Spent the whole mixtape grinning over how far MAVI has come, and how fuckin dope he's getting. A year sober too! This is such a fun little tape with some crazy fuckin features, and amazing jazzy production that MAVI absolutely floats over with ease. He's seriously one of the best writers out right now! Can't wait for First in Flight, this cool ass mf never misses
listenable christian hip-hop 🥹🥹🥹
i really appreciate sage's vulnerability here, it's very introspective and human. he's clearly ready to begin healing, and the gorgeous soundscape of this album can hopefully help you too.
a charming and gorgeous storybook jazz rap album, complete with mad hatters and mars-bound cats and as many various goofy characters as you could ever want. the production is absurdly gorgeous, though lausse's vocals are on the mellower side, and i wish he would put a little more gusto into it. but for what this album is, it's a beautiful and comforting experience from a personality once thought to never return. the prince of bins is back!
Samuel T. Herring is a gooood fuckin rapper. Kenny Segal is a goooooooooood fuckin producer. What more could you want? Hearing Ernst poetically and precisely rap makes me want to write, and hearing Segal's homely and scattered beats makes me want to write as well. Nostalgic and reminiscing, it's a perfectly quaint piece of abstract rap goodness. Man, I want to write...
Startlingly consistent, with absolutely zero filler. I don't know why it's taken me so long to check out milo (and many other unmentioned artist names) but I think I've been converted. milo raps his absolute ass off; I'm left wanting to write my own shit, though he probably wouldn't condone nor approve. Also, good lord, Kenny Segal might be one of the best producers of the 21st century.
"The world doesn't turn anymore / Half burns, the other side will never thaw, burnin' books to keep warm / Should've killed him when you had the chance"
4 years after their first album, "Haram," Armand Hammer reunite with The Alchemist for another tranquil abstract work, though I can't help but see Alc lagging behind (as seems to be a theme this year...) Sure, it's lush and breezy, and all-around *good*, but I end up feeling like we'll never ... read more
Genius. Felt only 20 minutes long, not the 45 minutes this album really takes up. It's insane that this is from 1969, but that makes it all the more apparent this record changed everything going forward.
4 albums in a year just for the hell of it, gunn is nothing if not persistent and that's fuckin awesome
I was a bit reluctant to get around to this, given its obviously heavy religious theming, but... it's actually pretty great. Dave packs some ridiculous emotion into this album, and while the latter half knocks the beginning out of the park, it's an all-around great listen that touches on some seriously relevant social issues with poignant messaging. The title track is also easily one of the best songs of the year so far.
Aes comes back after a long... no, not at all, actually. Aes comes back after 6 months to drop 40 minutes of fun, slightly minimalist material mostly comprised of loosies he's been working on for a while. It's about what you'd expect! His quirky, synthy production is on-point and Aesop brings his generally super fun rapping style as always, though this record feels especially fun, like he isn't taking himself seriously and neither should you. Not an essential to the ... read more
52 Weeks, 104 Releases From This Year: #77/104
You gotta love dance music, and this is just bangers after bangers. Easily one of the most fun albums I've heard this year so far, though a little repetitive. I really like the sections where she got into some great rapping flow as well!
Some of the coolest, haziest shit in Phil's discography. While there's definitely some tonal whiplash at times, this has some of the most ethereal and permeating moments you'll ever hear from him, the droning and metal-influenced segments being surprisingly evocative of the wind and its sheer... everything.
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52 Weeks, 104 Releases From This Year: #76/104
these noises are very angry. a bit too angry even. good but surprisingly repetitive, track 1 title is real. short review i am the best
52 Weeks, 104 Releases From This Year: #75/104
I guess I really need to listen to some MJ Lenderman. This is awesome! Alt-country slacker rock?! Noisy? Powerful and warm as well? It's great! While some tracks bleed (ha) together and there's an occasional dud, the short runtime and overall great sound make up for it. Again, noisy alt-country slacker rock! And it's good! I'm in awe
stupid dumbass gay album making me feel things fuck you
messy, but seriously hardcore and excellently done. the song w/ all the features is some absurd shit
52 Weeks, 104 Releases From This Year: #74/104
I think I'm just burnt out on pop music this year. It's not bad by any means, of course, but I found little to really enjoy in JADE's debut album. I mean... yeah. It's pop. The beats are definitely there, though quite a bit overproduced. It's just kinda... bland; good, but nonetheless unspirited. Maybe I'll come back and relisten later on to give it a second look, but for now I just feel weary from pop this year, and ... read more
An exploratory collection of liquor-soaked spirals into Americana, all wrapped in barbwire and defiantly naive.
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