Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2011 Lasers Lupe Fiasco ★½ 39 Hip-Hop Pop Hip-Hop In one of the worst efforts ever by a record label to elevate a talented artist, 2011’s Lasers — Lupe Fiasco’s third album — pairs one of hip-hops most serious, lyrically gifted and smooth artists of the late 2000s withContinue reading “Lasers – Lupe Fiasco”
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Careless World: Rise of the Last King – Tyga
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2012 Careless World: Rise of the Last King Tyga ★★½ 53 Hip-Hop Listening back to Careless World: Rise of the Last King a decade later, I’m sure a lot of the enjoyment is due to the nostalgia that comes from immersing yourself into the post blog-era “up-and-comers” movement TygaContinue reading “Careless World: Rise of the Last King – Tyga”
B.o.B. Presents: The Adventure of Bobby Ray – B.o.B.
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2010 B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray B.o.B. ★½ 38 Hip-Hop Pop Hip-Hop Of all of the post blog-era debut albums hat popped up from 2010-12, B.o.B. Presents: The Adventure of Bobby Ray is the most sterilized, generic and pop-radio ready. Simple, repetitive hip-hop drums play behind soft,Continue reading “B.o.B. Presents: The Adventure of Bobby Ray – B.o.B.”
Heavy Heavy – Young Fathers ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Heavy Heavy Young Fathers ★★★½ 79 Hip-Hop Neo Soul On Young Fathers’ first album since their great 2018 record Cocoa Sugar, the Scottish indie group replaces their usual dissonant and tense hip-hop production with gospel, soul and world music elements that introduce so much warmth and life. EvenContinue reading “Heavy Heavy – Young Fathers ★★★½”
UGLY – Slowthai ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 UGLY Slowthai ★★★½ 78 Hip-Hop Post Punk Subsections of hip-hop continue to inch closer to traditional rock and punk music — using elements like live guitars and drums, sung passages and screaming choruses. British rapper Slowthai’s 2023 album UGLY is essentially a rock record, with heavy doses ofContinue reading “UGLY – Slowthai ★★★½”
i was mature for my age, but i was still a child – grouptherapy.
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 i was mature for my age, but i was still a child grouptherapy. ★★★½ 71 Hip-Hop Alternative Hip-Hop It’s impossible to listen to grouptherapy. — a young, alternative hip-hop collective that uses internet-aged DIY production to blend rap, pop and R&B while discussing Gen Z themes — withoutContinue reading “i was mature for my age, but i was still a child – grouptherapy.”
808s & Heartbreak – Kanye West ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2008 808s And Heartbreak Kanye West ★★★½ 71 Hip-Hop R&B I know 808s & Heartbreak — Kanye West’s first venture into the R&B world — isn’t for everyone. But — when looking back at where hip-hop went in the 10-15 years after 2008 and how prominent R&B production, auto-tunedContinue reading “808s & Heartbreak – Kanye West ★★★½”
SCARING THE HOES – JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown ★★★★½
Year Album Artists Stars Score Genre 2023 SCARING THE HOES JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown ★★★★½ 90 Hip-Hop Scaring the Hoes is probably the most creative, experimental hip-hop album to come out over the past 10 years, and it makes sense given two of the most unique talents in hip-hop from the past decade joined forces toContinue reading “SCARING THE HOES – JPEGMAFIA, Danny Brown ★★★★½”
MICHAEL – Killer Mike
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Michael Killer Mike ★★★½ 73 Hip-Hop After spending the better part of a decade working with EL-P as part of Run The Jewels, it’s appropriate that Killer Mike’s comeback solo record is simply titled MICHAEL. On MICHAEL, Killer Mike takes us back to his roots, not just withContinue reading “MICHAEL – Killer Mike”
Lahai – Sampha ★★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2023 Lahai Sampha ★★★★ 85 Hip-Hop R&B Neo-Soul Sampha has been making notable music for a long time. From being the primary vocalist on SBTRKT tracks in 2010 and 11, to all his features with artists like Drake in 2013, Kanye West in 2016, Kendrick Lamar in 2022 andContinue reading “Lahai – Sampha ★★★★”
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