FAVORITE TRACKS: All of them except my least favorite
LEAST FAVORITE: California

Childish Gambino comes through with a beautiful funk/rnb/soul album that was gives a great listening experience. "California" is the only track on here that didn't really work for me as Gambino's vocals weren't all that grabbing and the way they were delivered wasn't great. Besides that one track every song on here has a purpose along with amazing instrumentation. Whether it's the bass guitars or ... read more

FAVORITE TRACKS: Energy, 6 God, Star67, Used To, 6 Man, Now & Forever
LEAST FAVORITE: Company

Coming into this project I thought I would really enjoy as I've heard it has some of Drake's hardest songs to this day and is toted as one of his best albums. Well after a first listen, it's just okay for me. There's nothing too much that stands out here for me personally but there are some phenomenal tracks on here including "Star67", "6 Man", and "Now & Forever" ... read more

FAVORITE TRACKS: GTFU, QWERTY Interlude, Jailbreak the Tesla, Gravy n' Biscuits, Rap Song Tutorial, Wax On, What a Year It's Been
LEAST FAVORITE: New Hawaii

Injury Reserve comes through with a great experimental rap record from 2019. First off I would like to say rest in peace to Groggs, while I didn't know of him when he passed, after listening to this record, the guy had a lot of talent and a great rapping ability especially with technicality. In terms of the music this album has so many ... read more

FAVORITE TRACKS: Wet Dreamz, 03' Adolescence, A Tale of 2 Citiez, Fire Squad, No Role Modelz, Love Yourz
LEAST FAVORITE: Note To Self

After taking a trip down memory lane by revisiting "Nothing Was The Same", I thought I'd revisit other hip-hop/rap albums from my childhood. I will say that after listening to "2014 Forest Hills Drive", there are a handful of tracks on here that hit me more now that I've gotten older especially with "03' Adolescence" that after this ... read more

FAVORITE TRACKS: All of them except my least favorite
LEAST FAVORITE: 305 to My City

This was a really solid release from Drake back in 2013. Listening to this now after hearing "Hold On, We're Going Home" and "Started from the Bottom" throughout my childhood, this is a really great album. I think this project is up there with "Take Care" in Drake's discography in terms of bars and flows easily. I love the beat switch ups with my favorites being on "Tuscan ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Plastic Hearts, Prisoner, Gimme What I Want, Night Crawling, Midnight Sky, Never Be Me, Golden G String, Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)
LEAST FAV: Heart of Glass (Live from the iHeart Festival)

Miley Cyrus delivers an entertaining, and thrilling rock/synthpop record with "Plastic Hearts". On "Plastic Hearts" we get some great vocal lines, great songwriting, and some decent production throughout. The songwriting really shows for me through tracks such as ... read more

FAV TRACKS: 745 sticky, money machine, 800db cloud, stupid horse, xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx, ringtone, hand crushed by a mallet
LEAST FAV: I Need Help Immediately

Earlier I was watching a video on the history of hyperpop and I remember 100 Gecs being brought up and thinking about how I never gave "1000 Gecs" a listen. Prior to listening to this album I had heard snippets of "money machine" and "stupid horse" and fully listened to "ringtone ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Shots Fired, Circles, Crybaby, Sugar Baby, Movie, Freaky Girls, Work That, Outside, Girls In The Hood, Don't Stop,
LEAST FAV: Go Crazy, Don't Rock Me to Sleep

Not a bad album at all from the one and only Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion. I don't have too much to say about this one but I will say that I think this production for the most part is a big step up from her previous project, SUGA. Lyric wise there's nothing too new if you've already listened to her music prior to this ... read more

FAV TRACKS: APE****, LITTLE NOKIA, 4 NICOLE THEA & BABY REIGN, LITTLE NOKIA REMIX
LEAST FAV: ROLLS ROYCE

I'm quite impressed with this new project from UK artist, Bree Runway who does a great job of blending elements of pop, hip hop, and rnb quite effortlessly. Overall this is a very consistent energy to this project that is very apparent on the first two tracks "APE****" and "LITTLE NOKIA" but from here the rest of the project was kind of a mixed bag. After these ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Napster, 90s Green Screen, Pity Party
LEAST FAV: pretty much everything else

I thought I'd check this album out after hearing Jean Dawson's latest effort, "Pixel Bath", and after this listen I'm glad he continued to grow and evolve his sound. That's not saying this album is bad necessarily but some of the sounds on here are sloppily put together and there's not a whole lot of overall cohesiveness and consistency. Also this album didn't really entertain me much as I felt ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Orlando, Saint, Take Your Time, Hope, Jewelry, Charcoal Baby, Chewing Gum, Dagenham Dream, Out of Your League, Minetta Creek
LEAST FAV: n/a

