Jim Legxacy - black british music (2025)
81

Jim is him.

Fav Tracks: stick, new David bowie, issues of trust, father, big time forward, I just banged a sinus in Canada water, 3x
Least Fav Track: sun

Flume - DUMB
77

Flume delivers his first brilliant project with the help of Emma Louise.

Fav Tracks: Monsoon, Shine Glow Glisten, Feel Ur Love, Easy Goodbye, Stay, Whenever You Want
Least Fav Track: Truce

Cameo - Word Up!
89

Word Up! Pretty impressive synth funk!

Fav Tracks: Word Up, Candy, Back and Forth, Fast Fierce & Funny
Least Fav Track: She's Mine

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music
80

The instrumentals are amazing, but the songwriting and lyrics is slightly subpar.

Fav Tracks: What Kinda Music, Nightrider, Tidal Wave, Lift Off, I Did It For You, Last 100, Storm Before the Calm
Least Fav Track: Sensational

Adi Oasis - Lotus Glow
79

The influences are strong but the execution for the most part is on point.

Fav Tracks: Le depart (full version), Get It Got It, Serena, Red to Violet, Marigold, Dumpalltheguns, Multiply, U Make Me Want It, Naked, FourSixty
Least Fav Track: The Water

Air - Moon Safari
87

Air is on the same level as legendary musicians Boards of Canada!

Fav Tracks: La Femme d'argent, Sexy Boy, All I Need, Kelly Watch the Stars, Remember, Ce Matin-La
Least Fav Track: New Star in the Sky

Laila! - GAP YEAR
71

Gap Year, while probably made on GarageBand, shows a lot of potential for Laila!. Maybe just focusing on song-pacing and effective vocal performances will help.

Fav Tracks: SINK 2 RISE, R U Down?, If U Don't Know By Now, Like That!, Blackberry (Date 4 Prom), We're So Over!, IDONTNEEDUANYMORE, Not My Problem
Least Fav Track: Want 2

iies. - Don't Forget The Dot
86

Don't Forget The Dot y'all.

Fav Tracks: Graffitti Swing, Get Off Miie, Follow, Moon Sign, Out of Control, Good Viiebes, Starlight, Don't Forget The Dot
Least Fav Track: Wings

Prince - HITNRUN Phase Two
71

Phase Two definitely better than Phase One.

Fav Tracks: Baltimore, Rocknroll Love Affair, Look at Me Look At U, Stare, Xtralovable, Where She Comes, Big City
Least Fav Track: 2-Y-2-D (2 Young 2 Dare)

Prince - HITNRUN Phase One
48

Did this guy really make Purple Rain?

Fav Tracks: Million $ Show, This Could B Us, Fallinlove2nite, 1000 X's & O's
Least Fav Track: Hardrocklover

Prince - Art Official Age
76

While mild in enthusiasm and excitement, Prince still be exploring new and original sounds on Art Official Age.

Fav Tracks: CLOUDS, THE GOLD STANDARD, U KNOW, BREAKFAST CAN WAIT, THIS COULD BE US, TIME
Least Fav Track: affirmation III

Prince and The Revolution - Around the World in a Day
59

A bafflingly creepy and underwhelming followup to Purple Rain. (Commercially and Musically)

Fav Tracks: Condition of the Heart, Raspberry Beret, Pop Life
Least Fav Track: The Ladder

Prince - Sign "☮︎" the Times
98

It could've been the triple but the double is still amazing and messy in the best way possible.

Disc 1:
Fav Tracks: Sign of the Times, Play in the Sunshine, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, Starfish and Coffee, Slow Love
Least Fav Track: Hot Thing

Disc 2:
Fav Tracks: U Got the Look, Strange Relationship, I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man, The Cross, It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night, Adore
Least Fav Track: N/A

Prince - 1999
97

The raw talent makes up for the pure horniness of this LP.

Fav Tracks: 1999, Little Red Corvette, Let's Pretend We're Married, D.M.S.R., Free, Lady Cab Driver, International Lover
Least Fav Track: All The Critics Love U In New York

85

Weird? Yes. Corny? Yes. Enjoyable? Surprisingly Yes.

Fav Tracks: Dirty Mind, When You Were Mine, Do It All Night, Uptown, Partyup
Least Fav Track: Sister / Head

Prince - Controversy
72

While a little on the creepy side (kinda foreshadowing what's to come), Controversy is still a pretty great Prince project.

Fav Tracks: Controversy, Do Me baby, Private Joy, Let's Work
Least Fav Track: Annie Christian / Jack U Off

Prince - Prince
80

Prince's self-titled sophomore LP is a generous and great step in the right direction for things moving forward.

Fav Tracks: I Wanna Be Your Lover, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?, Sexy Dancer, When We're Dancing Close and Slow, Still Waiting, I Feel For You, It's Gonna Be Lonely
Least Fav Track: Bambi

Chris Brown - INDIGO
20

While not as horrendous and terrible as Heartbreak, it's still bad... very bad.

Fav Tracks: Under the Influence, No Guidance
Least Fav Track: Sexy

Chris Brown - Heartbreak on a Full Moon
0

It's just kinda sad how an album nowadays can be over 40 tracks long and with 2 and a half hours of slop.

Fav Tracks: N/A

Least Fav Track: Rock Your Body

Chris Brown - Royalty
32

Chris Brown doesn't really prove he's royalty in this LP and seems to be stuck in his own chart/radio-chasing ambitions compared to X.

Fav Tracks: Fine By Me, Liquor, Blow It In The Wind
Least Fav Track: Day One

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