Though aware of S. Maharba for months, especially in the past month or so this has been my go to album. Mostly because it's very easy-listening, with these cascading sample loops becoming throughly addicting. Especially at night, this sets the atmosphere perfectly, walking down the city. Each track reinforces eachother well, which is what's necessary for a great instrumental hip hop tape, so it flows smoothly and you'd want to go back to it again and again. Though, that's not to say there isn't ... read more

In this new single, it takes what is a new, unexpected approach to Rina's sound. Here, she's still collaborating with Clarence Clarity, who does the production for a heavy amount of her music, but instead of singing over this very glitzy, bright production, as what she usually does, the instrumental right from the start makes it known that this will be more aggressive, with this guitar riff reminiscent of early 2000's nu-metal. Not necessarily an idea that would automatically make a song bad, ... read more

I get a whole lot more entertainment reading their pretentious Spotify artist description, than hearing this album. What I get the most out of these 9 tracks is that they just didn't try. They got the dreamy sound they wanted, but didn't do anything to develop it any further into something that would be either catchy, emotive, or even engaging. All that I think of while listening is counting how many times I've yawned (7 I believe it is). Idk, maybe I'll play this again when I'm having a ... read more

An album where it feels as if every track is viciously competing against eachother for the award of worst song. The thing I can give this album credit for is that it's entertaining, but only in the sense that for 47 minutes I get to laugh at the cheap alternative rock production, with guitar noises and hi hats, which honestly wouldn't surprise me if they were made off an iPad. Additionally, this singing from Kid Cudi? Ok, yeah, he has never been notorious for being a gifted vocalist, but I feel ... read more