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who told you to think??!!?!?!?! by milo Everything that impressed me about milo‘s previous album, including Kenny Segal’s intricate production, is in full force on this latest single “magician (suture).” The stuttering vocal edits in particular might be the coolest production trick I’ve heard on one of
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Mr. Carter kills his ego and spills the beans on his most intimate album yet.
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Vince Staples’ Big Fish Theory is the Long Beach rapper’s most eclectic project yet, but still exposes major songwriting deficiencies.
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On their third studio album Renaissance, The Underachievers still have great fundamentals and chemistry, but much of the time it sounds like they’re on autopilot.
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Young Thug delivers his most melodic and pop-friendly project yet with Beautiful Thugger Girls.
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Bones comes through with a brilliantly-titled dark banger featuring a verse from none other than Danny Brown! The track is featured on Bones’ new NoRedeemingQualities mixtape.
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On Saturation, Brockhampton jells in a way no other group their size has in quite some time. Definitely my frontrunner for hip hop project of the year at the moment.
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Denzel Curry and BADBADNOTGOOD each embark upon one of their most ambitious musical undertakings by reinventing banger-of-the-decade contender “Ultimate” with live instrumentation. I’m more surprised by the trippy video than I am the fact they pull it off. Feels like I dropped acid…or edited a thatistheplan video. Denzel
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Lil Yachty’s debut album is a horrific disappointment.
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LA-based hip hop collective/boyband Brockhampton is releasing its second mixtape, Saturation, next month. Coming off strong singles like “Heat,” “Face,” and now “Gold,” it’s become one of my most highly anticipated projects this year.
