"turn that 9 upside down it's a 6 now" -drake, in another universe

It aged pretty well, admittedly? Some primo performances like Champagne Poetry and You Only Live Twice and a bunch of other *okay* songs, but a lot of filler.

The switchup on this album lyrically and sonically from his usual super high energy vibe is appreciated, probably my favorite work of his front-to-back arguably over Atrocity Exhibition.

RYM/AOTY has yet to discover that being unique does not necessarily mean the music is flawless. Peggy tones down his experimentation in AMHAC and abrasiveness in Veteran for an album that is more sonically digestible, but is severely lacking in the writing department, where he just kind of riffs off every beat on most songs save for a few special highlights. Every song is about flexing and where uniqueness can be found in production, he pigeonholes himself into a derivative of "flex" ... read more

One of the most haunting albums ever made by a deeply profound yet fucked individual.

Proto-Bird Seed, the modern era of Whitehouse is def interesting as it contains a lot of their most coherent works beyond just the harsh noise that defined their earlier years. While it has some good songs... that's just kind of it? The best song, Cruise (Force The Truth), is good but nowhere near as good as Asceticists 2006's highs or Bird Seeds's highs. Combine that with another Sotos collage, and you get a half-baked older brother to one of the iconic album in the genre.

This is good stuff! While the highs are nowhere near as high as the work on Bird Seed, it makes up for it by not having that MAYO MONKEY NO PURPOSE FLOUR CRAAAAAAAAAAAAACKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER Peter Sotos on it! Great work, Mr. Bennett!

I like it! Nothing mindbogglingly amazing and definitely not on par with Oxymoron or Blank Face, but it's still consistent where it needs to be and there are no bad songs on the project.

"What a fiasco, Lupe."

Never say the lord's name in vain.

Read my original review on the album to see how I feel about that slog, because the new song, Doves, alone bumps the album up a whole point. The Key Is Under The Mat as a closer felt... unsatisfying. A boring, uninteresting closer with an *okay* verse from Elucid, but nothing that would ever blow me away nor was it anything that made the album click for me. Doves, however, is anything but uninteresting. Blending drone rock and folk inspirations, it's a perfectly beautiful testament to how ... read more

It's admittedly nothing special to me. A few good songs but others that make me want to fall asleep with how comatose the rappers performances are. Are there any *bad* songs? Nothing egregious, but only two songs on the album are anything of note. As per usual, everything JPEGMAFIA becomes a mediocrity fest.

I only ever listened to this song when I was sad.

There was a time in my life where I was sad and confused, unsure of where life would take me. I was hanging on the edge of relapsing into suicidal tendencies and ideals. Not a lot of people were there for me, let alone any to really understand what it was like. Hell, even nowadays there isn't a whole lot to smile about. But there's still *something* there to smile about, right? Why am I still here despite it all? Why, despite all that I've ... read more

One of the most unique collab (or rap in general) albums of all time. Although lyrically it suffers from Jay Elec being a total freakazoid who uses his complete mastery of language arts to spread hatred, the production on this album is unlike anything I've ever heard before. It's truly something to behold, even if there are some questionable choices like that damn crowd cheering sound effect that gets used more than what I find comfortable listening to (*any* usage of stock sounds like that in ... read more

Not perfect and definitely not as phenomenal as CARE FOR ME, but this is still an amazing album regardless that shows Saba's creativity as an upcoming artist set for stardom yet forever introspective about his own fame.

A bit of a rough start by Lupe standards, has amazingly phenomenal highs but sonically it's a bit lacking and has some questionable songs. Still a timeless classic of it's era and worthy enough as a start to one of the most legendary careers in hip hop.

This album is really unusual but I kind of like it! Not his best by a long shot though.

Get the producers a chiropractor ASAP, carrying Yeat for a hefty 50 minutes as Yeat himself continues to never actually switch up his style must have their backs ACHING

Although brief, CARE FOR ME is an ode to life lost and the grieving process that encompasses Walt's life, friendship and neverending support until his untimely demise as Saba passionately tells the untold story of many who live in Chicago. It's easy to listen to Care For Me and get depressed. The thought that I or one of my friends could lose their lives in an instant is a valid reason to have thoughts of depression. But this album is more than just the sadness that strikes the artist.

Saba ... read more

The crown jewel of Mac Miller's whole career. Every bit of experimentation and growth he's had as an artist, rapper, singer, producer and so on and so forth culminated in Swimming and Circles. Not to be in poor taste, but this truly is his life's work and the quintessential Mac Miller album that captures every element of a man whose predicament, at times, is difficult to truly understand. Not a second is wasted space on this album as it is one of the many final cries for help against an ... read more

It's definitely better than I thought it was on first listen. Whereas a lot of rage music is "production first, actual rapper later" in my eyes, AGC manages to actually sneak in some pretty interesting vocal performances and even some pretty decent (for the genre) writing. Although I don't like much of the genre as a whole admittedly and feel like even only 40 minutes of this type of music is still way too much for music that's meant to be consumes in small, bite-sized portions at ... read more

Up there with the leagues of By The Time I Get To Phoenix for maybe my favorite industrial hip hop cut. AFK and Clipping were, fun fact, my introduction to hip hop as a whole, so giving this EP made me more than happy as they produce a lifetime's worth of absolutely feral energy in only four songs. Despite having had music out since 2018, every single one of AFKs songs both on and off this EP sound fresh and modern, like an evergreen fountain of industrial hip hop that will still go fucking ... read more