Kanye West - The College Dropout
90

Oh boy, I love having an unpopular opinion! This is nowhere near as great as everyone makes it out to be.

The College Dropout is a good album, there's no denying that, but everyone here is acting like this is one of the best hip-hop albums ever made. I disagree with that completely.

There is so many amazing stand-out tracks on here, and they are really the only things that elevate the score so much. I genuinely love We Don't Care and Last Call, and I think that they are the perfect opener ... read more

Big Baller B - Big Baller Paradise
NR

I'm not even going to lie, this is not only an amazing meme album, but this is one of the best outings I've heard from 2019 so far. I'm actually being serious, I enjoyed it that much. This unironically has some great tracks on here.

Songs like Fantano and Hookada Bookada I genuinely think are some of the most fun songs I've heard so far this year. The production on songs like Hannibal Lecter and Fantano really make them some of the most entertaining songs this year has to offer. The jokey ... read more

Gojira - The Link
65

Now that I've finished their discography, I think it's safe to say that I consider The Link to be Gojira's weakest project. It's not necessarily bad, but it isn't nearly as interesting as their other albums.

As always with this fantastic band, their instrumentation is phenomenal. There are so many songs on here that were just elevated to my favourites list just because of their instrumentals alone. The Link, Rememberance and Embrace The World just to name a few. That immaculate instrumental ... read more

Gojira - Terra Incognita
70

Terra Incognita seems to be Gojira's most straight death metal album. While I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, I do much prefer the more progressive they go with in future projects.

As always with Gojira, the sound is expertly done. The intense vocals; the catchy yet aggressive guitar riffs; the crazy drumming; I feel like I've repeated this in every one of my reviews for this band, but even at their earliest every member does a masterful performance.

The songs were, for the most ... read more

Various Artists - Flex Gang, Vol. 1
NR

Ya know what? Those Big Baller B singles actually made me excited for this. Even though this is a meme album, I actually listened to this all the way through and am actually going to review it.

Despite this being a meme album with very few songs having any actual effort put into making them sound good, this still manages to be a much better experience compared with a lot of popular rappers. This album as a whole was a hell of a lot more enjoyable than that god-awful Lil Pump record that came ... read more

Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
85

Damn. Right when I thought I had heard the band's peak performance, I had to go and listen to this... thing and completely change my mind. This is somehow better than the masterpiece, the album that followed this, The Way Of All Flesh.

To be honest, the reason why I love both of these records so much may just be because they have such similar sounds. I think it's pretty safe to say that The Way Of All Flesh is a direct continuation of this album, which makes me feel pretty silly for starting ... read more

Gojira - Magma
70

After two albums that really impressed me and intrigued me into seeing what else Gojira have put out, I have to say that this record kinda disappointed me. Don't get me wrong, I liked this album a lot (as you could probably tell from the fact that 78 is still a high score), but as this is Gojira's most popular record, I expected more.

I'll start with the positive aspects, and that's that this thing starts off fantastically. The opener, The Shooting Star, was amazing and probably one of my ... read more

Gojira - L'enfant Sauvage
80

While I wouldn't say it's as good as Gojira's previous project, this is still an absolutely phenomenal album and one of the best metal records I've heard from recent years. I can't really say that this was as good as The Way Of All Flesh because there were a few points where my attention dipped a little, which is something I can't say for the previous album.

However, this is an amazing release with mostly brilliant songs. All of the same points I brought up in my previous review all hold up ... read more

Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
80

I didn't know what to expect from Gojira. Despite all of the great things I've heard being said about the band, I somehow managed to completely avoid any and all music from them. All I knew before listening to this was that they are a progressive death metal band from France. Considering I'm still fairly uneducated in both of these genres, I didn't know what I should expect from them, or if I'd even like them at all. I can now say with confidence that this is a masterpiece.

It's clear that ... read more

Led Zeppelin - Coda
50

Coda is a compilation album released two years after Led Zeppelin disbanded due to their drummer, John Bonham, dying. This record consists of previously unreleased songs as well as a couple of cover tracks. This was only released because they had a contract stating that they had to release one more album. And it really shows with how poorly put together this album really is.

