I do not know why people like this. The delivery is some of the worst on any album I've ever heard, not to mention the song topics

JID's 4th album and the first I am going into as a certified fan. I had a lot of anticipation based on the quality of the last album, but also the insane lead single, WRK. That track is such an energetic, electric track, that it's hard to imagine the emotional highs and lows the rest of the album would take. Going track by track would take ages, so instead I'll discuss the reasons I love this album so much and that it just might take the album of 2025 slot for me.

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This is the easiest 9/10 of all time. 9 tight, luscious tracks with incredible vocals from our two leading men, beautiful instrumentation, AND a Thundercat feature in the middle? There was no way this was scoring any lower. It, like all Bruno Mars projects, has a length problem, as I wish it was just 10 minutes longer to really feel like the sound was fully explored, but what we got is already pretty amazing.

I listened to Lucy's latest record, Forever Is A Feeling, before this one, and I definitely enjoyed it, but didn't quite get all the hype and attachment that this record did for me. This album is everything I love out of something sapphic. There is genuinely empathetic, genuinely heartfelt, and genuinely... genuine music here. It is deeply earnest, with endearing writing in a good chunk of these tracks. A genre-diverse mindset, reaching out into rock and pop every once in a while, ... read more

I actually really like Big Dawgs, much more than I do Run It Up, and I have no idea what you guys are on about it. Anyway, overall the album is good, not great, but showcases a lot of heart that I think Hanumankind can build on in future releases.

I gotta be real, I love Hayley Williams. She's so cool, a real legend in millennial and gen z culture, and a juggernaut in music. This collection of tracks really doubles down on this. A full onslaught of tracks that replicate the amazing pop rock that Paramore was known for, but also showcases William's wise ear for 90's pop and pop as a whole. So much fun, such a great concept behind it's release, and an overall great time.

Dev Lemons has very clearly showcased herself to able to make subversive beats that scratch the brain in just the right tone, and with her debut album finally coming in after a LOT of anticipation from fans like myself, I'd say I got more or less what I expected in terms of quality, but not from how it sounds. As an artist, I'd been introduced to Lemons through QUEEF JERKY, whose instrumentation has a lot more in common with JPEGMAFIA than what we see here. No, instead we see an ... read more

Okay, obviously this album is a ton of fun, it's an indulgent throwback to Snap, hip hop club music in the 2000's, and block parties. It also suffers from even more of the same things that those old records did of getting old VERY very quick. While a couple songs are EXACTLY what I was looking for (mainly Butterflies and I Like That) a lot of the rest of the record lives up to only the promise of the premise, but sadly nothing more.

This album has a few tracks that really save it, but overall it comes off pretty unbothered and low effort. Rapp has such an interesting sense for songwriting that just completely doesn't show itself here. Just 30 minutes of mulling over exes and having hyper-sexual benders. Incredibly uninteresting.

One of, if not the greatest alt rock album of all time. So much beautiful artistry from front to back, with absolutely no misses, and the closest thing to it is short, sweet, and not all that repetitive. Near flawless album

Seeing the start of conscious hip hop and where and how it got it's roots is always so fascinating to me. There's so much wonderful art in this space and Public Enemy's particular approach to it really speaks to an old school political styling. Doing so without beating people over the head with their messaging (a la the back half of Run-DMC's debut album) is also much appreciated. However this album suffers from the same thing most albums of the era did, a painfully slow ... read more

It's hard to find an album with more old school classics on it, 3 of the songs on here are some of the best in all of hip hop, and a few of them are straight up contenders for the best rap song ever. An all-timer.

So old school that sometimes I despise it, but the songs that hit are classics and defined what the genre could be.

Absolutely one of the greatest albums ever made. A testament to this band's creative strength. Dreams is one of my favorite songs of all time. All things that have been said before about this incredible album, and yes I will repeat them.

Honestly I like this better than the first Alfredo. Freddie has better bars, and more to work with while look out upon the landscape of hip hop and the world as a whole. The Alchemist's beats are infectious and keep me coming back, the features are almost all ridiculously good. This a really great album.

One of the best albums of the year. There's so much depth here to explore, and I imagine I'll be coming back to this one throughout the year to untangle it's web and definitely watch the movie. Such a raw, beautiful, heartfelt album with this undeniable energy. Quad always has a youthful-sounding voice but has an excellent enough pen to keep it from sounding immature. It's with grace that he delivers this story of self-loathing and love, and with even more grace does he ... read more

So of it's era, opening and listening to it immediately transports you back to that time. Such a fun experience, although am I the only one who always thought "Hungry Like the Wolf" was a little overrated? Oh well, it's still a very good song.

This album is equal parts awesome and not for me. Like I find myself wondering if I'd be listening to any of this if not for this challenge while also being really, REALLY impressed with the instrumentation and interpretations of pop punk. This record has a juvenile, erratic energy that just fits really well with the time period. My generation and the millennials have a lot of love for this album, and it's really easy to see why.

Overtly salacious lyrics paired over aggressive rock accompaniment almost always creates a good combination. And with Rhian Teasdale's boundless charisma to sell it all, this is genuinely an indie rock album to remember.

Definitely not his most impactful album by any means, but certainly a lot of fun. No track in particular blew me out of the water, but many were a joy to experience for the first time. It doesn't hit the same highs as Chromakopia or Igor, but it doesn't really falter particularly hard in any one place. By far Tyler's weakest album in a decade, but for an artist as prolific as him, that still means it's gonna be a really good time.