6/10
-
Back to being a band, Dirty Projectors squanders a fair bit of potential on Lamp Lit Prose.
-
Snail Mail’s debut album is a pretty plain indie rock affair, though Lindsey Jordan’s potential as a singer-songwriter is apparent.
-
Still lacking a distinct voice as a singer and lyricist, Teyana Taylor is frequently outshined by her collaborators on K.T.S.E.
-
Vein’s debut album offers a diverting blend of metalcore and alternative metal styles as well as its share of growing pains.
-
By adhering so much to its grand formula, Heaven and Earth comes off as even more cumbersome than The Epic.
-
The Now Now is a pleasant mood album while it’s on—especially in comparison to Humanz—but it’s still relatively low-impact.
-
For the most part, Rico Nasty’s, well, nasty persona is enough to carry this breakthrough album. Just hoping she can show a bit more versatility on future projects.
-
On most tracks, not even Kanye’s excellent production is enough to save Nasir from Nas himself.
-
More so than Big Ups’ two prior albums, Two Parts Together suffers from a serious lack of refreshing ideas.
-
Age Of is abstract ear candy at its highest points, but is ultimately Oneohtrix Point Never’s least realized album in some time. The vocal tracks in the front half are particularly an Achilles’ heel.
