Paramore - This Is Why
63

6 years after their last album, Paramore makes their return, and I’m kinda mixed on this. Not bad by any means, it’s solid, but I was expecting better

RAYE - My 21st Century Blues
72

After leaving a bad label deal that wouldn’t let her release a proper album, RAYE went independent and was able to finally make the debut album she wanted to do, and for 7 years in the industry, it was long overdue. This would be the result after achieving big success independently, and for a debut LP, this is a good effort. This tackles on various heavy topics based on her own struggles, as well as daring attempts to mix Pop with R&B, Soul and even a bit of Hip Hop and Electronic. At ... read more

Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.
75

I never thought I would talk about a Lil Yachty album in 2023, but here we are. This is got to the weirdest thing that he has ever put his name on, and something even more shocking to myself, this is an album with some experimentation with an Alternative sound, and it does work for me. His warbled autotuned delivery does work with this sound, there’s a lot of novelty in this, but there’s also some flaws on some tracks here. Still, it’s a really good album, and easily the best ... read more

Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors
76

An improvement from Heaven & Hell, but I don’t think this album takes Ava to greatness just yet, but it’s still a fun pop album, calling back to early Lady Gaga with a pure pop sound with some tracks containing dance elements. It’s a good album with some great songs here, no signs of a sophomore slump for me

Sam Smith - Gloria
62

This album could’ve been good, it has some highlights that I liked here, but then there’s the obvious two worst songs that numbed down my overall listen, it’s inconsistent and messy in terms of quality. So yeah, I’m underwhelmed by this, despite being a solid album from them

SZA - SOS
67

23 tracks. A long but frustrating listen through the whole thing, but it’s still a solid album overall.
It’s not beating Ctrl, but if this is her last album, it’s mostly a nice send off.

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