After listening to, and enjoying "boy" quite a bit, I figured I should check out 2hollis's other stuff. I think the first thing that I noticed is that his older stuff sounds MUCH different from his more "modern" electronic-based sound. This EP was honestly not really moving the needle for me at all. 2hollis isn't exactly known for super complex song structure, but a majority of the songs on here genuinely have some of the most basic song structure I've ever ... read more

There was one day when I was listening to Spotify, and I pulled an absolute banger recommended track. That track was Fuck My Computer. I saved this album immediately as soon as I heard it. This album sat in my library for a while, but I decided to finally give it a listen, and it was pretty good! The overall theme of this album is pretty evident from the title and cover. Clean up your room, damn! This is an album about Ninajirachi's experience growing up in the digital age, which I'm ... read more

I don't think this project is nearly as fleshed out as black british music, but it's still a really solid work regardless. This was honestly such a chill project. Like his other work, he's not afraid to bend and mix a bunch of different sounds into one individual album. Although there is definitely a variety of genres on this album, I did find a lot of these songs kind of blending into one another. However, there were a couple that stood out to me. I thought dj was such a good ... read more

This has to be like a top 5 funniest project I've ever heard. No other rapper could replicate what SahBabii did on Anime World man, I'm telling you. I've been getting into SahBabii quite a bit recently, and I've had a lot of his songs on repeat. One of those songs was Squidrific, which is a pretty funny song, but it's legitimately really good. So I thought, why don't I listen to the album it came from? It turns out that this album is actually really good, and ... read more

This was my introduction to 2hollis, and I have to say... I'm pretty impressed. I feel like the internet discourse around 2hollis has been relatively divisive, whether it's about how he's overrated or how other artists in his lane are leagues better. Everytime I think of 2hollis, I always think about that one JPEGMAFIA tweet about him (if you don't know what I'm talking about look it up). Maybe it's because the fusion of electronic music with pop is very popular ... read more

Got this recommended to me by a friend who thought I might like it, and yeah this was pretty decent. Niontay has a really unique style that I find quite interesting. It's a combination of cloud rap mixed with trap, which makes for some really funky and unique sounding songs. The combination of these genres is nothing new, but the whole aesthetic of this project can sound really odd at some points. I think his music really takes some adjusting too, to be honest. He usually raps in a very ... read more

There's been some buzz around this mixtape from Slayr for a little while now, and considering I've never heard of this guy once in my life, I wasn't too interested in checking it out. However, when my friends started talking about how good this guys music was, I thought I would give it a try. It turns out that this was a REALLY good decision. This was so much better than I could've imagined it being. I said this in a previous review, but if you do rage beats right, they can ... read more

If you're on TikTok in any capacity (or any social media for that matter), you've heard one of this mans songs before. I don't think I truly grasped how big of a deal this guy was, until I actually checked his Spotify for the first time. He's released VERY little music, and he's got almost 13.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify, which just kind of blows my mind. I mean this is completely organic too, like he just genuinely came out of nowhere. He isn't signed to ... read more

Admittedly, I haven't listened to much Zelooperz, but from what I've heard this is probably my favorite project of his. He is genuinely such a versatile and creative artist. The song that introduced me to him was Easter Sunday, so I thought he was pretty similar to an artist like Earl Sweatshirt. However, when I dug deeper into this catalogue, I realized that this guy might be more akin to an artist like Danny Brown. I mean he's from Detroit, so it definitely makes more sense. To ... read more

Conway dropped a half decent album? It's been a minute man. I think it's pretty fair to say that Conway hasn't dropped a good solo project since God Don't Make Mistakes, with that album (in my opinion) being the best work he's ever released. So, seeing Conway get back on track is really damn satisfying. I don't think this project is nearly as good as some of his older work, but it's a step in the right direction for sure. This project has a good mix of some ... read more

