Peafowl

To Pimp A Butterfly is widely regarded as the best hip-hop album ever, as well as one of the best albums ever of any genre. I didn't get that on first listen, but this album has grown on me aggressively.
For all it's worth, TPAB is a perfect album. It has so much going for it : its' lyrics, its' writing, its' jazz-based production, its' messages, its' storyline, and that poem growing as the album progresses. Even though I am not its' target audience, I ... read more

Take Care shows a couple of less interesting tracks, but it easily succeeds, with the help of its' features and interludes, in portraying Drake's situation at the time of making the album : the sudden starship of an emotionally vulnerable rapper.

Kendrick's least commercially-produced album showcases his growth, his pure unaltered emotions and his peak as a truly conscious rapper and person. It is an audio-stage-play with great high points and a few songs that, while they wouldn't hit people's playlists, illustrate Lamar's deep vision about his own trauma, along with the trauma of other people in his community. As usual, he comments on society , but this time in a raw, cutting, more obvious way. One must assume this ... read more

Kanye has become increasingly self-indulgent in his art as time has gone on. This album, as can be seen in the title, is one of his most hedonistic ones. Thankfully, because of this fact, Kanye's irrefutable genius gets to come to light unrestrained, building a piece with stadium-rattling anthems, emotional trips, impressive production and an immortal sound.