'I am Iceman, I am I am Iceman'

Is probably better than half this album lol. Technically all these songs are just what Drake does normally but it doesn't really hit the same. Out of the three albums, only this one has something going for it. A couple songs on Habibti were decent but nothing worth reviewing tbh.

The main thing I check a Drake album for is the beats, given that I think he has some of the best beat selection in hip hop, especially in the 2010s. A lot of these ... read more

On first listen, very very disappointed. There are two or three tracks that I would say are good. But man, Island Holiday and Peanuts 2 An Elephant are terrible songs. This is not an in depth review but all in all, another forgettable Wayne album post-Carter 5. Such a shame as it had a great opening in Welcome To The Carter.

By far the worst Carter release.

Best Tracks: Welcome To The Carter, Banned From NO, Hip Hop (with BigXThaPlug of all people)

Worst Tracks: Island Holiday, Peanuts 2 ... read more

'Kill, Kill, Kill! Murda, Murda, Murda!' :D

Eh you know what? This album isn't that bad. I don't even think this is his worst album. However, most of the choruses are here are so stupid. You know when You Owe Me is the best chorus here that the choruses here are abysmal. Nas's second album in 1999 is his main source of criticism and it's easy to see why.

The beats are decent and what I'd expect from an average NY street rapper. However, Nas is not that, so ... read more

Who was in Paris?

These guys, cooking in almost every song here including the deluxe. To be honest, I get and don't get the disappointing reactions to this album. Yeah this is a collab between two iconic artists in hip hop and maybe should have been less focused on bling rap but none of these guys were in their prime when they made this, especially Jay. Or maybe I just enjoy the songs that no one else does.

I think the beats here are definitely a producer showcase, with obviously Kanye, ... read more

Yo Pi'erre you wanna come out here?

That's what I was asking Pi'erre in Carti's latest album because he and Carti on this album formed one of the best rapper x producer duos in modern hip hop. The amount of bounce in these Pi'erre beats and the bounce in Carti's vocals make for a fun journey, with all of these songs making you bob your head and you won't even realise it.

Carti's vocals are for sure an acquired taste but once it gets used to you, you ... read more

If Nas and his team were better at selecting songs for the main albums, this tape wouldn't have existed.

That's a good and bad thing, because this is my favourite Nas album apart from Illmatic. While I love It Was Written, Stillmatic and God's Son, those albums are not all killer, no filler. This album really shows Nas at his peak in terms of his flow, voice and rhymes. This album also shows how for what a legend like Nas is, his beat selection is interesting to say the least ... read more

This album is just the epitome of soulful rap. A pretty much reincarnated Common flows over some of the most soulful Kanye and Dilla beats, containing some of the best beats of their whole careers as these beats are just pleasant to the ear, as well as having a nice knock to them. A nearly flawless album, and I don't even think this is the best Common album. The only song I kinda have a problem with is Testify as even though it's not bad, that vocal loop does annoy me and I can't ... read more

I might shorten my reviews lol.

This album is definitely one of the best hip hop albums for the South as it influenced a lot of the game, even today. Three 6 comes with unique, dark and hard production that have an unsettling edge but you can't help but bop your head and shoulder to it. On top of that, the group provides great rapping performances with unique flows that rappers today love to use, like 21 Savage, Future and Thug. My personal favourite is the Lord Infamous flow. R.I.P. to ... read more

STOP! DROP! SHUT EM DOWN OPEN UP SHOP!

1998. Hip hop had to deal with a Pac and Biggie-less scene and even though guys like Ma$e and LOX were coming through (mainly from the Diddler), there wasn't a rapper who could really shake up the scene, until DMX came through. Now X wasn't fully unknown as he was featured on Ma$e's Harlem World, LOX's debut and LL's Phenomenon to name a few. But 1998 was fully his year, bringing in possibly THE best voice hip hop has ever seen, ... read more

You gonna give this album higher than the average score, ha?

Yes I am. This album should be considered as a top contender for album of the year for 1998. Even though albums like DMX's and Pun's debut or Outkast's Aquemini or even Jay's Vol 2 threw around better rhymes and concepts, this album is level with them in terms of its infectious and catchy beats thanks to Mannie Fresh and also Juvenile's performances.

