I was planning on NR this regardless of how I felt about it before it released. Now that we have it, the sources claiming this was largely compiled and finished prior to Mac's death seem true. This largely feels as if he was present for the creation of most of this. The overall sound of Circles is somewhat unexpected, feeling like a refined version of The Divine Feminine. There's a liberal use of groovy, electronic, almost dance samples that I don't think one could have predicted coming out of ... read more

It’s like if Black Dresses only did the whiny voice the entire time

I have nothing to say about this so I’d like to take this opportunity to say:

Stream LGBTQ artists

One of the more interesting cover albums I've heard. Kirin did a great job arranging these tracks in order to create a story. Most of these are great covers in themselves as well.

All the hetero white boys giving this 5s are hilarious and just what I'd expect from this site.

There’s been a steady upward progression to Black Dresses discography. However there’s still little here that is noteworthy

Droog is a clown

Overall pretty boring but I wanted to add that “Like Me” is a fantastic song and probably ends up on my top songs of the year list

Way more than I ever expected to get out of Rich Brian. It’s super inconsistent and his influences are extremely obvious on here, but there are some amazing individual tracks throughout.

I’ve always found chance to just be slightly above average but this is just atrocious. Albums like this are why labels can be beneficial to some artists

its really really not that bad. It's not good. But this community will knee jerk rate any album like this

so so so so GOOD! probably rap album of the year

Much better

The title is hilarious because there really isn't much here to praise anymore, it's all nostalgia.

Billy woods projects are 3/3 since 2017

A Quiet Farwell, Twenty Sixteen to Twenty Eighteen is a haunting adventure into an unknown future and a difficult past. Moments of tranquil beauty cut away to these stark, anxious soundscapes that leave you vulnerable to the harshness of this world. A world in which humans hurt and oppress others based off of superficial things, blissfully unaware at how little control they truly have over nature. Much of this album strikes me as apocalyptic. There seems to be both a personal narrative as well ... read more

Nav's brand of predictability is almost comforting at this point, I don't really hate it anymore to be honest.

Flowerboy, despite all of its deserved acclaim, was the stepping stone to IGOR. I believe Tyler was testing out a lot of different stylistic choices and ways to establish a tone that was both "Tyler, the Creator" and vulnerable. Flowerboy presented a new vulnerable side of Tyler, but I think that was still relatively surface level compared to what we're shown here. Tyler opens up here about a very specific relationship, one that he values deeply but is always followed by this ... read more

People calling this Die Lit 2 didn’t even listen to it, just saw Pierre Bourne’s name and made some bs comparison.

This is a very creative trap rap album filled with quirky and colorful beats, a lot of standout personality from Nudy and a great variety in vocal delivery. This thing is so replayable, I don’t think there’s a single filler track on here. Very well made

can we put an embargo on this indie folk/singersongwriter/americana genre? Swear one of these cookie-cutter acoustic albums comes out weekly anymore, I'm so tired of it.