5/10
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JACKBOYS don’t shine as a collective on their brief debut.
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Thanks to some creative production decisions and Eminem sounding ever so slightly less stuck in his ways, Music to Be Murdered By is a step in the right direction following Revival and Kamikaze.
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Fine Line brings Harry Styles no closer to finding his own musical style and voice.
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City as School lacks the focus of Uncommon Nasa’s past handful of records.
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Everyday Life is a well-produced but unfocused album with an incomplete message.
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Everybody’s Everything, while a mixed bag, isn’t the tasteless cash grab that posthumous releases these days tend to be.
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Westside Gunn’s grimy vibe remains the best thing going for him, while songwriting remains his Achilles heel.
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Feet of Clay sounds like a cobbled together set of SRS-style odds and ends.
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The production and vocal performances on Pony are considerable steps down from Rex Orange County’s previous efforts.
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While Battles maintain their unique style of math rock on Juice B Crypts, the band sounds like a shadow of its former self.
