"The Warm Up" is a reasonable improvement from his debut mixtape. It's able to reel you in, though it won't keep you hooked. The production, bars, and meaningfulness are good. Imo, what's been lacking in Cole's mixtapes is variety. Certain songs just share the same exact premise as his other songs, and his general sound direction remains unchanged. I'd say this took a little too much inspiration from Kanye, as it samples and is identical in premise to two of ... read more

I listened to this a while ago when I tried to listen through Cole's discography, but I never even got past this lol.

"The Come Up" is Cole's first project, and it can likely be agreed upon by most that he had a simple approach to his songs. An upside is that Cole tried his best with his rapping, at least for the most part. In contrast, the production is sadly average, and the mastering is poor on some songs. Really, though, this project isn't bad by any means.

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In honor of J. Cole dropping "The Fall-Off" on February 6, 2026, I'll be doing something that I, admittedly, should've done years ago: review his discography— and I’ll be starting with J. Cole's beloved mixtape, "Friday Night Lights."

The project boasts polished production, as well as impressive rapping, flows, and lyricism from Cole. Though the album is not the most consistent, I won't deny that it's hard to pull off 20-track projects. ... read more

The mixtape by rapper IDK, "e.t.d.s.," is rather unengaging, although it features a few superb tracks and great production that contribute to the album's quality. There are a ton of legendary and modern features alike, such as Black Thought, JV&B, DMX, and Pusha, and they're all great. MF DOOM's feature was pointless, though. DEViL and P.O were the best tracks.

Overall, one of the best releases of January for sure. I'd just like to see this guy hone his craft ... read more

Hell yea. heavensouls and stickerbush collab entitled "darklight" is greatly more concise in formatting, making the sound direction of this album more focused and sensible. The trade-off is that the lack of chaotic energy found in their previous project, "darkskin _ with lightskin problems." There are a few tracks that are substantial, such as understand me, everyday fishing, and hatchet, but the majority of the album is just alright and a bit lackluster compared to what ... read more

Pretty casual shoegaze-like alt metal. I think it misses the mark in terms of being any much special. It's hard to differentiate many differences between certain songs. I liked Woohoo and The Razor's Apple though... those are pretty good.

70/100

JPEGMAFIA, but instead of being on drugs, he's on super mega drugs

sorry bad one-liner

A project with ever-changing sounds and absurd experimentation. They really try to do something new every 2 minutes on this, and that's where both this album's strengths and weaknesses come from. These ideas, sometimes extremely aggressive, can become tiresome quite easily. They genuinely abuse your ears repeatedly, but like in a fun way. Regardless, your ears ARE being abused, so, to most ... read more

Megadeth’s self-titled is the band’s intended final album, and it’s decent. There's just a lot of mid, and the song topics are... interesting (in the sense that it's far from interesting.) Vocals can either hit, miss, or just be odd. The riffs, to be truthful, are awesome as hell, especially on the closer, Ride the Lightning, as well as Let There Be Shred.

60/100

"Running With Scissors" isn't necessarily for me, but I liked it.

You see, I think there's a ton of potential in this. Sometimes an idea is executed decently, although not to its full potential. For example, Straight Through My Head, Cryptid, and Reaper. At other times, the ideas are barely progressed or executed at all. This is evident in "No Bark No Bite" and "First Time" (they're literally a minute each.)

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"locket" is a pleasant and pretty album. There's good vocals and good production. The project fell off somewhere in the middle, though. And it's bad. The back half sounds so blithe. The only song I can see myself returning to is angel wings, which I'd has both the best vocal performance and production.

65/100

Similarly to Deftones' previous album, entitled "Ohms," 2025 "private music" is great yet is quite simplistic. I really like the progressions and instrumentation. What annoyed me about this album is how diluted the vocals are under the instrumentation. Anyways, there's a lot of great tracks, like infinite source, souvenir, i think about you all the time, and departing the body.

80/100

I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the hell out of A$AP Rocky's long-awaited project "Don't Be Dumb."

This album, to no surprise, is so easy to bump and listen to. I have to hand it to him, he rapped really well on this. There is a wide range of genres represented as well, from jazz rap to trap, hardcore, and psychedelia. So, I gotta give where credit's due. He's still able to make great music. STILL, this album is just missing that insane wow factor ... read more

For Deftones’ standards, “Ohms” is sadly not that good. It's even basic. For starters, there are some great songs, like Ohms and Genesis, even though they aren't all that special. The riffs and instrumentation were generally good as well, and on some, they’re especially great, such as the riffs on Urantia (which was my favorite on the album), Radiant City, and Headless. So, it could definitely be better. I found myself really disliking the vocals at times, ... read more

What an excellent album. "Koi No Yokan" is what I find to be Deftones' best work, being an unbelievable improvement in sound and consistency. Deftones creates these shoegaze-like soundscapes that are really ear-grabbing and extremely pleasant. The riffs and vocal delivery are quite perfect on some tracks, and nothing short of amazing on most others. The album just falls off slightly in the last two tracks. They're not bad, but they're pretty forgettable. I think the ... read more

"Diamond Eyes" is yet another banger Deftones album, probably the second best I've listened so far. Truly, I'm glad that they are always improving their sound and their craft, ever since "Around the Fur." But they create a sound already done plenty of times, as well as an uncountable amount of times done in the genre. At this point, I'm simply waiting for a project with the same creative purposes and ideas as "White Pony." Regardless, this album is ... read more

'Saturday Night Wrist' is a great album with plenty of bangers. It's just so monotonous that I struggle to enjoy some of it, and it's ever so slightly uninteresting as a whole. I liked Hole in the Earth, Cherry Waves, Xerces, Combat, and Riviere the most. Also, Pink Cellphone does not exist.

85/100

Deftones' White Pony is an exemplary, perfect metal album, and as far as I know, is their magnum opus. It's got everything you'd want vocally and instrumentally, and it delivers pure emotion and heavenly tones throughout the project.

However, I have an issue with it, and this entirely resides in the first half of the album (with the exception of "Digital Bath" and "Feiticeira"). The songs are really good, but I tend to just have one nitpick on certain ones. ... read more

A staple in metal, 'Around the Fur' by Deftones, is very solid-- But it somewhat sounds a bit simplistic, or even slightly bland, in its riffs, vocals, etc. Note, however, that I said "somewhat." I did that because this album is still really enjoyable. It does contain its standouts as well, those being Be Quiet and Drive and Lotion. I basically find these two to be on a separate level from the rest. Even so, there are still numerous other songs that are worthwhile.

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Unexpectedly brilliant.

A large majority of these songs are all structurally and sonically great. Miley's satisfyingly raspy voice sets her apart from rather conventional pop artists, and that kind of adds to the experience. The production quality is very high, even on the interludes. Though personally, it isn't anything too special.

My favorite track was the title track.

80/100

Racing Mount Pleasant's self-titled album is just wonderful. This band's kind of like a more modest and equally as artistic Black Country New Road. The vibes are crazily pleasant in this. It's incredibly soothing and sweet. Though, it could use some additional pizzazz. I also think there a few missteps, but the amount of standouts/amazing tracks exceed them. Favorites were Your New Place, Emily, and Call It Easy.

90/100