pop rap
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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.
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Big K.R.I.T.’s second commercial project, much like his last, leaves much to be desired.
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The Cool Kids’ Sir Michael comes together with a pretty fun album on Banco.
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On his latest project, Childish Gambino dreams of running Atlanta and getting a Gangsta Grillz mixtape.
