hardcore hip hop
-
For the most part, uknowhatimsayin¿ is an amusingly subversive update on some classic rap formulas.
-
Ameer Vann’s comeback EP is pretty bitter and one-dimensional.
-
Fever sort of serves as a bold character portrait for Megan Thee Stallion, but more importantly, it’s catchy as fuck.
-
Injury Reserve’s debut studio album isn’t quite as consistent as the trio’s mixtapes, but is nevertheless a cut above most of what you’ll find in today’s rap field.
-
Anger Management finds Rico Nasty continuing to be one of the boldest voices in the current rap landscape, but the project’s brevity is unfortunately to its detriment.
-
With sick flows and a versatile delivery, J.I.D’s latest effort is one of the rawest and most lyrically refined rap albums of the year.
-
FM!‘s fun concept begs for a longer runtime, but even at 22 minutes the project has plenty to offer with its quality beats, flows, hooks, and lyrics.
-
Lil Wayne is in rare form on the best parts of his fifth installment of the Carter series, but bogs this album’s full potential down in a number of underwhelming cuts too.
-
The all-American boyband makes its major label debut with an album that shows emotional and creative maturation despite occasionally gimmicky production and some members getting outshined by others.
-
Eminem falls just short of ending his career on his latest album, Kamikaze.