2019
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On his debut album, slowthai proves himself to be an exciting new voice in the UK hip hop landscape.
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Fever sort of serves as a bold character portrait for Megan Thee Stallion, but more importantly, it’s catchy as fuck.
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Not much of Sli’merre‘s appeal has to do with Young Nudy.
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Injury Reserve’s debut studio album isn’t quite as consistent as the trio’s mixtapes, but is nevertheless a cut above most of what you’ll find in today’s rap field.
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Dedicated mostly sounds like a second helping of Emotion, which isn’t such a bad thing.
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IGOR is easily one of the best breakup albums of the decade.
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U.F.O.F. is mostly listenable—if a bit derivative—indie folk with a few flashes of brilliance sprinkled throughout the tracklist.
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Vampire Weekend embraces quantity over quality on Father of the Bride.
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Mac DeMarco pares his songwriting down to something more minimal on Here Comes the Cowboy, losing a lot of personality along the way.
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Confessions is far and away Logic’s worst rap album.