Mannie Fresh. He is the backbone of this album. Being Cash ... read more

I keep computers putin'

Purple Haze is Cam'ron's fourth album and it is widely considered his best album and I 100% agree. From front to back, this album barely has any skips. On first listen, I was worried that Cam'ron's style would maybe get boring and repetitive over an hour+ long album. I was pretty wrong cause most of this shit goes.

You can't talk about a Cam'ron or Dipset album without talking about the beats. Cam/Dipset albums normally have these ... read more

'Mayonnaise coloured Benz I push miracle whips'

I refuse to believe this Kanye and Vultures Kanye are still the same person. This Kanye was actually cooking production-wise as well as mic performance. While I think Kanye has been pretty bad for a decade since Yeezus, I think Kanye 2004-2011 was on fire. And this album is his best.

Kanye's production on here is absolutely beautiful. Kanye already had some fire production before this album but you can tell he saved some of the best beats for ... read more

Y'all need to give it up.

For the Mobb, this is pretty much their last great album as there are a handful of great songs to be found here. Hav takes a different route to production here as his loops are more melodic and light than grimy asf like he did on Infamous and Hell on Earth. It still sounds good though and this has some of the best beats he's produced, although not as consistent as the two before. This album also introduces the Alchemist, before he did that boring drumless shit, and he ... read more

The coolest, what?

The Cool is Lupe's second album and man, he improved his share of the performance on this one. His flow is better, his wordplay's better, the concepts are more complex and better executed and his voice has improved too. This is a concept album where it personifies the Streets and the Game and it is actually done fairly well, although it is spread out across a 70-minute album.

Some of the verses here are probably some of the best I've ever heard. I'm not one of the guys who ... read more

In New York I milly rock.

Man this mixtape is so fucking consistent. This self-titled mixtape has Carti actually acting normal and along with Die Lit, it has him at his catchiest. Yeah he ain't saying that much shit but it's almost as if he's acting part of the instrumental where if you listen to the instrumental, it would actually feel like something is missing.

Playboi Carti was making music since 2011 but it was this that gave him his big break and it's clear to see why. The psychedelic ... read more

We in the house.

I think American Gangster is the true comeback album for Jay-Z. He goes back to the mafioso style he did for Reasonable Doubt but this is kinda a concept album take on the mafia style and it works really, really well.

Jay-Z on Kingdom Come sounded pretty rusty and as if he's tired of everything. On here, he fixes up the flow and sounds the freshest he sounded in those past 3 years. The verses he lays down are really good and while it's not the best he's ever spit, we are ... read more

Kick, push and coast...

Lupe Fiasco is seen as one of the best lyricists in hip hop and it's not hard to see why. While he isn't exactly top 5 level for me, I think he has really good metaphors and when he tries to do wordplay, it ends up being really good. To add, he actually has a good voice to rap with and in terms of beat selection, well, he does well in this album and the next one anyway.

The production here is handled executively by Jay-Z so if you haven't listened yet, ... read more

New day, new age.

8Ball and MJG are a Memphis hip hop duo and these guys are the next best Memphis shit behind Three 6. Both have great voices and smooth flows which compliment their beats. When it comes to albums, I don't think they made an album as amazing as this one.

Consistency is the main strength here. I don't think there was a single bad song here. Throughout this album is just great G-Funk type beats with great verses from 8Ball and MJG. This was my first album from these two and I ... read more

I can't please everybody.

Kendrick puts it best as to what I think of this.

I have either cooked or missed depending on your view of this album. This album is probably one of the most polarising, with some loving the themes Kendrick put out and some hating Kendrick's deliveries and so on. I'm entirely middle ground when it comes to that. I do think Kendrick is a really good lyricist, even though he is given a little more credit than he is given, but man he kinda coasts on this album. Even ... read more

And even if Jehovah witness, bet he'll never testify.

Is the line that made me put Jay in my top 5. Reasonable Doubt is Jay-Z's debut and he went in on this one. At the time, Reasonable Doubt was kinda meant to be Jay's first and last album so he goes off on all of the tracks. He compares his street hustling to mafia depictions, so this sound is filled with mainly cold-sounding piano loops, almost like a bleak New York winter night.

What a debut man. From the get go, Jay's already confident ... read more