This Is Happening is an exquisite album that is the perfect culmination of one of the most celebrated careers in modern music. It's over an hour of exhausting trancelike dance insanity. You ceaselessly shuffle and sway as if someone has a gun to your head and will pull the trigger if both of your feet touch the ground for more than a second. The brief intro segments to each song where the melody has barely had a chance to build are the only moments of rest you really get. It's hot, ... read more
There's not really much else you can call it but cope.
Everything that Drake has done in the last two years is nothing but the type of behavior you'd expect from someone who was burned badly and can't get over it. And it's honestly just sad, because I used to get excited for Drake albums. Even when I knew the quality wasn't really going to be there, it was like an event of sorts. I'd get excited to listen and compare my take to the average Drake fan who ... read more
You could tell instantly that hemlocke springs was one of the most deeply authentic and interesting characters that we've been introduced to in a minute, and apparently I missed out on when she originally went viral. Everything sounds super vibrant and pronounced. It makes the apple tree under the sea a very refreshing release in the sea of heady and dense music that overwhelms this site. I think a lot of people might not take this as seriously as they should. The lyrics are much more ... read more
I'm not sure if this was supposed to get me particularly excited for his album or this was just leftovers from what ended up making the final alum, but I'm completely unimpressed. There's a couple good ideas with the production, but most of it is just boring jerk beats. fakemink's vocals and lyrics also aren't good enough to make you care past vibing for 30 seconds and then wanting to skip the song. Honestly the pitching on his voice can be a little annoying on some of ... read more
In the last 6 months there's been a pretty huge push in the underground. A lot of it comes from the more digicore rage sound you hear from artists like Lucy, Slayr, and pretti, probably due to it being a pretty accessible sound compared to how aggressive and overpowering a lot of the underground has been recently. kuru has been side by side with Lucy, a lot of the reason being because of their close friendship, but kuru doesn't really fit with what you could call the meta of ug rap. ... read more