The highs are classics, the lows are...well...R. Kelly.

Worthless, but still good ig.

The first four are classics, and then it more or less goes downhill from there. Overall, my biggest complaint is this album's insistence on balancing substance and glamour. This needed to be all glamour, imo.

For all off the things Kanye's done in recent memory, I was really hoping I would agree with Fantano---at least a little. But no, this is actually amazing. Sigh.

Edit: 90 -> 87

The influence is the only exceptional thing about this album. The vocals range from mid to good. The production is actually the best aspect of the album, but there are some boring moments sonically. As far as the subject matter goes, it's emotional and personal for sure, but a little repetitive.

Although I think I prefer College Dropout slightly more, this has higher highs and higher lows. The production is classic, the features are improved from TCD, and Kanye's verses are iconic. GOLD DIGGER IS OVERHATED!!!

Kanye is so endlessly talented and entertaining at the same time, it's amazing.

Essentially a collab between Black Thought and Sean C, this is very much a weaker version of Cheat Codes, with worse beats and worse features. Black Thought fucking kills it, as expected.

A little too long, but I don't even care because the sheer quality of the added tracks makes up for it. They're almost all amazing.

This wasn't that good outside of a few pretty good highs. The production is definitely worse than any other Simz album, and the rapping doesn't feel as polished either.

Good start for Little Simz's studio albums, but you're not missing much by skipping out on this one.

I love this game sm.

Don't mind me, just crying in a corner.

Something I didn't expect from a Tame Impala album, a great overarching story, even though I've always liked Kevin Parker's writing. The sound of course remains incredible.

Very underrated project, I don't think this is that much weaker than Tame Impala's other more critically-acclaimed albums.

Very solid mixtape, but you could get pretty much all the good tracks by just listening to the first six tracks and the outro. The others are good, but I found that the project wasn't very consistent despite only being 40 minutes.

Pretty much just a more boring and unimpressive version of his last LP, but still quite solid.

This is high-key(m) Carter's best album and I really hope we don't have to wait another 5 years for his third album :)

Another pretty big switchup in sound for Staples, which was expected after a 2 year hiatus of no albums. The new melodic sound is refreshing, and it feels like a sing of maturity for Vince.

Damn, Vince works really well on trap production! Although I think this album is lacking a little bit in substance, Vince still has incredible flow. Plus, the short length actually benefits the replayability of the album quite a bit.