55 years old? No problem. I'm a little ashamed to admit that I haven't familiarized myself with Wu-Tang's discography, and I also haven't checked out their members solo efforts. However, when I saw that Raekwon announced a return album, I immediately became intrigued. Despite my unfamiliarity with their music, I hold an incredible amount of respect for Raekwon and the rest of the Wu-Tang Clan. They've influenced a lot of my favorite rappers today (3 of them are on this ... read more

New Tyler to kick off the week? Hell yeah. Receiving a new Tyler album this soon definitely caught me off guard, but after listening to this project and seeing its length, I think it makes a lot more sense. Instead of going for a grand, conceptual album, Tyler takes a step back and delivers an album that is simply just fun. Tyler himself said that this album should be listened to while moving, so I took his advice. I went over to a local park, put on my headphones, and started listening. This ... read more

Jim Legxacy is someone that I've heard a lot about, but I haven't actually heard any of his music before. I saw this album getting a lot of buzz online, and wanted to dip into something new so I decided to listen too it. This would turn out to be a pretty good decision! Black British Music is absurdly fun and taps into a bunch of different genres, combining them into a unique blend that is super fun to listen to. I know Jim Legxacy is pretty underground right now, but holy shit, this ... read more

I remember listening to most of this album a couple of months ago and thinking it was pretty decent, but I never ended up finishing it. So, I decided I was finally going to finish it today. This is my first Ghais Guevara project that I've heard, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The only thing that I knew was that he tended to get pretty experimental, which intrigued me quite a bit. To be honest, this album doesn't showcase as much of that as I was expecting. This album has ... read more

Untiljapan's softmore album is a pretty considerable step up from his last project. While his last album had pretty solid tracks, a lot of them kind of just didn't stand out much because they were lacking unique individual characteristics that hooked me in. However, this time around, the songs feel a lot more interesting and nuanced. The production on this album is extremely impressive, and downright some of the best production I've heard on an album this year. The highs when it ... read more

Man... a sequel to Summertime Butch out of all things??? The predecessor to this album stands for me as Benny's worst project, so my expectations for this weren't high, to say the least. The good news is that this is considerably better than the 1st Summertime Butch, even if I still think it's not that impressive. Benny's hype has just really plummeted over the past 2 or so years, and it's honestly really sad to see. When this project got announced, I didn't really ... read more

Man... what a rough week to be a diehard Travis Scott fan. Honestly, you don't even need to be a massive Travis Scott fan to be disappointed. After Pusha T called out Travis Scott and basically called him a fraud, he went on to drop an absolutely terrific project with Clipse. I know music is subjective and all, but that album has received some incredibly positive feedback from rappers and fans alike (except for some Travis fans who were adamant that the project wasn't good). ... read more

Good lord, Saba is just way too good. Bucket List Project was Saba's debut album, and it definitely doesn't disappoint in the slightest. There is one main theme here that is incredibly persistent throughout the album. The concept of the "Bucket List" is constantly brought up throughout this project through the lyrics and sometimes through little interludes at the end of songs. This project really sends a message of sticking to your dreams, regardless of how far-fetched you ... read more

Boldy x Craven summer edition! These two always deliver when it comes to projects. Fair Exchange No Robbery remains as one of my personal favorite Boldy James projects to this day. Additionally, Penalty of Leadership has grown on me tremendously ever since it came out. This is the first album from these two to be released in the summertime, and the sound of it honestly reflects it. It's got this luxurious feel to it, like on the song Cordon Bleu with that gorgeous jazz sample. Craven is ... read more

It's been 16 years since the last Clipse project. 16 YEARS! Words cannot describe how monumental of a return this is. In that 16 year gap between albums, Pusha T and his brother Malice had career paths that diverged quite a bit. Pusha T went on to have an incredibly successful solo rap career, releasing lots of great music and impacting the culture of hip-hop in many ways. Malice on the other hand chose to step away from the limelight, and lurked in the shadows. He released some music ... read more

