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underscores - U
underscores
U
94
Apr 8
MIKE - POMPEII // UTILITY
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & Surf Gang
POMPEII // UTILITY
86
Apr 5

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Edward Skeletrix - Body of Work
Edward Skeletrix
Body of Work
2026 • LP
92
May 4
Chief Keef - Almighty So
Chief Keef
Almighty So
2013 • Mixtape
93
Apr 28
ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
ScHoolboy Q
Blank Face LP
2016 • LP
90
Apr 23
Mac Miller - Faces
Mac Miller
Faces
2014 • Mixtape
94
Apr 23
slayr - Half Blood (BloodLuxe)
slayr
Half Blood (BloodLuxe)
2026 • Reissue
90
Apr 23
underscores - U
underscores
U
2026 • LP
94
Apr 8
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth
Gang Starr
Moment of Truth
1998 • LP
98
Apr 7

Recent Reviews

Edward Skeletrix - Body of Work
92

A deeply moving and unsettling exploration of artistic burnout and slavery to creativity.

MIKE - Minty
84

Anyone who complains about MIKE being on trap beats needs to shut the FUCK up

Björk - Vulnicura
98

Vespertines younger but more mature sister

While many of Björks albums deal with themes of intimacy, care, love, and all the nice things, this record was her at her most mature, and emotionally devastated after her breakup with Mathew Barney. Vulnicura feels quite similar to Vespertine, with uses of violin and her signature microbeats, incredibly descriptive lyrics and many textures, and immense emotional weight. But while Vespertine cradles with you with its comfort and simplicity, ... read more

Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
96

PIMP PIMP❗️HOORAYYYY
Happy 10th to this criminally underrated project

This project hits so much harder than I remembered. It's sits at in interesting point in Kendrick's discography, being released as a compilation of songs that were made during the creation of what would one of the best musical works of all time, To Pimp A Butterfly, and you can really tell.

To me this project plays out like a live performance over a 34 minute runtime. The raw, demo-style sound really garners ... read more

Willy Rodriguez - wetdream
95

Im not a crier but this got me pretty damn close. I don't really know what I was expecting going into this, but it's very bewildering with how noisy and loud it is, but all the instruments come together to make something quite beautiful. And the lyrics are nothing short of devastating


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