pop rap
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Ohio pop/rap/rock/electronic music duo Twenty One Pilots chases 2013’s breakout Vessel with a series of radio pop and reggae-infused tunes on Blurryface.
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Snoop Dogg returns from his reggae stint with a Pharrell-produced synth funk album.
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DC rapper Wale reaches into his past on this latest commercial project, incorporating Seinfeld clips and themes in the same way he did on his popular Mixtape About Nothing. However, the results aren’t nearly as impressive.
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Atlanta rapper and singer Young Thug releases a one-dimensional album that couldn’t have possibly lived up to the drama-fueled hype that led up to it.
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NY rapper Action Bronson comes through with his glitziest album yet, loaded with classy piano instrumentals and over-the-top lyrics. It’s the mountains of filler after the first third of the LP that kills it, tho.
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Heems (ex-Das Racist) comes through with his first commercial project since going solo.
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Despite plenty of cooking time and an endorsement from the one and only Nas, Fashawn’s long-awaited followup to 2009’s Boy Meets World doesn’t live up to expectations.
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Toronto rapper Drake unexpectedly and suddenly releases a new project. What his reasoning was is up for debate, but what’s clear is Drake’s sounding more confident than ever on a series of somewhat minimal, dark, moody, trap-inspired pop rap beats with contemporary R&B change-ups.
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Even after stripping back the hooks and instrumentals, and giving himself center stage, there isn’t much outside of J. Cole’s baseline technical abilities that makes him a compelling rapper and lyricist.
