Breakout mixtape "A Love Letter To You" from Trippie Redd sees Trippie combining his unique and raw emo singing with the trap genre which together creates a colletion of very catchy and chill songs that blurs the lines of pop and trap. Trippie blends his rapping and singing together plus he switches his vocal tones all the time to keep you engaged. The rappers featured on here typically make very different type of music than Trippie Redd which makes their appearance on the tape feel ... read more
"My krazy Life" is the debut album from west coast rapper YG who ultimately fell off into the void of mediocrity to the point that no one cares what he is dropping anymore. But regardless of that his first 2 albums are still worth checking out. My krazy life was often reffered to as the hood/ghetto version of Good kid, M.A.A.D city. In comparison to GKMC, MKL is loaded with lots of similar sounding gangsta rap bangers produced by DJ Mustard that got the typical west coast sound of ... read more
AmeriKKKan Korruption is the last mixtape released by the late brooklyn rapper Capital STEEZ who cofounded the hip hop collective "Pro era" which Joey Bada$$ is part of. On this mixtape Capital STEEZ was trying to showcase his fun personality his circle saw him as but also his very pessimistic state of mind he had inside himself, wanting us to know about all the internal struggles had when he is faking his smile on the outside. At first STEEZ seems like a very optimistic and funny ... read more
First adopting the newly popular rage sound on his previous album "City Of Crows", "Born in a warzone" sees Kray futher experimenting with it. This ep is just 6 short and sweet chaotic rage bangers within the span of 12 minutes fused with Black Kray's unique mellow style which works exceptionally well together. The short run time makes the ep easily replayable.
U often hear gunna fans calling his music "a vibe" or being considered as "the perfect background music" and I will explain why its labeled as such with his debut studio album "Drip or Drown 2" as i feel like it demonstrates the Gunna "vibe" the best. Depicted by the album cover and title, DoD2 is clearly going for an aquatic atmosphere which is even more laidback than the usual stuff from Gunna. As a result Gunna vocals are very lowkey letting the ... read more
a Gift & a Curse is a suprise album from Gunna. Coming back from the YSL rico incident and being sorta blackballed by the hip hop community for being a "rat", a Gift & a Curse sees Gunna being hungrier than ever and wanting all the smoke. Not even a single feature Gunna wanna prove that he doesnt need the industry to succeed. As a result Gunna comes in this album more aggresive than usual, but still keeps his typical sound intact. Often flowing rapidly with many flow and vocal ... read more
Drip season 3 is often seen as gunna best project by longtime gunna fans and its not hard to see why. Gunna signature flow shines the most on this project more than any other of his, its very rapid but smooth at the time. He keeps his flow consistent throughout the songs on DS3 barely taking any stops. Add on to it some catchy hooks and some chill trap beats then you get a very cohesive laidback mixtape filled with bangers from beginning to end. I recommend u to listen to the deluxe version of ... read more
Dior junts is an album made by cloud rap producer icytwat when he was just 17 years old. Its a very chill relaxing cloud trap albums that creates a cold rainy atmosphere which includes some instrumental tracks with the rest having features. Icytwat did a perfect job selecting samples that blends very well with each other then simply adding some trap drums, snares and hi-hats on top to create incredible cloud rap production. Plus him handpicking the perfect underground soundcloud rappers within ... read more
Spaceghostpurrp's "Blackland radio 66.6 1991" mixtape is up there as one of the most influential underground hip hop mixtapes of all time. It is greatly responsible for the renaissance of memphis hip hop in the 2010s, popularizing the slowed drugged out low pitched voice that was futher adopted by rappers such as asap rocky, put lots of talented raider klan members/affiliates on the map such as Denzel Curry, Lil Ugly Mane and Black kray who would become some of my favorite music ... read more
When the New York scene was dominated by Asap Mob and the Beast Coast who were revitalizing the old school sound of hip hop in 2014. An ambitious hip hop trio called "Ratking" attempted to break the mold with their debut album "So It Goes". The trio which consist of rappers Wiki and Hak, and producer Sporting Life gives us a very noisy but vivid and lively unique listening experience.
"So It Goes" makes the listener feel like they living in New York city right ... read more
Floss is the second injury reserve album/mixtape that i ever had listen to. This mixtape together with self titled which i had listened to prior to and "Live at the dentis office" all helped me tremendously expand my music taste back in 2019 when i was just mainly listening to rappers with rapid flows, deeper meanings in songs and lots of technical wordplay/metaphors/rhyme schemes on old school type beats like JID, Young Sinatra era Logic, Joey bada$$ and Denzel Curry. Then I started ... read more
College park sees logic cruising through memory lane inviting some of his old rap affiliates like C Dot Castro and Big Lenbo along with him not only through the features but also the frequent long skits on here where u hear young logic and his crew on their way trying to make it in the rap game. Logic often revisits his past on here through not only the lyrics about how his journey in the rap game talking about his accomplishments, struggles and frustrations with also a lot of interpolation ... read more
21 Savage and Metro boomin managed to find the perfect balance to make a slightly menacing but humorous and fun trap album that anyone can enjoy. Since the 1st savage mode 21s rapping has improved a lot and solidified himself as a trap legend with his addictive rapid flow and his simple catchy punchlines while metro comes in with better and more varied banging haunting trap production. The songs on here are varied being inspired by both old school and new school gangster rap but they do not ... read more
Whack World is a creative 15 min 15 song album filled through the brim with personality. Despites the albums short run time 15 minutes theres a lot of variety of sounds on here. This is cause of not only the unique mix of pop, rap and r&b together but also the humongous range of vocal styles tierra brings to the table. Even tho all the songs on here are just 1 minute long each, all the songs flow seamlessly with each other so it doesnt feel like u get cut short from any. And the different ... read more
This is definitely going to be played at lots of nigerians and other africans parties for at least the next 10 years. And there"s a good reason for it. As with typical afrobeats fashion this album is bouncy, upbeat and spirtual. It's filled with catchy hooks and melodies from not only Asake himself, but also the beautiful choir which he uses extraordinarily well. The choir together with the bouncy production and asakes spiritual singing and lyrics creates the unbreakable spirit of africans ... read more