east coast
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Czarface Meets Ghostface finds everyone besides 7L punching below their weight.
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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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Meek Mill’s celebratory new album ends up being a mixed bag of mostly generic pop rap.
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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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Dummy Boy has a handful of highlights, but 6ix9ine barely shows up for many of the tracks, leaving them to be made or broken by the features.
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Action Bronson has a lot of irons in the fire right now; unfortunately, it sounds as if White Bronco should’ve been kept in there a little longer.
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Logic is, as always, well-intentioned and likable on YSIV, but his music remains middle-of-the-road.
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Billy Woods and Elucid team up again as Armand Hammer for one of the year’s best abstract hip hop albums.
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With its well executed concept, tight sequencing, and top-notch production from Animoss, Orpheus vs. the Sirens is probably the best album with which to introduce someone to the work of Ka.
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Nicki Minaj still has her energy, technical ability, and sharp lyricism going for her, but too often on Queen these are drowned out by generic production and horrid features.
