hip hop
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Head in the Clouds blends into the current wave of trap-flavored pop rap a little too well.
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Busdriver’s latest may appear ambitious in scope, but Electricity is on our Side only offers a less prepared version of the enigmatic rapper.
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Everything Is Love relies too heavily on its star power to feel anywhere near as consequential as Lemonade or 4:44.
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The fuck am I looking at—a Brockhampton music video that’s not in 4:3? Y’all were right: RCA changed them! Piss-take aside, “1999 WILDFIRE” is the All-American Boyband’s first official single of the year, promoting their upcoming album The Best Years of Our Lives, and it’
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Sorry to run with the obvious music critic quip, but it is pretty hard to hear what’s so redeeming about Redemption.
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Scorpion continues Drake’s streak of projects that have been padded out to oblivion.
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Freddie Gibbs’ eponymous mixtape mostly finds the rapper spinning his wheels.
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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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On most tracks, not even Kanye’s excellent production is enough to save Nasir from Nas himself.
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The only commendable thing about Red Light is that it’d be almost impossible to parody with a worse sounding version.