This is an absolutely beautiful rnb album that does a great job of incorporating soul, funk, and neo-soul elements. One thing I absolutely love about this project is the lyrical content, specifically the tracks talking about black identity that I felt extremely drawn to. Not to mention the sounds on this thing are gorgeous and remind me of the ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Dig What You Dug, Nobody Gets Me (Like You), Wish Me Luck
LEAST FAV: Coastlines

I'm really liking this new, a little bit more experimental sound Wallows is going for on this EP. With some key tracks for me being "Wish Me Luck" that has my favorite vocal performance from Dylan and is a great track full of ambience. I also really really like "Dig What You Dug" that features a great chorus from Brendan and some nice crisp drums that accompanies the groove of the ... read more

FAV TRACKS: just like magic, nasty
LEAST FAV: everything else

I'll start this off by saying I do enjoy what Ariana Grande has put out in the past couple years with the raw emotions on "thank u next" and the collection of hits that is "sweetener". This new album though doesn't feel all too thought out, these songs feel thrown together in a sense. I didn't get any sense of emotion in any of these songs or any catchy songs at all really. Even vocally, an area where Ariana is ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Hi, It's Me, STUPID
LEAST FAV: Special

I got Ashnikko recommended to me by a close friend of mine so I thought I'd try her out and I gotta say off the bat I love the energy Ashnikko brings on every track. I also do like some of the more broader themes Ashnikko brings into her music even though I don't think they're always delivered the best. The production on this thing also I feel could've been better to help aid the energy that was brought with some of Ashnikko's pretty great ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Sweatpants Spiderman, The Edge Of New Clothes, I'm a Joestar (Black Power Fantasy), Fifteen Twenty Feet Ocean Nah
LEAST FAV: Airplane Boneyard, Head***

Honestly I didn't really know what I was expecting when going into this new Open Mike Eagle album, Anime, Trauma and Divorce. With this being my first introduction to Open Mike Eagle I didn't know much about him other than the fact that he makes "experimental hip hop". Being a genre I tend to enjoy quite a bit I thought ... read more

FAV TRACKS: My Agenda, Gentleman, M'Lady, Iron Fist, Barbie Boy, Sorry Bro (I Love You), Edgelord
LEAST FAV: Monk Mode (Interlude), Ram It Down

On this new Dorian Electra album, My Agenda, we get some great bubblegum bass/hyperpop tracks filled with plenty of energy and charisma. Starting off this album was a little rocky for me as I wasn't the biggest fan of the beginning of "F The World" but I started to enjoy it more especially once Quay Dash came in with they're great flow. From ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Get Away, Just Sayin/I Tried, Girl, Special Affair, Penthouse Clouds, Palace/Curse
LEAST FAV: For The World

The Internet delivers a smooth sailing, atmospheric experience with this album, Ego Death. Ego Death is a decent album with some great instrumentation and some great performances from the lead singer, Syd. I've personally grown up with neo-soul played around me constantly so I absolutely loved those aspects of this album. This album also has some really hard hitting songs ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Big Things, Lullabies, Growing Up
LEAST FAV: White Rose

I thought I would check this out after thoroughly enjoying Tkay Maidza's "Last Year Was Weird Vol. 2". After listening to this I am extremely glad to see her artistic progression. Tkay was bursting with potential on this project but it wasn't fully realized. Her energy on this thing isn't as high as it was on her newest release and some of the songs don't flow all too well. That being said there are some good songs ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Runnin', Mr. Right Now, Slidin', Many Men, Snitches and Rats, My Dawg, Steppin' on N*****, Said N Done
LEAST FAV: n/a

Well this surprised me quite a bit. 21 Savage and Metro Boomin deliver an absolutely hard hitting album that just keeps going song after song. This album undoubtedly has some of 21's best tracks, best production, and best songwriting. I love how 21 uses songwriting on here mainly with the last track where we see 21 rap over these glistening bells about his past ... read more

FAV TRACKS: Years Go By, I'm Ready For You, Things Change, Timeless Interlude, Sorrows, Inhale, Keep Doing What You're Doing, Next To You
LEAST FAV: Always Forever

So this new release from Bryson Tiler. This was beautiful. For starters I can tell Bryson put so much work into each and every song and his lyrics are extremely heartfelt especially on tracks like "Timeless Interlude" and "Keep Doing What You're Doing". His melodies are also gorgeous on this thing as well and has ... read more