hip hop
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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.
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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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Tyler, the Creator leaves an awkward and weakly assembled Christmas EP under the tree.
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A Love Letter to You 3 is Trippie Redd’s most solid project since the first one.
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The Sunset Tapes just sounds like it doesn’t matter.
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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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Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2 features more dynamic vocal performances and a more diverse instrumental palette than its predecessor, but is still let down by shallow songwriting and bland production.
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes is a pretty cohesive listen for a producer-guided album, but it’s not fire from front to back.
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Takeoff’s solo debut does virtually nothing to stand out in the current trap rap wave.
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Though Curren$y and Freddie Gibbs manage to bring out the best in each other and The Alchemist comes through with some classy production, it’s hard not to attribute Fetti‘s success in part to its brevity.
