With the help of Sy Ari Da Kid and more impressive production, Paxquaio massively improves from his debut album earlier this year, but the overall experience is still a bit underwhelming.

It opens with what I guess would be considered its title track, “Two Sides”. The song samples the same choir as Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam”, although not as somberly. Rather, the clip is chopped and rearranged in a way which makes it feel like you’re floating on a cloud. ... read more

LilBootyCall showcases a solid amount of talent and potential on his debut.

It opens with a pair of emo rap songs, “Bandaid” and “Hate Me”, respectively. Aside from a variety of songs on Aries’ WELCOME HOME, LilBootyCall delivers some of my favorite emo rap tracks all year. As all emo rap should be, the melodies on those tracks, as well as “666”, which is my favorite of the trio of emo rap cuts on the mixtape, are instantly memorable and recognizable. ... read more

DEVIN MØRE has almost nothing unique or interesting about him, and when he does, it tends to work against him.

There’s a pretty clear divide between Dear Amoré’s first and second halves. The first half is mostly spacey, vacant autocrooning, such as the incredibly boring opener “Blame”, during which I often find myself zoning out, and “Never Switch”, another amazingly dull track on which Devin and his feature Aari Price are nearly ... read more

Care Package is a collection of Drake songs spanning from 2010 to 2016 that were previously unreleased on streaming services, and its nearly seventy-four minute runtime, along with the individual songs’ almost always four to five—in some cases even six—minute lengths, only accentuates how boring most of the songs are. As a whole, Care Package serves as a reminder of how drab, dull, and insipid Drake has been throughout his career.

Many of the songs on Care Package sound so ... read more