Vince Staples - Cry Baby
95

first time properly listening to a Vince Staples album and with how good this is it certainly wont be the last.
Brilliant commentary on the current states of both the shitshow that is American politics and the nightmare that is general societal discourse worldwide. Militarism and Imperialism are the worst things to happen to this world. Overall the messaging is near-perfect.
This album is also amazing sonically. Some of the best rap-rock in ages, this album blends Hip-Hop and rock sounds ... read more

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
80

Very good Electro/Dance Pop EP. She freaky asf on some of these.

Bad Romance is a Classic, pretty easily Gaga's best song (top 3 at the very least)
Alejandro keeps up the yearning tone and is cool
Monster is my first big critique here, the autotune work is really messy
Speechless is really cool, Gaga shows off her vocal capabilities backed by an instrumental reminiscent of something you'd hear in an old-timey music bar and i dig it, this song its straight out of a highschool ... read more

Converge - Axe To Fall
90

a bunch of really good songs sandwiched between two REALLY good songs
Fav tracks: Cruel Bloom, Dark Horse
8/10 for now, will certainly move up with more listens
EDIT: basically the same day, relistened, 80 --> 85
EDIT 2: I enjoy and appreciate this album more with every listen 85 --> 90

Sangre Y Joseka - Arrgh!
60

found this through an .fmbot pfp lol
From what I can tell this isnt that serious of an album and I think it executes upon its more carefree vibe pretty well, tracks like Huele a que and Sigue disparando illustrate the sound of the whole album pretty well
can't say anything about lyrics because i dont understand spanish but they were certainly flowing on some of these tracks.
Beats are snazzy, a little basic and kinda wonky at times but all around they're pretty good. I like some of ... read more

cight - A R C H I T E C T U R E
80

v i b e s s s
Just a concise package of smooth asf cloud rap beats, no cases of songs overstaying their welcome whatsoever. As per its nature as cloud rap, the soundscape is just amazing. Also fucking insane that this was all made at such a relatively young age, especially back in 2014 when that was much less common. Also on the note of being made in 2014: this absolutely still hold up to today's standards.
Insane replay value.
Fav Tracks: i n j u r y , a r m o r y
very clean 8/10

Knocked Loose - Hive Mind
95

one of my favourite singles from this year so far
This was my introduction to Knocked Loose as a Denzel Fan and FUCK they're good, Zel went crazy on this too.
I NEED MORE HEAVY RAP METAL LIKE THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Jane Remover - ♡
80

Jane's 2025 output was fuckin insane holy. To think these were practically throwaways too...
This EP at a surface level is a series of soyjakking to "OMG insane self-interpolation/sample" but even despite that its still an insanely good and consistent set of songs that really makes me wish we got the full pop-ish album that this was supposed to end up being. eh, can't get everything in life, if anything we should be happy to get all these songs officially in general.
Fav ... read more

leroy - status update music
90

Jane back at it again holy fuckkkkkkkkkk
I love the use of fragments of revengeseekerz as dariacore elements, crazy that all these parts of songs i already love can be reused in a way that makes them still feel just as fresh and sometimes even better than the originals. This project is the intersection of the whole Revengeseekerz "era" (if you can even call it that given how often she switches up her sound) and the typical hard-hitting hype Leroy formula that we know and love and i ... read more

availax - STEREO MIX
80

ITS AWESOME SAUCEEEEE
not much else to say other than that this is just some really fun upbeat vibey dancey [adjective]y work! transitions between songs are a really cool touch too.
lowkey feeling an 8/10 on this, PurpleWoman boutta MOG the SHIT outta Iceman 👀👀👀👀👀

American Football - American Football
80

This is my first American Football album and honestly my first time fully listening to an emo album in general, as such i dont really have anything to compare it to.
However what i AM able to say say is that DAMN this vibe is superb. I get the impression that American Football has really refined their sound and I totally dig it. Will absolutely listen to more of their stuff soon. The melancholic and kinda dreary sound complements the similar tone of the lyrics i caught onto on this first listen ... read more

Conan Gray - Wishbone Deluxe
80

THIS IS A RATING FOR THE WHOLE PACKAGE OF THE ORIGINAL WISHBONE AS WELL AS THE DELUXE:
The deluxe provides 5 new tracks which serve as good additions to the overall Wishbone track list. They fit in well with the original album. I was hoping that the rest of the deluxe would live up to the high standard of the lead single, but i guess its called "The Best" for a reason. absolutely not to say the new songs are bad, but The Best is definitely the standout on first listen and is also ... read more

Magdalena Bay - Nice Day: A Collection of Singles
95

This is so unfair lmfaooo
Some of their best songs ever. Cant give an 100 because of the format's inherent lack of cohesion/consistency.
Fav tracks: Second Sleep, TitW, BESC
9.5/10

Snoop Dogg - 10 Til' Midnight
50

I really thought we were boutta get something good with that intro... unfortunately we did not.
This is Snoop's best project is a pretty long time though.
5/10

Charli xcx - BRAT
75

kinda disappointed because i thought i would really like this but it just didnt click with me.
There's been huge buzz about how good this album is ever since it came out and i'd just never taken the time to listen to it but the radio station that my parents put on decided it wanted to have a break from the Kiwiana/local music and played Von Dutch... and i fw it heavy. Unfortunately the rest of the album didnt leave nearly as good of an impression on me.
I've now listened to it a ... read more

black midi - Hellfire
90

stunning
(will write a proper review later, i've been listening to this everyday for almost a week and still haven't been able to collect my thoughts on it... but its GOOD)

JID - God Does Like Ugly
80

not quite as good as TFS but still really good.
Consistently great tracks and i'm a fan of the overall sound but some of the features kinda bring it down.
Favourite tracks: Community, For Keeps, Sk8
8/10, MIGHT raise with more listens but idk

Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
90

just an incredibly solid dance album, not much more to say.
Fav tracks: BEAT UP CHANEL$, DANCE...
9/10

BTS - ARIRANG
55

my first BTS album and yeah this is about what i expected.
There are a couple clever lyrics in this and overall the boys are good at making a catchy chorus but this is overally pretty mid.
Aliens is so close to being a good song
FYA makes me very uncomfortable but also has a couple interesting lyrics
No. 29... man what the fuck were they thinking
Merry Go Round has super production (i wonder why that might be) and the boys also just so happened to lock tf in on it, defo the best song on the ... read more

90

shit's insane, dig it.
Hacker, Get Got, I've Seen Footage are amazing

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