Brockhampton, “Ginger” 9/10
Brockhampton’s sixth studio album had a lot riding on it for America’s boy band. After their stellar “Saturation” trilogy put them on the map in 2017, the collective went through a rough 2018 after one of their lead rappers, Ameer Vann, was accused of abuse and later kicked out of the group. “Puppy”, their fifth album, was scrapped and the group hastily put together “Iridescence”, a f...
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, “Infest the Rats’ Nest” 9/10
King Gizzard has long left behind the idea of genre. The band has taken on everything from jazz to now thrash metal. Using the same environmentalist themes of their last full length album “Fishing for Fishies” the Australian rock band takes the listener into an epic space odyssey covering the future of the Earth. Sometimes when a band attempts a new genre it takes to come off a bit forced or abn...
Tropical F*ck Storm, “Braindrops” 9/10
TFS shows why rock isn’t dead in their sophomore album. It is hard to define what style TFS is actually attempting to use in this album but most of the songs tend to fall into the punk world of rock. With depressive vocals mixed with an over the top instrumental, “Braindrops” takes note of bands like LCD Soundsystem and even Black Sabbath in some of the most creative and poignant songwriting of thi...
Lana del Rey, “Norman F*cking Rockwell” 8/10
Lana del Ray’s sixth studio album finally lives up to the hype surrounding the American singer. For a long time Lana has been praised as being one of the best female songwriters of our time. Listening through her back catalogue, however, shows that Lana’s discography lacked a lot of substance behind her titanic image. Finally though Lana has put together an album that has the feeling, power, an...
YBN Cordae, “The Lost Boy” 8/10
YBN Cordae has been riding the wave he started after his stunning response to J Cole’s 1985. The young Maryland rapper showcased great lyricism that reminded rap fans of J Cole’s lyricism at his peak. Cordae has succeeded in every regard with this new album. Cordae mixes hip house tracks with modern trap in a way that resembles something that early Drake and Kanye would put out in today’s era....
VYNNI, “Glamour” 8/10
Illinois rapper and Metea native VYNNI has put out an album that could land on any rap playlist without a second thought. From the very beginning, the album offers something different from the usual soundcloud rap that is often found in high schools. The album embraces its influences and produces a project that is not only enjoyable but honestly makes some other professional records look even worse by comp...
Young Thug, “So Much Fun” 7/10
Young Thug’s debut album is everything you’d want from an artist like Young Thug. Fun trap bangers that aren’t anything complex or sophisticated but are fun nevertheless. The common saying that an album doesn’t need to be particularly complex to be good has never been more true as Young Thug channels his inner Migos and crafts one of the best trap records period. Young Thug has had problems wit...
Tool, “Fear Inoculum” 6/10
Tool is seen now as one of the greatest rock bands to ever exist. With an almost flawless track record, Tool has easily had one of the best catalogues in rock history and one of the best concepts in rock. Taking inspiration from metal and progressive rock the band combines hard guitar passages with very surreal long songs. After the release of “10,000 Days”, one of the best of their albums, th...
Slipknot, “We Are Not Your Kind” 6/10
For those of us who haven’t left our nu metal phase, Slipknot has finally released their new album. Following the immensely disliked fifth album, “5: The Gray Chapter”, Slipknot had to bring their win their fans back. The nu metal group is one of the best of their time with the best nu metal album, “Iowa”. Despite their very over the top presentation and style, the music is some of the most e...
Taylor Swift, “Lover” 5/10
Taylor Swift isn’t exactly my choice of music to listen to. The American pop icon’s seventh full length album is a colossal return to form for the embattled pop songstress. Following the fallout of the drama between Taylor Swift and Kanye West, Swift released “Reputation”. an album that among other things was plain up her worst album of her career. “Reputation” was so bad that many critics be...
Chance the Rapper, “The Big Day” 2/10
It has been three years since Chance the Rapper said his now famous verse in Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam”. To the sound of a gospel choir chance rapped, “I met Kanye West, I’m never going to fail.” Chance was unfortunately wrong. The biggest question that the “Big Day” gives us is how was it possible for Chance, with his mountain of producers, rappers, and mentors, to come out with a...
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