It’s admirable that Marina tackles a number of weighty subject matters on Ancient Dreams; unfortunately, there’s often not enough follow-through on the musical end.
TLOP5 is a step in the right direction, but Pi’erre still has a ways to go when it comes to song pacing and vocal performance.
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.
