This album goes for a more rock/blues focus, but it ends up sounding super generic. I can appreciate Juanita Stein trying to branch out and try different genres, but this is just way less interesting than her other projects. Stein's a good singer, but this album feels like a downgrade in every way from her previous. Though the closing track is pretty decent, it's the only time where I feel like this album matches her others in terms of quality.

If the drums and the beat was a little quieter and more subdued compared to everything else, then this would be a true masterpiece of an album. Because everything else about this, I love. I love the vocals here, they remind me a little of Grouper's "Poison Tree" in terms of how they are mixed in with the rest of the production. I also really like how honest the writing felt, it made the whole album feel very personal. That being said, while think the combination of a dreamy ... read more

It's just banger track after track, Denzel's energy on each track is crazy, the production here is really good. I don't love some of the choruses on here, for example, "If Tomorrow's Not Here" has one of my favourite Denzel Curry verses, but the chorus just isn't as good, and it kills some of my enjoyment. Still a great album, and is a great showcase at Curry's abilities as a rapper.

This is a behemoth of an album, nearly 1 hour and 40 minutes, with sounds of pop, rock, folk, electronic, screamed vocals, and orchestral production. The combination of genres reminded me a little of World's End Girlfriend. The whole album can feel a little overwhelming at points, but there are some really great and beautiful moments on the album, though it does feel somewhat bloated.

Such a beautiful and nostalgic song, surprised it took me this long to properly listen it.

I need to listen to more Blackgaze, because this sounds incredible, it's a black metal album about plants, and it's so incredibly entertaining. There are serene moments in the album, where it slows down, and you get a moment to breathe, like the end of "Wisteria". The half whispered-half screaming vocals sound unique, and fit really well with the rest of the album. It does lose it's punch a little towards the end, but this is still a really great listen.

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Tracks 5 and 6 are probably the best I've heard from you so far. The beat choices here are really good, and I can see big improvements in the rapping, really looking forward to the album now. I like how each song explores a different aspect of you as a person, I think it adds a lot of distinction and personality to the music. Keep it up!

A really unique listen, the fact that Quentin is the sole producer here is impressive, especially when considering how many different musical styles are at play here. This album fuses glitchy industrial atmospheres, soft and slow ballads, and hip hop, but in a way that all sounds natural. Quiznos' performance is very soft spoken, almost drowning in the production, and I think it goes really well with the general theme of death this album explores. This album sounds like Quincy is just ... read more

Nia Archives' second EP, and I can already see some evolution from her first. The vocal samples here feel really well made and natural with the rest of the music. The Drum and Bass production can be a little simple at times, but it also can be really fun and sounds good. Pretty much an upgrade from her first EP in every way.

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OK Computer is an album that needs no introduction, I remember growing up my dad talking about this album, and how it was one of the greatest albums of all time, so I'm surprised it's taken me this long to listen to it on my own. Needless to say, I have high hopes for this ... read more

Just a really solid EP, with some good singing on top of some good DnB production. It does sound a bit more amateur-ish compared to her later music, but that's to be expected considering this is Nia Archives' debut project.

It's okay, Kelly Lee Owens has a good singing voice, and the general hopeful atmosphere of the album do bring it up a bit quality-wise, but this album isn't doing anything I haven't seen before, and it just isn't as good as "Inner Song"

A lot of this just isn't clicking for me, I can appreciate someone making an album that sounds this weird, and experimenting with this many styles of music, but there really isn't much I really enjoy about this album. I thought the rapping was boring, and the autotune sounded really bad at points, and I thought the production got pretty grading. I can appreciate this album's ambition, and perhaps it'll grow on me in the future, but as it stands, this really just didn't ... read more

Minnie Riperton's doing her thing here, and it works. Gong for a slightly more soul instrumentation compared to the more commercial sound of her previous album, this album has a certain grace to it that was only present in her debut album. Needless to say, but Riperton's singing here is absolutely incredible, she manages to switch from conventional soul singing to operatic vocals with next to no struggle. This really is just one great song followed by another, even if it doesn't ... read more

Moor Mother's style of half-rapping half-poetry reading is here, and I feel like the political angle is a lot more central and focused compared to her previous album "Fetish Bones", especially on tracks like "Shadowgram". The slightly larger focus on hip hop here when compared to more noise-focused tracks make for a unique album in her discography. This album is uncomfortable in a good way, in a way that I feel like only Moor Mother can really pull off.

ELUCID pushes Hip Hop to its absolute limits with his new... album? song? it's not really clear what this thing really is. It is one of the most impressive listens of the year, it feels like ELUCID is pushing himself by truly deconstructing what it means to create a rap song. This is a completely unpredictable project, with it taking left and right turns constantly, incorporating elements of noise, hip hop, electronic, and jazz music, and yet the project never feels directionless. With ... read more

Tom Waits' voice makes this whole album sound like he's just rambling at you the entire time, and I love it. Something that aids this is Waits' style of storytelling and the brooding atmosphere thanks to the production, they both feel so ominous in completely different ways. The writing feels as it's describing the end of everything from different perspectives, or at least it carries that weight. The production feels so isolating, with it also feeling extremely familiar, ... read more

Thanks to @Aiysheff2 for the recommendation!
It's interesting to hear traditional Turkish music combined with 80s style synths and production, but this is probably the weakest Sezen Aksu album I have listened to so far. It's not bad by any means, Aksu's singing is still incredible, and this album goes for a number of styles, so it never really gets boring, but the whole album just felt like a general step down from what else I've heard from her.

Pretty good, I thought the rapping went well with the beat choice, honestly just not much to say with this one.

Even with all the praise I give billy woods, his choruses are consistently the weakest part of his albums, and that's true here. Blockhead's overuse of record scratches get a little annoying, especially over the course of 18 tracks. That being said, I enjoy pretty much every other aspect of this album, billy woods' writing is top tier stuff as to be expected, and all of the features to a pretty good job. Blockhead's production is, for the most part really good, it manages to ... read more