Sonically, Black Metal 2 tends to revisit its predecessor’s A-side, with even darker and terser results.
Butterfly 3000 barely scratches the surface of its more synth-centric direction.
The most creatively bankrupt thing to bear the Migos name thus far.
Sweet Trip is mostly unaffected by the comeback curse on A Tiny House.
Bladee continues honing his voice and lyricism on The Fool, his most accessible yet esoteric album to date.
Despite being backed by some pretty unremarkable production, Lil Baby and Lil Durk bring out the best of each other on The Voice of the Heroes.
The additional instrumentation doesn’t always do Jubilee favors, but rarely distracts from Michelle’s strengths as a lyricist and performer.
Nearly every song on Blue Weekend comes across as an overblown pastiche of 90s alternative and indie rock.
Whereas both volumes of Musas were different beasts, Un canto por México vol. 2 mostly feels supplementary.
Somehow the accompanying dark ambience of Hagbulbia leaves a stronger impression than Avow.