The Mouse and the Mask – Danger Doom

Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2005 The Mouse & The Mask Danger Doom ★★★½ 76 Hip-Hop An entire album themed around Adult Swim shows that was promoted heavily by Cartoon Network and that includes features and sketches by fictitious characters has no business working in any artistic way beyond it being a mildly-humorous gimmickContinue reading “The Mouse and the Mask – Danger Doom”

El Camino – The Black Keys ★★★

Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2011 El Camino The Black Keys ★★★ 66 Rock Alternative Rock Blues Rock El Camino represents The Black Keys at their peak popularity. “Lonely Boy” was an absolute banger of a single that had a lot more energy than what they had offered the album prior, an energy that’sContinue reading “El Camino – The Black Keys ★★★”

Brothers – The Black Keys ★★★½

Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 Brothers The Black Keys ★★★½ 71 Rock Indie Rock Blues Rock I look back fondly on the days when The Black Keys were considered hip and cool, when they seemed like one of the last holdouts of the garage rock movement that started in the early 2000s withContinue reading “Brothers – The Black Keys ★★★½”

Cheat Codes – Black Thought and Danger Mouse ★★★½

Yead Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Cheat Codes Danger Mouse, Black Thought ★★★½ 75 Hip-Hop Cheat Codes brings together a seemingly natural pairing: Black Thought — lead MC for the Roots and a legendary voice in the conscious-rap movement of the late 90s and early 2000s — and Danger Mouse —a longtime producer whoContinue reading “Cheat Codes – Black Thought and Danger Mouse ★★★½”