review
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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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A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships is bolder in theme and aesthetic than The 1975’s previous albums, but not all of the band’s risks pan out.
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Some Rap Songs is Earl Sweatshirt’s most emotionally intense and artistically defined project yet.
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Kai Whiston’s debut album introduces him as one of the most promising up-and-comers in the blooming deconstructed club genre.
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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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Avant-garde jazz outfit Onyx Collective continues to embody the highs and lows of NYC with Lower East Suite Part Three, their most polished and straightforward set of tracks yet.
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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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Muse’s foray into ’80s retro-futurism, while at times uninspired and gaudy even by the band’s standards, has resulted in their most palatable album this decade.
