5/10
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Czarface Meets Ghostface finds everyone besides 7L punching below their weight.
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10 years on from its initial release, Drake’s breakthrough mixtape remains a mixed bag, albeit a somewhat groundbreaking one.
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Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? is hands-down the blandest entry in Deerhunter’s discography.
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The full-length debut from Latin trap popularizer Bad Bunny mostly sounds standard even in the context of stateside pop rap.
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Meek Mill’s celebratory new album ends up being a mixed bag of mostly generic pop rap.
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Muse’s foray into ’80s retro-futurism, while at times uninspired and gaudy even by the band’s standards, has resulted in their most palatable album this decade.
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Action Bronson has a lot of irons in the fire right now; unfortunately, it sounds as if White Bronco should’ve been kept in there a little longer.
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Joji’s BALLADS 1 has some great songs, but a thin appeal, as most of the tracks don’t function beyond their moody vibe and lo-fi aesthetic.
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Two of trap’s biggest auto-crooners team up for a mixed bag of wavy, melodic bangers.
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Logic is, as always, well-intentioned and likable on YSIV, but his music remains middle-of-the-road.