I cannot believe people were right about DJ Premier. When I saw all of the comments complaining about his production, I couldn't believe it, to be honest. Unfortunately, the haters were right. I was absolutely stoked about this album when it was announced. When Define My Name released last year, I thought we were going to get another modern Nas classic. Disappointingly, the album got delayed for a while, until it was finally released just recently. I thought that maybe this extended time ... read more

Like I said in my UY SCUTI review, the current mainstream trap scene is... not good. When I saw that this album was announced, I was actually pretty damn excited. Despite the modern discourse around 21 Savage and how he's "washed" and "a one-trick pony," I still think he's an artist capable of delivering a good project. At least that's what I thought before listening to this album. I have to say, I thought that american dream was quite forgettable, but that ... read more

This duo just hits every time man. I don't know if they can ever top Fair Exchange No Robbery, but I will GLADLY consume whatever they have to offer. Late to My Own Funeral was another album they dropped, which I thought was majorly underappreciated at the time of its release. Their newest project is once again pretty damn good, and I feel like it may go under the radar. Boldy sounds unbelievably locked in on here. Maybe the most locked in he's been all year? Hard to say, but he ... read more

Whoa, MAVI really floating fr! The Pilot is a prelude to MAVI's upcoming album First In Flight, which is set to be released in 2026. After he released shadowbox, I really started to tune into more of his music, and regrettably, I still need to check out some of his older projects. Regardless when he released some of the singles for this mixtape, I was all over them immediately, and they were amazing. It really felt like he was going in a different direction from his previous work, and that ... read more

New Kenny! It's been a minute since I've heard some new Kenny Mason, so I was pretty excited to check this out. With Pup Pack: 2nd Shift set to release tomorrow, it seems like Kenny is gearing up for a new project which is pretty exciting. This first EP was pretty solid, with Loyalty and A1 being your pretty typical Kenny bangers, which usually always hit for me. What really impressed me was Burn It Up, which is a rock adjacent track. I always appreciate when Kenny leans into the rock ... read more

Rest in peace to Nujabes man. Spiritual State was Nujabes final album, and his first posthumous release after his untimely death due to a car accident. It's probably my least favorite album of his, but that's only because his other projects are so damn good. This is still a good project, it just doesn't have some of the breathtaking and awe-inspiring moments that some of his other works have. While I pretty much enjoyed every song cause it's Nujabes (so you know it's ... read more

Been wanting to listen to this album for a while, and by every measure, this is a banger! JVB really piqued my interest last year when they dropped their album NO HANDS. What's even funnier is that after I started getting into their music, I would see commercials on TV that used their songs (I think it was a Domino's commercial). So, to say these guys were trending up would be an understatement. One thing that JVB always brings is energy. So, how about if these guys made a dance ... read more

I think it's pretty fair to say that Danny Brown has been one of the most creative players in the hip-hop game for quite some time now. You could grab the most eccentric beat imaginable, and Danny would find a way to rap on it. So when Danny completely switches it up in terms of an album sound, should we surprised that it works pretty damn well? Nope, not at all. Stardust is a far cry from Quaranta in terms of its sound, and compared to the rest of his albums this is really on its own ... read more

Hmm.. alright. C0FFEE! really feels like a culmination of creative ideas circulating in Saba's head. At least, that's how I like to see it. None of these tracks really function as full songs. They're short and feel incomplete. However, I think that's kind of the point. A collection of demos, scrapped tracks? I'm not really sure, but it's an interesting project to listen to, regardless of whether I think it's going to stick in my head or not. I'm guessing ... read more

Y'know, I can't say I expected HEELS HAVE EYES to become a trilogy, but this whole series has turned out to be a really solid installment to the Westside Gunn discography. This project continues that kind of aesthetic Gunn was going for on the previous HEELS HAVE EYES projects. Very boom-bap focused, with a little bit of that Griselda flair. There wasn't anything in particular on here that blew me away, but this project has some really solid rapping from guests such as Rome ... read more