Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
84

Great production, great lyricism, great message. I find that the message does occasionally get muddled with misdirected "blame," but not enough to dock down the whole project. I also think that the braggadocio on this album is particularly unhelpful to the message, which is my main reason for it not being higher. The main message is very similar to that of The Low End Theory, but it does go a bit deeper than TLET, however it is also significantly more flawed in its execution for the ... read more

Dominic Fike - Don't Forget About Me, Demos
70

All of the songs on their own are pretty good, although quite simple. However, put together, they are a bit repetitive and boring.

McKinley Dixon - Magic, Alive!
97

McKinley Dixon is criminally underrated

45

Imma be honest, I always feel like Eminem brings out the worst in JID. I felt like that on Fuel, I feel like that even more on here. The lyrics on here are technically good, but for the most part lack any real substance or anything. It's another tick on the regular trend of Eminem sacrificing on concepts to deliver cheap wordplay and gloating, and JID seems to be following in his footsteps on tracks like this (not in general, just on their collabs).

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
93

This took me forever to warm up to, but now that I have, it's incredible.

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
94

Beautiful tale of internal issues. It feels like a bittersweet memory of the old Kanye.

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
78

Dark and deep, but also is kinda ragebait on like half the songs

Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
70

Fun, but lacks a bit of maturity and substance

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
99

Best storytelling album of the decade

Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
85

It's a bit unpolished, but still great

Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
97

Some of the best internal storytelling in the game

Mobb Deep - Infinite
80

It's kinda depressing

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