There are quite a few highlights on here. The instrumental track written by Bonham and recorded while he was still alive ... read more

Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
65

Just like Presence, this seems to be a polarizing and, in my opinion, underrated project from Led Zeppelin. While I do think that this is the weakest outing from them so far, I did enjoy this album for the most part.

I think you can easily discern people's opinions on this record in one way: those who like Carouselambra, and those who don't. It seems that people that like that song, myself included, tend to actually like this album for what it is, while the people who rank it low also rate ... read more

Led Zeppelin - Presence
65

Presence is perhaps Led Zeppelin's most polarizing release. It seems that you either love this record or just don't care for it. Me personally, I loved this album quite a bit, but I can definitely see why people wouldn't like it. Even before I started listening, I was worried because I had noticed how short of a time this was released after Physical Graffiti. Although Led Zeppelin had previously proven themselves as competent at making multiple records in a short period of time with their debut ... read more

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
95

Physical Graffiti is Led Zeppelin's longest release, being a double album consisting of mainly new material but also some unreleased tracks from their previous three projects. Despite the obvious filler in the form of songs they previously deemed as not good enough to be on their albums, at the beginning I mostly adored everything that I was hearing. Songs like Custard Pie, The Rover, In My Time Of Dying - pretty much every track from the first three-quarters of the record - were absolutely ... read more

90

After four amazing and highly successful self-titled albums, Led Zeppelin finally release their first album with an actual title. As the follow-up to the great quadrilogy, it does a fantastic job. This is up there with LZIII with their most experimental record up to this point. While the hard rock sound is still there on songs like Over The Hills And Far Away and The Crunge, just like their third effort they switch up with more subdued songs. The Rain Song is an excellent example of this. ... read more

Denzel Curry - Bulls on Parade
NR

Denzel's cover of one of my all-time favourite songs is absolutely fantastic. There is very little I can actually say isn't too good about it, and it's easily one of the best covers of this decade imo. However, everyone claiming that this is better than the original are just wrong.

Flying Lotus - Flamagra
70

I know, I'm a terrible person for listening to the leak. I was trying not to and just wait until Friday, but I caved in and decided to listen anyway. And I gotta say that it really doesn't matter much that I did, because I know for a fact that I'm going to come back to this many times.

After nearly five years, Flying Lotus finally releases a follow-up to what many consider his greatest album to this point, and he doesn't disappoint. Just after my first listen, I can already say that this is my ... read more

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
85

Led Zeppelin IV is by far the Led Zeppelin album that gets the most praise, and perhaps their most famous and beloved record. Out of the ones that I've heard, this is definitely my favourite from them so far. They seemed to ditch the idea of lighter acoustic songs which they began to experiment with in III, however Going To California shows that they haven't completely abandoned that idea and that they were still perfectly capable of pulling it off well. Really, this whole album seems to be the ... read more

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
80

Led Zeppelin III is considered to be the weakest in the original Led Zeppelin quadrilogy. It's definitely less fun and catchy as their previous two. However, it's still a great album and a good addition to their catalog. The album goes more for a hard blues sound rather than a hard rock sound, which is probably why everyone considers it the weakest. There are quite a few amazing songs on here like Immigrant Song and Friends. Since I've Been Loving You in particular shows that the writing is ... read more

Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones: Season 8 (Music from the HBO Series)
95

THEY FUCKING LISTENED AND GAVE US SERJ TANKIAN'S RAINS OF CASTAMERE COVER, HELL FUCKIN' YES!

Real talk, though. This season was fucking awful, by far the worst of this show and one of the worst final seasons in television history. I know that this really isn't the place to be talking about it considering this is a music site, but I feel like I really need to get this off of my chest. This will likely include spoilers for the eighth season, so don't read on if you haven't seen it yet.

What a ... read more

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
80

1969 was an amazing year for Led Zeppelin. Not only did they release their critically acclaimed and beloved debut record, but they followed it up only a few months later with what is arguably an even better album than that. I can give Led Zeppelin II all of the same positives as I did their first album, plus some more. All of the songs are absolute classics, all of which being incredibly fun, catchy, and even more memorable than their amazing first album. Whole Lotta Love is easily one of the ... read more

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