Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts

Friday, 29 November 2024

Review of 'GNX' by Kendrick Lamar

We’ve had our beef. Now Kendrick’s serving up dessert.

Friday, 1 November 2024

Review of ‘Chromakopia’ by Tyler, the Creator

Tyler, the Creator wrestles with the idea of becoming Tyler, the Procreator.

Thursday, 29 August 2024

Triple Album Review: ‘Dark Times’ by Vince Staples, ‘King of The Mischievous South vol 2’ by Denzel Curry & ‘I Lay Down My Life For You’ by JPEGMAFIA



I haven’t reviewed many hip hop albums this year. In fact, I haven’t reviewed many albums full-stop. So, here’s a three-album-in-one review to make up for it.

Monday, 18 March 2024

Review of 'Blue Lips' by Schoolboy Q


Despite pushing 40, Q still has incredible energy to give, and arguably the best ear for beats in the game.

Thursday, 15 February 2024

Thursday, 2 November 2023

Review of 'Scarlet' by Doja Cat

Doja’s claws are out. Gone are the horny alien pop bops. She’s now making angry demonic rap. And it’s both fun and frustrating to listen to.

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Review of 'UTOPIA' by Travis Scott


The guestlist is impressive and the production is fun, but it’s still not enough to conceal the fact that Travis Scott is an utterly unexciting rapper.

Thursday, 13 April 2023

Review of 'Scaring The Hoes' by JPEGmafia and Danny Brown

Scaring The Hoes sees rappers JPEGmafia and Danny Brown celebrating their mutual weirdness. If you want to get kicked out of a house party for ‘scaring the hoes’, play this album (although I can think of much worse examples if you really want to cause utter chaos. Imagine putting Trout Mask Replica on the aux. Or maybe some Merzbow? That’s how you scare the hoes.)

Thursday, 16 March 2023

Review of 'Like..?' by Ice Spice


Ice Spice? Is she, like, the secret sixth member of The Spice Girls? I decided to check out.

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Review of ‘Mr Morale & The Big Steppers’ by Kendrick Lamar

Mr Morale & The Big Steppers is a masterpiece – and quite possibly my favourite Kendrick album to date.

Wednesday, 27 April 2022

Review of 'Melt My Eyez See Your Future' by Denzel Curry

Denzel is sounding less aggressive and more introspective here. And he’s jumping on some of the most stylistically diverse beats of his career. It’s an exhilarating album – but is it better than his 2018 masterpiece TA1300?

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Review of 'SICK!' by Earl Sweatshirt

Earl is rapping on actual beats this time. But despite being more accessible, SICK! isn’t as ‘infectious’ as I’d hoped.

Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Review of 'Montero' by Lil Nas X

Despite the uninspired name (he blatantly took it from a rapper name generator), Lil Nas X has fast become one of the most exciting and unique artists in modern mainstream hip hop. But is it all just gimmicks?

Tuesday, 12 October 2021

Review of 'Certified Lover Boy' by Drake


Certified Lover Boy features some of the Canadian singer-rapper’s best songs to date – but also some of his worst.

Monday, 13 September 2021

Review of 'Donda' by Kanye West

Despite the messy roll-out, the bloated tracklist (27 tracks???) and the non-existent album art, Donda is not the slapdash slog I expected it to be. In fact, there are some solid and spectacular songs here.

Wednesday, 1 September 2021

Double Review: 'Vince Staples' by Vince Staples and 'The House Is Burning' by Isaiah Rashad

I’ll get around to reviewing Donda in a minute. In the meantime, here’s a post for the hip hop heads – a double review of the two latest albums from Vince Staples and Isaiah Rashad.