rap
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Despite its occasional lyrical missteps and production that’s maybe a little too standard for Black Thought, this second Streams of Thought EP is nearly as solid as the first.
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Skins is one of the year’s least gratifying albums, but out of everyone involved in its creation, X is probably the least at blame.
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Despite being Ski Mask the Slump God’s debut commercial album, Stokeley is about as brief and inconsistent as the mixtapes leading up to it.
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Some Rap Songs is Earl Sweatshirt’s most emotionally intense and artistically defined project yet.
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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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Oxnard has a stronger sense of direction than its predecessor and is a breath of fresh air in the current state of pop rap and neo-soul.
