ALBUM REVIEW #402

OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

Year: 1994

Instrumentation: Amazing
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Great
Messages: Amazing
Structure: Great
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (9/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: Player's Ball
🥉 Third Placer: Ain't No Thang

Least Favorite Track: Club Donkey Ass (Interlude) (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Decent 8
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ALBUM REVIEW #401

Foo Fighters - One by One

Year: 2002

Instrumentation: Great
Production: OK
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Good
Messages: Great
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: All My Life (8/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: Times Like These
🥉 Third Placer: Low

Least Favorite Track: Tired of You (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Decent to Strong 7
Definitive Rating: Good

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ALBUM REVIEW #400

deer in headlights - event horizon

Year: 2024

Instrumentation: Great
Production: OK
Vocal Performances: Meh...
Lyricism: Good
Messages: Good
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: penguin suicide (7/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: waves crashing, beach funeral
🥉 Third Placer: body horror

Least Favorite Track: john doe (6/10)

Numerical Rating: Decent to Strong 6
Definitive Rating: OK

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ALBUM REVIEW #399

Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You

Year: 2025

Instrumentation: Amazing
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Great
Messages: Amazing
Structure: Great
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Waco, Texas (9/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: Nettles
🥉 Third Placer: Dust Bowl

Least Favorite Track: Radio Towers (8/10)

Numerical Rating: Strong 8
Definitive Rating: Great

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ALBUM REVIEW #398

Billy Cobb - Bart

Year: 2025

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Good
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Great
Messages: Great
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Eat My Shorts (8/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: The House Where We Were
🥉 Third Placer: This Sound Got Old

Least Favorite Track: Mr. Maggio (5/10)

Numerical Rating: Strong 7
Definitive Rating: Good

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ALBUM REVIEW #397

Life 9 - Smile more!

Year: 2025

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Good
Lyricism: Great
Messages: Great
Structure: Great
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): C-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: findmyway (8/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: snakes
🥉 Third Placer: omari

Least Favorite Track: roses* (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Light to Decent 8
Definitive Rating: Great

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ALBUM REVIEW #396

Snail's House - Ordinary Songs 2

Year: 2016

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: N/A
Lyricism: N/A
Messages: N/A
Structure: Great
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: hot milk (8/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: cappuccino
🥉 Third Placer: fizzy resort

Least Favorite Track: walking on snow (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Light 8
Definitive Rating: Great

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ALBUM REVIEW #395

Snail's House - Ordinary Songs

Year: 2016

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: N/A
Lyricism: N/A
Messages: N/A
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: fuka fuka ofuton (8/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: Cocoa
🥉 Third Placer: La La La...

Least Favorite Track: aid for your heart (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Strong 7 to Light 8
Definitive Rating: Good

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ALBUM REVIEW #394

lexycat (as millexica) - Dark Blossom

Year: 2024

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Good
Lyricism: Great
Messages: Great
Structure: Great
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Angelstar (9/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: Dark Star
🥉 Third Placer: 花火

Least Favorite Track: &sleep (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Light 8
Definitive Rating: Great

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ALBUM REVIEW #393

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Year: 1998

Instrumentation: Amazing
Production: Amazing
Vocal Performances: Amazing
Lyricism: Amazing
Messages: Amazing
Structure: Amazing
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Doo Wop (That Thing) (10/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: Ex-Factor (10/10)
🥉 Third Placer: To Zion (10/10)

💯 Other 10/10s:
• Lost Ones
• Superstar
• I Used to Love Him
• Forgive Them Father
• The ... read more

ALBUM REVIEW #392

Kali Uchis - Sincerely,

Year: 2025

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Amazing
Vocal Performances: Amazing
Lyricism: Great
Messages: Great
Structure: Great
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Angels All Around Me... (9/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: ILYSMIH
🥉 Third Placer: Heaven Is a Home...

Least Favorite Track: Daggers! (8/10)

Numerical Rating: Decent to Strong 8
Definitive Rating: Great

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ALBUM REVIEW #391

Dev Lemons - SURFACE TENSION

Year: 2025

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Good
Messages: Good
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: NOTHING CHANGES (8/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: NICE TRY
🥉 Third Placer: FACE

Least Favorite Track: DON'T PINCH ME (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Decent to Strong 7
Definitive Rating: Good

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ALBUM REVIEW #390

MF DOOM - Born Like This

Year: 2009

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Amazing
Messages: Great
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Gazzillion Ear (9/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: Angelz
🥉 Third Placer: Lightworks

Least Favorite Track: Supervillainz (6/10)

Numerical Rating: Light 8
Definitive Rating: Great

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ALBUM REVIEW #389

Jack Stauber - HiLo

Year: 2018

Instrumentation: Amazing
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Great
Messages: Great
Structure: Great
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Small World (10/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: John & Nancy
🥉 Third Placer: It's Alright

Least Favorite Track: Gettin' My Mom On (8/10)

Numerical Rating: Decent 8
Definitive Rating: Great

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ALBUM REVIEW #388

Kanye West - Yeezus

Year: 2013

Type: LP

Primary Genre (From rateyourmusic.com): Experimental Hip Hop
Umbrella Genre(s): Hip Hop

Brief: On Yeezus, Kanye does a complete 180 and evolves his sound by working with the likes of Daft Punk and Gesaffelstein to create an aggressive industrial hip hop album, a move no one in 2013 would've ever saw coming. It's an artistic direction that only a few artists could pull off well, and Kanye is one of those artists. His ego ... read more

ALBUM REVIEW #387

Travis Scott - UTOPIA

Year: 2023

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Great
Messages: Great
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: HYAENA (8/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: I KNOW ?
🥉 Third Placer: TIL FURTHER NOTICE

Least Favorite Track: K-POP (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Decent 8
Definitive Rating: Great

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ALBUM REVIEW #386

Travis Scott - Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

Year: 2016

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Good
Messages: Good
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: goosebumps (8/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: pick up the phone
🥉 Third Placer: the ends

Least Favorite Track: first take (6/10)

Numerical Rating: Decent 7
Definitive Rating: Good

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ALBUM REVIEW #385

Adam Snebold - Alpacas and Fields

Year: 2025

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: N/A
Lyricism: N/A
Messages: N/A
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Alpaca (8/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: Alpaca Fleece
🥉 Third Placer: Blue Skies

Least Favorite Track: Cut (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Decent 7
Definitive Rating: Good

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ALBUM REVIEW #384

JAY-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne

Year: 2011

Instrumentation: Great
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: Great
Lyricism: Great
Messages: Great
Structure: Good
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: N***** in Paris (9/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: No Church in the Wild
🥉 Third Placer: Otis

Least Favorite Track: Who Gon Stop Me (7/10)

Numerical Rating: Strong 7
Definitive Rating: Good

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ALBUM REVIEW #383

Ryo Fukui - Scenery

Year: 1976

Instrumentation: Amazing
Production: Great
Vocal Performances: N/A
Lyricism: N/A
Messages: N/A
Structure: Great
Album Cover (unrelated to the score): B-Tier

🥇 Favorite Track: Early Summer (9/10)
🥈 Runner-Up Track: I Want to Talk About You
🥉 Third Placer: Autumn Leaves

Least Favorite Track: Willow Weep for Me (8/10)

Numerical Rating: Strong 8
Definitive Rating: Great

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