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  • Jan 2 Album Reviews

    Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein

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    The Cold Vein pulled the sounds of East Coast rap music into the future and opened the floodgates for a new strain of leftfield hip hop.

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  • Jan 1 Album Reviews

    Sleater-Kinney - The Woods

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    Sleater-Kinney’s almost-swansong, The Woods, proved to be one of the 2000s’ most badass and essential rock albums.

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  • Dec 31 Album Reviews

    The Postal Service - Give Up

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    The Postal Service’s only album stands as an indietronic masterpiece and one of the best albums of the aughts.

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  • Dec 13 Album Reviews

    Meek Mill - Championships

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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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  • Dec 12 Album Reviews

    Soap&Skin - From Gas to Solid / You Are My Friend

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    Soap&Skin’s first album in six years is sadly marred by awkward additional instrumentation and songwriting that’s lackluster compared to her previous work.

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  • Dec 11 Album Reviews

    Black Thought & Salaam Remi - Streams of Thought, Vol. 2

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    Despite its occasional lyrical missteps and production that’s maybe a little too standard for Black Thought, this second Streams of Thought EP is nearly as solid as the first.

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  • Dec 8 Album Reviews

    XXXTentacion - Skins

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    Skins is one of the year’s least gratifying albums, but out of everyone involved in its creation, X is probably the least at blame.

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  • Dec 6 Album Reviews

    Ski Mask the Slump God - Stokeley

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    Despite being Ski Mask the Slump God’s debut commercial album, Stokeley is about as brief and inconsistent as the mixtapes leading up to it.

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  • Dec 5 Album Reviews

    The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

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    A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships is bolder in theme and aesthetic than The 1975’s previous albums, but not all of the band’s risks pan out.

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  • Dec 4 Album Reviews

    Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs

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    Some Rap Songs is Earl Sweatshirt’s most emotionally intense and artistically defined project yet.

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