were "2 For 1", "Ratchet", "Homicide Gvng", and "Fuck A Feature". This album is very no BS. Even when it dips in quality, it gets to the point without having to ... read more

Both this song and its music video are crazy good. I really hope the album is as good as this. I really want Don to do something that'l blow me away cause I know he's got the potential cause it's showing damn well in this banger.

How did we get here. From someone who I initially hated and thought was a joke, I'm in awe with this project. So with all due respect, how has Yeat put out one of the best albums of this year so far in my humble opinion?

I'll be straight and say I was pretty hyped to hear a new Yeat project. Since Aftërlyfe, I've been super intrigued by his sound. Compared to others in the field, he's actually building and innovating upon the rage subgenre, bringing new, interesting sounds with new ... read more

It’s mostly uncreative which leaves some moments pretty uninteresting, but it still delivers a handful of bangers. Best songs are “Numb Numb Juice”, “5200”, “Black Folk”, “Dangerous”, “CrasH”, and “Water”.

“Numb Numb Juice” competes for the best song on the project being the best result of the simple trap formula that this album mostly follows. It’s short, infectious and damn hard. ... read more

Quad is officially allergic to missing.

This'll be a long one.

As if the Scrapyard ensemble wasn't good enough, the full batch is even more ear candy. This project functions so well as a Mixtape. Rather than a track list consisting of randomly thrown together songs that were made for the sake of being made, as a mixtape, Scrapyard gives the listeners a fine collection of different sounds and experiments. The nature of the project prevents it from being coherent front to back, but this really ... read more

Being yet another collection of gold singles, it's pretty good, but it doesn't reach the heights of his stronger studio albums.

Last review of the night is going to none other than princess of pop rock herself, Stevie Nicks. On her first solo album, you get exactly what you expect from Stevie: a collection of energetic and gorgeous tracks, some good, some really great. The opening title track is maybe the most grand song on the whole album immediately setting the playing field. The guest appearance of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" is fantastic. The two acts blend together ... read more

Supremely charming and pleasant. This albums purity is just on another level. Joni's singing is just gorgeous over the appropriately minimal instrumentals. Almost everything about every track just feels so right. I can't say it's the best of the best but what it offers is truly special. "California" was the only song I wasn't too drawn into with a slightly iffy pacing. Other than that, no complaints really. Favourites were "My Old Man", "Little Green", ... read more

Wow. While I thoroughly enjoy a few other Floyd solo material such as Gilmour's Self Titled, On An Island, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, and This the Life We Really Want? (,) this takes first prize. Each respective artist has a solo effort that to some degree, large or small, parallels some of the Pink Floyd Formula. On Wet Dream, Rick keeps us reminded of how talented not only a keyboardist he is, but also a songwriter. The first three tracks are plain evidence of this. Amazingly ... read more

Well this was definitely different from what I've heard. "The Creator Has a Master Plan" is a 30 minute monster of insane instrumentation and literal insanity. I really loved most of it but it did get a bit too avant-garde if you will, at times. I honestly love the wailing vocals, they're super attention-grabbing and oddly fitting. To top it off theres "Colors" which isn't as crazy but presents song structure and instrumentation just as powerful. This is spectacular maybe ... read more

Along with Vangelis, I heard a ton of Enigma during my childhood, so I was immediately in sync with this. While the spoken word passages aren't necessarily my thing, the song structure and soundscapes are super refined and well done. "Principles Of Lust" is the greatest highlight of the album, showcasing three separate parts. The first and last section follow Sadness, musically translated into breathy woodwinds and synth pads backed dreamy percussion. There are some gorgeous ... read more

I have an intense Grouper addiction and I put off listening to this for so long because I wanted to savour new listens for as long as possible but hey here I am. Liz and Inca Ore, who I haven't heard anything from other than this, split the track list half and half, giving a pretty good representation of what they're all about. "Poison Tree" is a really great song and I'm not knocking it at all but I fail to see what makes it so much more popular than the majority of Liz's other ... read more

There's some really great stuff on here. Some of it is pretty minimal but still works quite well. Those that stood out the most such as "Xtal", "Pulsewidth", "I", "Heliosphan", and "Ptolemy" are some of my favourite from Aphex thus far. They're perfectly linear and despite the extended length of most tracks, they often don't overstay their visit. As a whole, the album wasn't a drag, however I felt as though some tracks kind of just came and ... read more

The coordination these 2 had back then is insane but I'm glad Zilla took his own route and parted ways with 6ix9ine. That association would've done him no favours.

I couldn't really get into the opening title track and while I really enjoyed the ending of "Countdown", the majority of the track didn't do it for me. However the rest of the album I can thoroughly admire. "Syeeda's Song Flute" is maybe my favourite jazz composition I've ever heard. While there are parts I just didn't like the sound of, I really appreciate the intricacy of the instrumentation and effort behind it all. Jazz isn't really my thing but this definitely has ... read more

Bit of a hot take with this one, I think Hell on Earth exceeds The Infamous. This album is the pinnacle of dark, eerie 90s boom bap. Havoc has always been a top producer for me for, and this album solidifies that position.

The immaculate introductory tone setter, "Animal Instinct" is one of the duos greatest songs in their catalogue, opening with somber string and piano in the sample. Each verse is slick and appropriate, Ty Nitty and Twin Gambino blending the P and Havoc extremely ... read more

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It's not growing on me. I've had a conflicted perspective on this album even when I enjoyed it on first listen. The production is good but it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore flaws and ignore the blend between Kanye's crazed personality and the actual content of the music at this point, so I won't even try. For some reason I thought this was a really cohesive project, but in retrospect that isn't really the case. I still think the production is solid ... read more

Everything about this is just insane. El-P's raw, cosmic, and just otherworldly boom bap production are unlike any other on this album. His combination of synths with the classic boom bap formula are done so well that even for it's grimy presentation, it sounds fresh. Perfectly in sync with the production is the slick, intelligent rapping. Vast and Vordul bring such a fitting and engaging cadence that goes hand in hand with the beats' eccentricities. It isn't so left field that it turns me ... read more

"Funny Little Man" traumatised me.

These ratings are crazy to me. This isn’t even fueled by any Kendrick bias I seriously love this song. His verse is great but Mike’s clean production and Pharrell’s vocals made the song for me. It’s just such a vibe with a really cool more moody tone.