Catchy and fun, just wish it was a little longer

This has some of the best production I've heard in a hip hop album in the past 5 years, every single aspect of the album feels so deliberately and carefully placed, and each song flows so perfectly into the next. The writing here is phenomenal, and shows Black Thought's skills in lyricism incredibly. Every single feature here knocks it out of the park, and tracks 5-7 is such a great 3 track run.

The writing here is great, and Mick Jenkins' rapping is great, switching between sounding calculated and reserved, to almost shouting, yet it never feels unnatural. The production is pretty standard stuff, and compliments the rapping pretty well, this album is nothing special, but still decent.

This album does everything a good house album should do: It's catchy, it isn't afraid to switch things up during songs, and it's never really boring at any point, despite the the lengths of many of the tracks here. It's a little hard to get into at first, but once you've fully immersed yourself, it's good stuff.

I understand Ready To Die's position in rap history, and I understand how it has earned the reputation it has. I'm surprised this is a debut album considering how mature it sounds, it sounds like someone who is a veteran of the genre. That being said, in terms of personal enjoyment, not so much. There's no doubt that Biggie was a talented rapper, and the writing, for the most part, was solid. But by the end, I guess I just got kind of uninterested in the whole thing. Expect this ... read more

This is one of the craziest and most sonically dense projects of the year, it feels like every five seconds, a new idea is introduced. Even on the more ""normal"" songs, there are still these insane genre blends that sound wholly unique. This album is just fun to listen to, and never gets boring.

Right from the beginning, the production hits you in the face with some early-mid 2010s techno/electropop. At first, I was put off by the production, thinking it sounded dated and annoying, however, as the album went along, I became more and more used to it and it ended up becoming an integral part of my enjoyment of the album. That being said, it's not like I was never put off by aspects of the production, there were points where I felt it to be overbearing. Maybe if I was more familiar ... read more

Ravyn Lenae is 4 for 4 with these singles, this is going to be such an incredible album

I want to get my main (and really only) detractor of this album out of the way first; I'm not all too crazy on the vocals on a few tracks, I think they kill some of the momentum these songs carried. That being said, almost every aspect of this album has stood the test of time, which is something that not many albums that were released over 50 years ago can say. The writing is great and tragic, this whole albums is very emotionally heavy, a lot more than what I was expecting. I love the way ... read more

The production from beginning to end is fantastic, the energy in his rapping throughout is great, something that surprised me with this album is the fact that, for many of the tracks here, most of them are just the production, without any sort of rapping or anything. This sets it apart from other albums that attempt this sort of thing, and works greatly to the album's benefit. Not sure if it's "Best album of the decade" good, but I still enjoyed my time with this album.

Thanks to @Sterlinggglol for the recommendation
This album is a lot more experimental than I expected, I'm not all to familiar with ScHoolboy Q's music, so I'm not sure if this is a departure from his sound in any way. There's a lot of different styles at play here, with a lot of different production styles. This works to the album's benefit, as at no point does this album feel messy or disjointed, the album flows surprisingly well. The writing didn't hook me as ... read more

There is some charm to be found here, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy some parts, but the production is generic, and the whole project gets kind of tedious by the end. Each song on this album individually could work, but when you're listening to the whole project, it gets so repetitive and boring.

There are songs in this world that feel impossible to put into words. This song is the definition of "Larger than life" to me, it proves that Armand Hammer are a talent that only come around once in a generation, nothing has sounded like this before, and I doubt many songs will sound like this. It manages to find a balance between being devastating and beautiful amongst all the chaos. To put this song into a genre will be a disservice to it. Over its nearly 9 minute runtime, you hear ... read more

There's a level of artificiality with this album that I can't quite put my finger on. It's like they're just doing what everyone else is doing when it comes to vaporwave without any type of personal aspect to it. It doesn't sound all that terrible, but there's no real reason to listen to this album compared to any other vaporwave project.

Surprised at the low user rating, I mean, it's nothing special, and there are probably about 100 albums that sound exactly like this. That being said, this EP is somewhat soothing, even if I'm never going to return to it.

There's such a great groove to all of these songs, and the mix of punk and rap work to this album's benefit.

Low's final album "HEY WHAT", is an insanely impressive listen, it sounds like regular pop and rock tropes being taken to massive extremes. There is so much detail in this album that all add up to an incredible listen. The vocals are great, and mix surprisingly well with the very noisy and harsh production. Don't see myself returning to this often, but it's still worth a listen

89 --> 95 (First listen in over a year)

SOL GLO is one of the best and most underrated rap albums of the last few years. The writing is absolutely phenomenal and emotionally poignant, and is made better by Uno Hype's rapping. You believe everything this man says, from the more intimate aspects of his relationship struggles on "Leave", to his outlook on the current state of America on tracks like "Color Me". The production is incredible, with the fusion of more jazz ... read more

Much of this album's production reminds me of "EATEOT" by The Caretaker, with the ambient droning, disjointed sounding classical music, and the overall hopeless and depressing feel of the whole thing. There's a certain dreamlike quality to many of these songs, with the singing being almost incomprehensible through the production, with your brain trying to make sense of the whole thing. Probably my favourite project from the group I've heard.

Since this is apparently his final album under the name "Childish Gambino", it definitely sounds like him executing on all the ideas he's wanted to try before but has never had the chance to do. There aren't two songs on here that sound similar, it's all over the place. This can work as both to the album's benefit and detriment, as on one hand, it can show Glover's versatility as an artist, but on the other hand, it means that album doesn't feel like a ... read more