“CLPPNG” goes for a more traditional style but it keeps the glitchiness and noise from their debut intact. The production is unique, Daveed Diggs’ flows are great and the lyrics are very well-written.

Fav Tracks: Story 2, Body & Blood, Get Up, Dominoes, Taking Off, Inside Out, Work Work, Ends, Intro, Summertime

Least Fav Track: Tonight

Score:
9.6
Amazing

clipping.’s debut album is noisy, abrasive and oh-so raw while also being consistent and fun to listen to. Daveed Diggs’ flows are great here and “midcity” is a very interesting project overall. The lyrics could use some work, though.

Fav Tracks: killer, guns.up, real, loud, bout.that, story, intro, get.it

Least Fav Track: ... read more

“Vulnicura” is a gorgeously written, exquisitely produced and cohesive return to form for Björk that’s also so heartbreaking it actually made me shed a few tears!

Fav Tracks: Stonemilker, Black Lake, Lionsong, Atom Dance, Notget, Family, History Of Touches

Least Fav Track: Quicksand

Score:
9.5
Amazing

I know Lil Xan’s pretty much fallen off the grid at this point so let’s not beat a dead horse.

Instead, let’s beat a dead horse!

He looks like 2-D from Gorillaz if Murdoc gave him too many opioids. At least 2-D is 10x more intelligent than this cartoony piece of shit.

Fav Tracks: No

Least Fav Tracks: No

Score:
0.9
It made my brain cells’ brain cells’ brain cells’ brain cells lose brain cells

It’s a little better than “Day69” and both Kanye West features are fun. But “Dummy Boy” is still a terrible release with uninteresting trap production, terrible lyrics and obnoxious vocals.

Fav Track: KANGA

Least Fav Tracks: BEBE, MALA, WAKA, FEFE, Fuck it. Everything else

Score:
3.1
Awful

Wow... wow... WOW!!! I mean, it’s only 25 minutes of material. But holy shit those 25 minutes are freaking blissful! The lyricism is great, the looping, old-school production is phenomenal and the themes are dark as hell. Overall, this is Earl Sweatshirt’s best work to date and arguably one of the best rap albums of the year!

Fav Tracks: December 24, Nowhere2go, Ontheway!, Cold Summers, Peanut, The Mint, Veins, Azucar, Eclipse, Red Water

Least Fav Track: Idk... ... read more

Holy fuck this is some depressing shit! Earl’s verses are very well-written, the features are really good and the production sets the mood for the album perfectly! Overall, “I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside” is a big stepping stone for Earl Sweatshirt.

Fav Tracks: Mantra, Faucet, Grief, Off Top, Huey, Wool, AM // Radio

Least Fav Track: Inside

Score:
9
Outstanding

“Doris” is a great hip hop album with smart, poignant writing, great performances and flows from Earl and solid features. The “Odd Future” production hasn’t aged that well but it mostly gets the job done here.

Fav Tracks: 20 Wave Caps, Sunday, Burgundy, Hive, Woah, Chum, Sasquatch, Centurion, Knight

Least Fav Track: Guild

Score:
8.5
Awesome

Sweet shitballs in a tin fucking can this is heavy!

While it’s still a little flawed, “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships” is a surprising step up in quality for The 1975 (Most of the singles actually grew on me). There’s a lot more substance here while also delivering great production, smart writing and hooks galore! Sure, a couple of tracks are pretty terrible but the highs are so goddamn high (and by that I mean a great majority of the tracks on here) that I’ll let it get away with a better score than I ... read more

“Feels” dials everything that made Animal Collective’s past albums great up to 11 with more beautiful production and outstanding instrumental arrangements. It's also the most personal and emotionally resonant record in their discography, making it one of their standout records in my opinion.

Edit: This just keeps growing and growing the more I listen to it!

Fav Tracks: Banshee Beat, The Purple Bottle, Grass, Turn Into Something, Did You See the Words, Loch Raven, Flesh ... read more

NOT ONLY DOEZ DENZEL CURRY 13EAT H1Z PEERZ TO THE GROUND, HE COMPLETLY DEMOLIZHEZ THEM! W1TH DARK PRODUCT1ON, GREAT, CYN1CAL ZOC1AL COMMENTARY AND ZOL1D PERFORMANCEZ, “TA13OO” 1Z ONE OF THE 13EZT TRAP RAP AL13UMZ TO DATE!

