hardcore hip hop
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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.
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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.
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Eminem falls just short of ending his career on his latest album, Kamikaze.
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TA13OO‘s three-act concept could have used some fleshing out, but the music at the core is easily Denzel Curry’s best yet.
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For the most part, Rico Nasty’s, well, nasty persona is enough to carry this breakthrough album. Just hoping she can show a bit more versatility on future projects.
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At seven tracks and just over 21 minutes, the Kanye West-helmed DAYTONA is pretty much watertight and finds Pusha T in top form.
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Vacation in Hell has its share of great songs, but many of the deep cuts find the Zombies punching below their weight.
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Royce da 5’9″ and DJ Premier’s second outing as PRhyme is a more versatile effort than the first, with Premo’s varied production stealing the show.
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West Coast boy band Brockhampton round out their Saturation trilogy with their most versatile and melodic album yet.