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*This album has been rereviewed and rescored. 5.0 → 4.6

Lacking any charisma or character, the Atlanta rapper's uninspired debut is carried by his producers.

What I was thinking when I saw the packaging for Ken Car$on's debut album, 'Project X', was a sex and drug-filled album full of nonstop bangers. Only the first half is what we got, as Car$on makes note of drugs and sex on every track here at least once. But, rarely are these tracks ever hard. For the first half of the album, ... read more

Building a world of a surreal dark atmosphere, the LA rock and metal band's second album is eerily dark; like you're being watched while you listen to it.

Throughout my entire listen of LA metal band TOOL's second studio album, I couldn't stop getting goosebumps. From the grungy guitar work and the smashing drums as well as the dark atmosphere throughout. The album sounds eerie, but comforting at the same time. TOOL is one of modern metal's most beloved bands, and their second album ... read more

Using samples directly off of old vinyl records, the San Jose DJ's classic debut album redefined hip-hop sampling using some smooth melody tones and timeless record scratching.

Back in the age when you couldn't produce music off of your personal computer and had to use a physical sampling device, twenty-three year old San Jose DJ, DJ Shadow was out here sampling on an Akai MPC60 sampler. He took the samples he'd use from old vinyl records he had tucked away somewhere. Sampling had already been ... read more

The third and final installment in The Weeknd's original trilogy is just as dark and mysterious as the previous two, but the themes are much more straightforward.

Emerging out of a dark shadow is a music project that people at the time didn't know if it was a group or a singular person. The project seemingly took over the underground R&B space in 2011, as it dropped an entire trilogy of mixtapes. It was revealed this was a singular person out of Toronto, Abel Tesfaye, who was a former ... read more