I was afraid of Peggy devolving into something like this.
He's been on a crazy streak this decade with LP!, OFFLINE!, STH, and ILDMLFY. This record, he definitely dove deeper into the more loose and crazier side, as obviously stated in the title. I wasn't a fan of this, especially the EDM direction he took. But my problem isn't him being experimental this album, it's the lyricism is not good. It does not mix well on this LP. On the noisier tracks of the album, I can barely ... read more
While this album isn't a classic like I've seen some Cole fans push for, this is easily hands down my favorite Cole project I've listened to thus far. Better than 2014 and 4YEO (ive only listened to those and MDL).
When Nas and DJ Premier dropped a single called "Define My Name" on the 30th anniversary of Illmatic, a very high quality song with an announcement of an album collab on the way, I was very excited. That was in April of 2024, and after 20 months of waiting, they finally dropped their long awaited album "Light-Years". And how was it?
Eh.
Yeah, this thing was not all that special. Sure it wasn't bad and was cool at some moments, but overall there was just some open ... read more
Man, as such a big Joey Bada$$ fan, this was a disappointment. The album itself is fine, but I know Joey is capable of way better.
This album is just filled with sounds of my childhood. My music consumption in my early years of life were mainly from the pop radio station and my dad's iPod playlist. Holy Wave is one of the bands my dad is into, and this album I recall him having more of a fond with. Going through this album completely just warped me back into being a 7 year old kid in the back of the car on a hot summer day in the middle of July, looking out the window and taking in the view.