Cudi seems to be trying to make a Travis Scott album on the third installment in the MOTM series. The Mike Dean synths, the adlibs, the autotune. It’s all so reminiscent of Travis but never once reaches that level of quality.

At this point in Cudi's career, his prime was over a decade ago and it can be felt painfully well. He’s riding beats made by producers more talented than him while once a blue moon singing an agreeable hook. Here again, very much like Travis lol, the ... read more

The chopped up horror samples, industrial clangs and glitchy screeches makes There Existed an Addiction to Blood an interesting listen and an album which truly feels like the only one of its kind.

However, among great cuts like “Nothing is Safe” and “Blood of the Fang” there’s a majority of tracks that feels underdeveloped and honestly, doesn’t sound good at all. I was a bigger fan of last May’s Dead Channel Sky with its acid techno inspired ... read more

A downgrade in everything that made MOTM 1 such a classic. Way less catchy refrains, worse production and a Cudi that doesn’t seem very hungry at all.

I was bumping these a lot in 2023. And they’re still doing their thing, making danceable pop rap, all style over substance.

Joel P got hundreds of fun one liners about being an introverted stoner and he raps them over comfortable piano loops.

A breath of fresh air in the very stale realm of Swedish hiphop.

To Whom It Concerns is incredibly important, planting seeds which would influence many future generations of rappers and producers ahead. Here, all core members of the fellowship are spitting technical raps over beats custom made for each member.

The age can be felt on this one but for the most part it didn’t bother me. It adds some charm to the album when you can tell that it was made independently in J-Sumbi's apartment.

Speaking of him, J-Sumbi makes his first and last ... read more

After two strong tracks and a Kobe interlude, this takes a straight dive into a pool of shit. Some of the blandest poprap you could think of copy pasted over and over for 40 minutes.

I’ve now realised that I probably should give up on Aminé. The 2 albums I’ve heard from him already feels like 2 albums too much. Aminé is a mediocre rapper and nothing that he’s making is moving me.

Runs laps around Jump Out. Better structured songs, harder hitting beats and more importantly Osamason brings a better performance.

One of the dopest stories in hip hop. Over 12 years in the making, recorded in 2007-2010, slowly crafted by musicians in Detroit coming to Toles basement. Everyone adding their piece to the puzzle to what later would become Manger on McNichols.

At this point it’s seen as a classic to most hiphop enthusiasts. And although I wouldn’t put it up that highly, it definitely is a one of a kind album.

This resonated with me on another level.

Component System with the Auto Reverse is a relaxing, dreamy, sometimes minimalistic album from the hip hop pioneer Open Mike Eagle. Together with a starlike producer lineup, he manages to make the typa music that hugs your soul.

Undoubtedly the best of OME I’ve heard so far. Thank you @Abomunizer, your best recommendation yet!

In a mighty battle against Supreme Clientele 2 for being the blandest and most uninspiring album this year made by a veteran of the game.

The legendary duo's final statement is unfortunately just a bunch of glimpses into the greatness once presented. The production by Havoc sounds like most new Wu stuff, bland and boring as hell. Not even Alchemist is making good beats here and it makes me nervous about the upcoming Armand Hammer.

Although most y'all be eating this shit up, I for ... read more

5 to The Eye With Stars is the album R.A.P Ferreira was trying to make ever since 2010.

The executive producer is Low End Theory founder Daddy Kev. And in the cosmic zoo - Kev's studio - L.A producers, many of them blowedians, gathered to craft a jazzy yet lo-fi setting for the abstract poet. 5 to The Eye With Stars is R.A.P Ferreiras ode to these blowedians, who influenced him into becoming the rapper he is today. It's a greatly enjoyable, rich and short album.

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Nas is dapping in the modern pop rap sound on King's Disease.

It's way better than to be expected from a veteran making a comeback 26 years into his career. But some joints, like the Durk collab, couldn't ever have been good.

August Fanon's vocal sampling goes unmatched here. I’d guess that vocals is the hardest thing to sample and the way he does it so flawlessly throughout is some crazy talent. I also really love how Blu are rapping about what the samples chants, it’s like that on nearly every track. Some crazy work!

Another great rap album about turning 40 added to the list.

My expectations were high for an album made by two of the best rappers out right now and they were well met!

Nostrum Grocers, consisting of R.A.P Ferreira and E L U C I D, is the duo's first and (probably) last record. A shame, considering how great they go together.

As different as the two rappers are style-wise, what connects them both is having a knack for incredible lyricism and both having really hard stage names to write lol. But style differences aside, these beautiful jazzy beats ... read more

Mono En Stero provides multifaceted and groovy beats for the living legends Myka 9 and Blu. Keeping it fun the whole way throughout.

Not sure how I feel about Myka 9's lowkey delivery yet, but he’s definitely an interesting rapper and Ima have to check out more of his stuff for sure!

Also Gang Bang must be the strangest song I’ve heard all year lmao but I’m not going to lie it is growing on me as I’m re listening.

The hip hop scene in Sweden is at an all time low. And I’m so fucking tired of hearing this club-hiphop/rnb slop.

Bladee is an unimpressive rapper, neither his writing or his weak vocals does anything at all to catch anyones attention.

Somewhere around the halfway point this turns into a muck of pleasant synths and autotuned moaning, it’s draining to listen to. (pun intended)

Not my thing.

Pop smoke wears the 50 cent influence on his sleeve for his debut Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon. I like this hybrid of NY drill and poprap more than the other shit in an otherwise pretty stale lane of hiphop.

As a whole this ain’t got nothing on the Meet The Woo mixtapes though.

Ethereal plug-esque beats accompany Bladee's autotune heavy vocals on EXETER.

My first Bladee album, but it doesn’t feel like it. I’ve heard hundreds of underground rappers in Sweden before trying to replicate this exact sound. Using the same autotune with the same type of cloudy production.

Bladee’s influence in my country's underground scene cannot be overstated. And EXETER is a pretty fine album, way too short, but I enjoyed my time here.