6/10
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DROGAS Light is one of Lupe Fiasco’s better attempts at making an album with pop appeal, though it still pales in comparison to his more progressive work like Tetsuo & Youth.
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Talking with my dude Myke C-Town about this new Iron Reagan album, the Virginian crossover thrash outfit’s second outing for Relapse Records.
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With I Decided, Big Sean releases an album that gives me more to say than just “no.”
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Travis Miller’s first volume of music as Bedwetter is a harrowing statement on mental health… when Travis is rapping.
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Prolific rocker Ty Segall drops a second self-titled album that shows how far he’s come over the past decade.
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I See You is more musically engaging than its lackluster predecessor, but the awkward sadness and sensuality remain.
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J. Cole returns with a personal set of vignettes on 4 Your Eyez Only.
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On All Your Happy Life, UK garage rock outfit The Wytches hits a bit of a sophomore slump.
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A Fistful of Peril doesn’t quite live up to the great expectations set by Czarface’s previous effort, last year’s Every Hero Needs a Villain.
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Thrash legends Metallica prove they’ve still got it in 2016.
