JID - The Forever Story
NR

For me JID shows some absolute peak throughout this record, but there are also some newer Eminem leanings at times that get a little lyrical miracle and it's at those points he totally loses me. I also feel like the production only sometimes feels amazing, and other times comes through just fine. Certainly an impressive showing but I'm not in the party who would say this is an unadulterated masterpiece. I almost always love JID on features, especially when he does a special voicing, ... read more

Young Greatness - Moolah
80

The only song where the clean version is way better

Justin Bieber - SPEED DEMON
65

not really seeing his highest rated song here, great beat but his vocals are pretty low effort / not great

Vince Staples - Cry Baby
81

While much of this album can read more like a diary entry than a cogent or super insightful listen, Vince brings some fresh, catchy ideas to his newest project.

Steve Lacy - the feeling
91

dang i did not hear this properly last night, this is ETHEREAL, sounds like it would play in a 90s Japanese movie scene over a blue night sky with lights twinkling in the background

Quadeca - Dark Magic
81

It's not peak, but at least quad is singing on pitch so a win is a win

Olivia Rodrigo - the cure
89

Olivia Peakrigo

This song is very different as a lead single from her others, and has continued to grow on me over the last 24 hours. Great production, career-best lyrics, and a wonderful vocal performance show a artistic scaling for Olivia that I'm very excited to see fully fleshed out on the album. Between this and the SNL "begged" performance this could definitely be her best.

Vince Staples - White Flag
85

vince's new sound is hitting

J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only
77

A solid Cole project with his best track at the end.

The Lemon Twigs - Look for Your Mind!
72

An album of mostly B-Side level tracks from the Twigs.

Drake - DOG HOUSE
NR

me when i make a banger song and then decide to just change the song completely and make it worse

Khalid - Tied Up
59

since they're touring together they had to collab, but it's super basic ngl

Little Simz - Sugar Girl
52

The first song is a Logic's Sidequest ahh song, has a good verse, and then sucks again

Simz comes thru with a tepid, effort-less (derogative) project that sounds like it could have been made in under an hour with some type beats.

That's A No No - 59
Game On - 68
Open Arms - 55
Telephone - 56

78

A solid set of vibey tracks from Trop

La Reezy - Melanate It
83

Good song but sorta weak hook

Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead
85

Not like peak peak Olivia but super catchy and infectious. Really nice build too! Will def be on the charts all summer

Magdalena Bay - Nice Day: A Collection of Singles
NR

A nice set of tracks from da Mag but I definitely disagree that it’s overall close or better to Imaginal Disk. Second Sleep might be their best tho

Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
88

its funny that his name is frank OCEAN which is flat, when all he makes is PEAK ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

(the aura debt is worth it)

ok actual review-- great production, memorable concepts and songwriting make this a really strong project. His vocals are out of this world and the texture of the album is cozy but investing. If I were to first listen Blonde vs. this, this would win, but after listening to Blonde a bunch it's slightly better than this because it's more unique and has a clearer ... read more

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