A playful and fun follow-up to 2024´s "Chromakopia". The album is solid but just falls flat for me. Songs like Mommanem and Tell Me What It Is are unintresting songs imo and just isnt Tyler in prime form. Stop Playing With Me is a great song tho.
good album with some standout songs like Noid, Take Your Mask Off and Darling I, but overall just missing the consistency of earlier Tyler works. +sticky and judge judy is so ass
A great album that marks Tyler’s shift from his more aggressive, vulgar early style to the newer, more introspective and soulful direction. As you can probably tell, I’m a fan of this newer approach. Flower Boy is a beautiful symphony of anxiety, isolation, and open-hearted lyricism, all complemented by Tyler’s smooth rapping over lush instrumentals that he produced himself. The features are excellent as well—especially Frank Ocean and Rex Orange County, who both deliver ... read more
She is a great song… but that’s really about it. The rest of the album feels like Tyler’s weakest effort by far—an insanely bloated record weighed down by the same issues that dragged down its predecessor. The ideas are there, but most of them feel underdeveloped or stretched out longer than they should be. It’s an album with flashes of potential, but overall it never quite comes together.
inconsistent record about violence and rape that relies heavily on shock value. not really my cup of tea but shouout to tyler
Kevin’s best solo effort. ARIZONA BABY sees him open up about his struggles with love and growing up in a very traditional household while being homosexual. The album explores Kevin’s feelings of wanting to run away from everything yet still choosing to stay. The production is inspired and shows that Kevin still has the hunger he had in BROCKHAMPTON. Songs like ‘Mississippi,’ ‘Peach,’ and ‘Baby Boy’ really highlight the strengths of this album. ... read more
Just a messy album from Kevin. This project has him experimenting with a new indie rock–inspired sound. The experimentation is, of course, welcome, but the execution isn’t quite there yet. Kevin has the blueprint, but he hasn’t figured out how to fully make this genre work for him. Overall, it’s an alright project, but not something I really return to.
Kevin Abstracts Blush is a solid project, but it often feels like Kevin takes a backseat on his own album. He comes across like a side character while the features do a lot of the heavy lifting. Quadeca’s performances are stellar, and Love Spells has some great moments as well. My highlights are Yoko Ono, Yola, Abandon Me, and Red Light. Overall, it’s a solid album—I just would’ve loved to hear more of Kevin throughout.
There are some great songs in this tracklist, such as Man in the Garden and Reincarnated, but overall it feels like a lazy effort, with songs like GNX, Peekaboo, and Dodger Blue somehow making it onto a Kendrick studio album. To me, GNX is an okay album, but it feels like K-Dot saw the success of Not Like Us and thought, ‘Huh, let me make eight songs exactly like that—but worse.
I don’t even know what to say. Songs in the Key of Life is by far one of—if not the—best albums ever made. Every song is incredible, with beautiful, soulful production. Not much else to add, really. It’s just a 10/10 album.
Almost perfect album from Clipse. No skips at all, but I am not the biggest fan of “All Things Considered.” Songs like “The Birds Don’t Sing” show Push and Malice rapping about their parents passing away in a short period of time and how it has affected them. “Chains and Whips” has insane production by Pharrell (which applies to every song, by the way) and an absolutely killer Kendrick verse with the best rhymes I’ve heard from K-Dot in a while. ... read more