Daringer laced that St Regis beat with crack cocaine, my goodness man. More Steroids is very similar to Reject on Steroids, except for the fact that it's longer. This project still really carries that dark vibe that the previous mixtape had. Daringer and DJ Green Lantern are once again behind most of the production on here just like last time. You also get to hear Conway on other rappers beats again, like with 187th Chamber where he raps over the 4th Chamber beat (shoutout RZA). Oh yeah, ... read more

Despite the cover being absolutely ridiculous, this is a really solid mixtape from Conway! The run from Love Freestyle to iLL is absolutely GAS. The production on here is really solid too. It's mostly DJ Green Lantern and Daringer beats, and they both were in their bag. They did such a good job at creating some really intense and dark beats for Conway to rap on. I wanted to also give a shoutout to Roc Marciano's beat here on Love Freestyle, as it's one of my favorite beats on ... read more

I have to say, this trilogy is an underrated album series in Conway's discography. I don't really have a name for it, some people refer to it as the skull series, so I'll refer to it as such. Out of the skull trilogy, this is probably the worst one. Even so, it's actually a pretty solid project. The production by Big Ghost isn't as good as his other projects with Conway, but it's good enough. I think he does a good job of bringing some grimy production for Conway ... read more

Man, what a heartbreaking listen. Ballonerism is an album by Mac Miller that was being worked on during the "Faces" era, but it kind of ended up being scrapped and forgotten about as he would go on to work on other stuff. However, fast forward a little more than 10 years later and his estate would announce the release of Balloonerism. I know posthumous releases are a very touchy subject for a lot of people, so I can completely understand why someone might frown upon the decision to ... read more

Ehh.. this was fine I guess? Organized Grime 2 didn't really make any noticeable improvements compared to the first installment. In fact, I feel like this one is worse. Where this project is lacking is from a production standpoint. There are some very forgettable beats on here. Apollo Brown is probably the only producer that had a memorable beat on here, because the guy really knows how to chop up a sample. Besides that though, these beats just feel mundane and repetitive. Conway's ... read more

The first Organized Grime actually surprised me a little bit. I was pretty convinced that this was going to be absolute cheeks because it was a project put together by some random ass clothing brand. Nonetheless, this project isn't too bad! I think the production is fairly typical for a project of this kind, but it's certainly not bad. The beats are nice to nod your head to and are just some overall solid boom-bap beats. Conway does his thing on this as well. Y'know how boxers ... read more

Man, this project didn't do it for me, to be honest. You would think that Conductor and Conway would bring the best out of each other, but I feel like both of them underperformed here. I absolutely love Conductor but the beats on here were not hitting like they usually do. They almost sound like beats made by someone who was trying their best to emulate Conductor's style. Conway himself is fine and has some good lines every once in a while, but his rapping is noticeably worse than it ... read more

The Devil's Reject is honestly a pretty hard project to analyze compared to Conway's other works. It's a mixtape that only has a couple of original tracks and a bunch of tracks where Conway raps over a bunch of different rappers instrumentals. This project has kind of a cool novelty to it because we get to hear Conway over a bunch of iconic beats from big artists which I thought was pretty neat. His cover of Rigamortis was definitely my favorite, and he literally adopts ... read more

Raw is FLYGOD is an EP that is made up of one track, that is a little over 14 minutes long. It is comprised of five separate parts, with each part being produced by Daringer. I won't go into each separate part individually, I'll just talk about the EP as a whole. Daringer has some pretty good production on here, but it's nothing I haven't heard from him before. There was a really beautiful soul sample he chopped up on one of the tracks, which was by far my favorite beat. ... read more

Riots on Fashion Avenue is a pretty obscure project in Westside Gunn's catalogue, and it's decent at best. Mil Beats handles the production on this one, and it's far from the best production that Gunn has rapped on, but he has some interesting beats on here. For example, I like how he's able to use horns on some of the beats here, especially on my favorite track Don't Trust A Soul (the original one). I like the use of horns and other instruments to kind of add a chaotic ... read more

