jazz rap
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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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Noname’s music has only gotten even more gorgeous and charming since her breakthrough mixtape Telefone.
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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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Pusha T took shots at Drake on “Infrared,” the closer of his new album, DAYTONA. Push called out Drake for using ghostwriters in the bars, “The lyric pennin’ equal the Trumps winnin’ / The bigger question is how the Russians did it.” On “Duppy Freestyle,” Drake fires back hard at Pusha
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J. Cole brings a lot of heart and salient points on KOD, but it’s yet another mixed bag.
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Saba commendably tries to do something of depth on his sophomore album CARE FOR ME, but drowns in his influences.
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Jean Grae and Quelle Chris have a yin and yang chemistry on Everything’s Fine, one of the smartest, funniest, and most eclectic hip hop albums I’ve heard this year.
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This debut studio album from Irish rapper Rejjie Snow is a bit too low-key for my liking.
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The Mississippi quadruple threat is back with an epic double album that puts him at a new level.
