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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Despite its slightly cumbersome 100-minute runtime and spotty concept, DROGAS Wave is a surprisingly solid addition to this phase of Lupe Fiasco’s career.
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Abstract hip hop fans ought to give budding ornithologists a shot, even if it isn’t one of Milo’s standout albums.
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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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6LACK continues blending into the background of the alternative R&B field on his sophomore album.
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Noname’s music has only gotten even more gorgeous and charming since her breakthrough mixtape Telefone.
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Zoo‘s songs, with only a couple of exceptions, range from boring to awful and are further weighed down by Russ’s crummy mindset.
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$uicideBoy$’s debut album delivers a dark and grimy vibe, but the duo hasn’t evolved much artistically since they first started turning heads on Soundcloud.
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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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Eminem falls just short of ending his career on his latest album, Kamikaze.