rap
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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.
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Backed by production from 9th Wonder and his team, Black Thought comes through with five tracks of STRAIGHT BARS on Streams of Thought, Vol. 1.
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The debut album from Philly hip hop artist Tierra Whack is an endearing set of pop rap and alternative R&B miniatures.
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KIDS SEE GHOSTS finds both Kanye West and Kid Cudi in top form as they host a psychedelic odyssey through the darkest and brightest corners of their psyches.
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“Hahaha” is the fourth single from Death Grips’ upcoming album Year of the Snitch, whose June 22 release date has just been revealed. The track samples a number of Death Grips’ past songs, most apparently “Lock Your Doors” in the intro. It also features pervasive record scratching contributed by DJ
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Juice WRLD’s brand of emo-infused trap can be great in small doses, but has amounted to a spotty full-length debut.
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Ye paints a vivid picture of Kanye’s current state of self and, for as brief as it is, succeeds as an intimate exploration of family and mental health.
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Testing contains some interesting ideas here and there, but they aren’t performed or organized all that well a great deal of the time.
