toddwin

Sometimes I struggle to accurately assess Rihanna’s albums due to my heavy standom of her in high school, but it makes for fun times analyzing her career as an adult. Unapologetic screams career transition to me. It made perfect sense coming from the pop princess that released back to back to back annual pop albums; it continues the trend most of her pre-ANTI albums (except for Rated R, we love you Rated R!) had of an undercooked/nonexistent overarching vision. Yet, it (and to a lesser ... read more

A lot of this blended together to me but I still enjoyed how maximalistic it was. Other times it lowkey reminded me of staring at the sun for too long

⭐️Livin’ Loose
❤️You Lost Me There
❤️Make It Forever
👍Walk Slowly
👍Dumb

Such a fascinating thing to release after folklore and evermore. Why? Why would she release this weird ass album after finally becoming appreciated by critics? Oddly enough the closest thing I can compare this album to is ANTI by Rihanna. But like safer. Amazing. There are a few great songs on this (The Great War might be her best written song ever) but the cracks that led to her most recent disasters were definitely starting to show. Because there are definitely some stinkers on this too ... read more

Kinda corny sometimes but some of the beats were great. Idk why I'm so obsessed with the Lena Dunham name drop

⭐️Telegraph Ave. (Oakland)
⭐️3005
⭐️Flight of the Navigator
❤️Earth: The Oldest Computer (The Last Night)
❤️Shadows
❤️Life: The Biggest Troll [Andrew Aurenheimer]
👍The Worst Guys