Saba has been one of the most consistent and high-quality rappers for the past ten years. This mixtape came out in 2014, and despite it being pretty old compared to his newer work, this project is genuinely awesome. Maybe it's not as polished and concise as his newer work, but it still absolutely rocks regardless. Luckily for me and many other Saba listeners out there, this project was released on streaming services as part of a 10-year anniversary. Saba really had such a mature and ... read more

Surprisingly, I'm not too crazy about this EP. I don't know if it's the mixing, the beat selection, or what, but there are just some extremely awkward moments on here. There were times when even JID himself sounded out of place, which I found very odd. The features on here are not great either, ESPECIALLY Eminem who sounds like complete dogshit for some reason. His mix is so bad that it genuinely sounds like AI or something. I don't know man, this just didn't really ... read more

LYFESTYLE can seem quite a bit disappointing coming off of an album as good as 2093, but I honestly didn't think it was too bad. Instead of going on the experimental route again, Yeat decides to go back to his core sound that he's known for. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of songs on here that still have that experimental edge to them. However, this album is much simpler to digest compared to an album like 2093. The biggest drawback of this album in my opinion, is how ... read more

So when I listened to Yeat's previous project "AftërLyfe", I mentioned how distant and different it sounded from other Yeat projects. Well, 2093 seriously takes the cake in terms of sounding different. If AftërLyfe was Yeat experimenting with some new sounds, this project is a complete artistic transformation in comparison. 2093 is a really futuristic, dark and entrancing listen with some of the most interesting sounding songs in Yeat's catalogue. There are a lot ... read more

AftërLyfe is such an interesting album. It feels quite distant from other Yeat projects in terms of its aesthetic and sound. This project has a very droned out and eccentric feeling too it. There were times where I thought this change in sound was a really good thing, and other times where I kind of just zoned out. This album is a double-edged sword of sorts. It can make you float with an ethereal song like Mysëlf, which has this ambient and spacey beauty to it that makes it one of ... read more

While I can appreciate a shorter and more concise Yeat project, it's still just as inconsistent as his previous release 2 Alivë. One thing that really like about this project is the production. I feel like there are Yeat projects where the production from song to song can sound super alike, but I commend this project for at least switching up things a little bit. You got songs on here like Can't stop it, which has this guitar riff looped in the background, which gives that song a ... read more

Trëndi is a short little EP from Yeat, and it absolutely bangs. This EP was released a little over a month before Yeat dropped Up 2 Më, and judging by the form Yeat was in on here, it makes a lot of sense why that album was so good. We start out with Mad Bout That, which is just immediately infectious and memorable with those adlibs of his. Next up is Fukit, which might be one of my favorite Yeat songs I've heard so far. The combination of the wavy beat, his vocal inflections, ... read more

Despite the 2 Alivë deluxe (aka the Geëk Pack) being about half as long as the original project, I think it's actually much better. It's just so refreshing listening to a shorter Yeat project, even if it's just a deluxe. Honestly a lot of the tracks on the deluxe would've easily been some of the highlights on the original album. Big tonka with Lil Uzi Vert starts this thing off on such a good foot, giving us an absolute banger. After that, we get more bangers like ... read more

Up to this point in his discography I can confidently say that Yeat has improved on every single release. 4L was an improvement of Alivë and Up 2 Më was an improvement of 4L. However, for the first time I think we saw some regression in Yeat's sound. Maybe he hit a dead-end with this style, but this project really feels flat to me. There's just a bunch of mediocre songs on here, and frankly a bunch of stuff that didn't move me. Like every Yeat project this still has ... read more

I don't necessarily think Up 2 Më was a super "influential" album, but it damn sure had a chokehold on mainstream rap during 2021 and a majority of 2022. This album really represents the evolution and perfection of Yeat's signature rage sound. This album is commonly known as Yeat's breakout project, and for good reason. I think the production on here is levels ahead of his other work up to this point. Some of these beats feel so unconventional and I really love ... read more