FAV TRACKS | FAV TRACKZ: PERCS | PERCZ, CLOUT COBAIN | CLOUT CO13A1N, BLACK BALLOONS | 13LACK 13ALLOONZ, TABOO | TA13OO, VENGEANCE | VENGEANCE, SIRENS | Z1RENZ, SWITCH IT UP | ZWITCH 1T UP, THE BLACKEST BALLOON | THE 13LACKEZT 13ALLOON, BLACK METAL TERRORIST | 13 ... read more

Okay, I’m not even into flamenco and I don’t speak Spanish so I’m not gonna pretend I understand what she’s saying. But “El Mal Querer” really got me hooked. It mixes “typical” flamenco with modern pop and R&B and both the outstanding production and ROSALÍA’s amazing voice bring this album to life so beautifully! It’s unexpectedly one of my favorites of the year!

Fav Tracks: MALAMENTE, PIENSO EN TU MIRÁ, DE ... read more

How can this album be real if our ears aren’t real?

*Walks away with blood squirting from ears*

Fav Tracks: Distant, A Calabasas Freestyle

Least Fav Tracks: Ten Ten, FALLEN Part 2, SYRE in Abbey Road, SOHO, Rollin Around

Score:
2.8
Awful

”Rap is one of my fetishes, like a dragon that’s pregnant.”

This is my personal favorite of the four. But you probably know what I’m gonna say next so here’s a picture of the Fruit Loops toucan cosplaying as the Grim Reaper in a bathtub.

Fav Tracks: ghost of bob saget, not “kidding” around, a good bridge to never cross until there’s no doubt that he’s dead, across, who even knows, dickless heart

Least Fav Track: heartless dick

Score:
7.7
Very Good

It's still kinda inconsistent and very messily recorded, but it features enough good songwriting and improved instrumentation to make it a good listen.

Fav Tracks: beach f*gz; oh! starving; ryan north by northwest; portrait of the artist as a young f*g; beach drugs; beach death; beach funeral; psst, teenagers, take off your clo

Least Fav Track: sun hot

Score:
7
Good

It’s an improvement over its predecessor, as it’s a lot more exciting and emotionally-investing of an album, but it’s still not up to snuff with other works. The recording is still poor and there are spots where it meanders a bit, but there are some damn great tracks here.

Fav Tracks: smokezone, ...then it will be exactly the same as earth, we are in space, the majestic hotel, act suspicious, fiction I

Least Fav Track: reversible jacket

Score:
6.9
Decent

For an album that sounds like it was made on an apple (the fruit), this is alright. There are some hints of good songwriting here. But it feels like a hodgepodge of experiments rather than a cohesive listen. The recording quality also kinda dumbs down the listening experience, which is quite rare for Car Seat Headrest these days.

Fav Tracks: kid war, up all night, tybee island horse ghosts, big jacket, happy/ugly, you have to go to college, good sunday

Least Fav Track: Cesare the ... read more

Dammit Björk! I know you’re impatient for Christmas but you didn’t have to be an ornament this early!

Anyway, “Volta” is a return to form for Björk. It has some unexpectedly poppy moments too (which explains the Timbaland feature). Unfortunately, it also has ideas that could’ve been executed a lot better.

Fav Tracks: Declare Independence, Wanderlust, Earth Intruders, Innocence, I See Who You Are

Least Fav Track: The Dull Flame Of Desire

Score:
6.4
Fine

On “Medulla”, Björk ditches the electronics in favor of actual human sounds. Synthesizers are replaced with harmonies, drum machines are replaced with beatboxing, bass is replaced with throat sounds, etc. These elements are also edited with reckless abandon. It’s a very bold and fun concept that works so damn well here and Björk’s vocals and songwriting are uncompromised as usual.

Fav Tracks: Triuimph of a Heart, Who Is It, Oceania, Pleasure Is All Mine, Where ... read more