BOLDFACE feels pretty insignificant compared to the other Boldy and Alchemist projects, but that doesn't mean it's bad by any means. This is just a short EP, consisting of only 5 tracks. None of the tracks are super standouts, and it flies by in the blink of an eye. Uncle Al provides some really smooth production, which Boldy raps very nicely on. There's not much else to say besides that, to be honest. My favorite track is funnily enough the shortest track, "My First ... read more

Young Fathers is a group that has interested me for a while, so I figured it was finally time to dive into their discography. I already have some experience with this group, as I've listened to their two most recent albums. Young Fathers is a group that consists of three members: Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole, and Graham Hastings. Even though the genre on here just says "Experimental Hip-Hop", this group is so much more than that. This is probably their most bare-bones ... read more

Boldy, you don't have to drop a project every three weeks to keep the fans satisfied; you can relax now, trust me. Boldy's little project run at the end of 2024 was questionable at best, to say the least. The Bricktionary was pretty mediocre, and Hidden in Plain Sight was even worse. However, this joint right here makes both of those projects look like classics in comparison. In my opinion, Boldy has unparalleled consistency, so me giving him a red rating is like the equivalent of ... read more

Death Grips most recent album is quite a weird one. Year of the Snitch is an amalgamation of a bunch of different sounds, put together in a way that feels pretty unique in Death Grips discography. This album also has quite a bit of rock influence, and you can hear it in the production. However, it's not nearly as hardcore as other Death Grips albums, in fact, it's quite tame in the grand scheme of things. While you get some manic MC Ride moments, his presence feels much more stripped ... read more

I don't know what this Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix stuff is all about, but this project was pretty neat! Steroids is an EP by Death Grips which is essentially split up into 8 different sections. Each section has been crammed into a single track which has a runtime of 22 and a half minutes. I don't really want to dive into each individual section of this project, but kind of summarize it as a whole, because I think it was intended to be interpreted as such, hence why they put ... read more

This record sounds like if Jenny Death and The Money Store had a baby. Bottomless Pit takes some of that rock-inspired production that made Jenny Death so explosive and fuses it with the catchy style of The Money Store. What you get is their best project, at least in my mind. This is easily up there for my favorite produced Death Grips project. The production flows so smoothly from the more abrasive stuff to moments of reprieve, where the production becomes more mellow. Anything that involves a ... read more

The Powers That B was a pretty big album for the group. It's the only double album in Death Grip's discography, and both sides of this album couldn't be any more different from one another.

Firstly, we'll start with "N****s On The Moon", which is just straight-up auditory chaos. You might notice that every song features Björk, and that's because every song contains chopped-up Björk vocals. Crazily enough, Björk actually gave the group some ... read more

Alright Boldy, I love you man but can you slow down dropping all that... Alright, I won't go there, but I wasn't crazy about The Bricktionary, and I'm even less crazy about this project. This is a short little EP with Boldy on the mic, and whothehelliscarlo on the production. This guy has produced some modern-style Detroit trap for artists like Lil Yachty, 42 Dugg, Babyface Ray, Zelooperz, and more. So, coming into this album I kind of expected to hear that kind of sound, but ... read more

The "Fashion Week" era of Death Grips was pretty odd. Death Grips planned to release a double album and each half of it separately before combining both albums. After releasing "N****'s on the Moon", the band seemingly appeared like they were going to retire, after writing a note on a napkin and posting it online. SIKE! Out of nowhere, they dropped a brand new project that didn't have anything to do with their double album The Powers That B, which would later be ... read more

A majority of Death Grips fans consider this to be their weakest project, so I thought I wasn't going to like this much, but it turned out to be pretty solid. Government Plates is easily their least abrasive album (for Death Grips standards of course). It's also probably the most electronic-centric album I've heard from them so far. There is surprisingly a lot of production on here that reminds me of something you might hear at a rave or the club. Compared to their previous ... read more