KimberlyB

I think the biggest thing going for this album is that it can be extremely funny. There's some funny lyricism and great samples, but sometimes it falls a lil flat for me. I think compared to other MF DOOM albums, I wasn't as hooked into DOOM's lyrics. They're extremely lighthearted and humorous, but something just felt "off" compared to his other albums. In the year before this album, MF DOOM dropped Madvillainy and MM FOOD which are two excellent hip hop albums, and by comparison ... read more

The Smashing Pumpkins is the most baller ass band name, and cool ass names are part of what gets me into music. Yet, for some reason, for the first year of my music listening, I abstained from The Smashing Pumpkins. Finally, in October 2022, I listened to their classic album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and gave it a 95. It shattered my expectations and was a big ass odyssey of emotions that enamored me. Immediately I was like "wow I gotta listen to more of this band" and ... read more

Back in February I listened to a full A Tribe Called Quest album for the first time. One of my homies was raving about how good The Low End Theory was and I decided to check it out. Instantly, I was hooked on A Tribe Called Quest and I did all their 90s post-Low End Theory albums pretty quickly. While I'll review the rest of their albums later, for now I wanted to focus on The Love Movement because I've heard it's their worst and..... yeah it absolutely is!

A Tribe Called Quest was going ... read more