Album Reviews7.5/10
Playboi Carti’s Whole Lotta Red Turns Rap Loud and Rough — and Mostly Pulls It Off
A wild, discordant swing at remaking a voice's sound arrives 24 tracks strong, urgent yet burdened by its own bulk.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
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Album Reviews8.4/10
Invasion of Privacy Proved Cardi B Was Never a One-Hit Wonder
An album that promises exposure and delivers it, wavering between clamor and quiet confession from a voice unwilling to be one thing.
Album Reviews5.1/10
Donda: The Tighter, Better Record Kanye West Chose Not to Make
A tenth album of vast repetition and grief — ideas of true weight, marred by excess that mars the whole design.
Album Reviews8.8/10
Call Me If You Get Lost Review: Tyler, The Creator’s Most Complete Record — 8.8/10
A wide-ranging rap record moving through soul, jazz and pop, never sitting still, never losing its rap base across sixteen tracks.
Album Reviews8.8/10
Little Simz Builds a Stadium and Whispers Inside It: ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ Reviewed
A record of swelling strings and bare confession, from stadium address to lone diary entry across many tracks.
Album Reviews8.8/10
Run the Jewels 3: Rage, Focus and a Duo at Their Sharpest
A record of Run the Jewels 3, wherein El-P and his partner rage against power, their chemistry never keener nor more resolute.
Album Reviews7.9/10
Culture Review: Migos Turn Ad-Libs Into an Artistic Statement (7.9/10)
A grim, spare demon of Atlanta rap arises full-formed, its ad-libs a low murmur, its silence a terror never once apologized for.
Album Reviews8.5/10
Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD Still Rides Hard 8 Years On: 8.5/10
A theme park of guest verses and shifting beats, this record turns spectacle into song, matching its own bluster at last.
Album Reviews7.8/10
Eight Years On, Swimming Still Sounds Like Mac Miller Coaching Himself Toward Calm
Mac Miller's Swimming: a steady, candid record of staying afloat, thirteen songs deep, closing the loop it opened.
Album Reviews9.5/10
DAMN. Review: Kendrick Lamar Cuts the Excess and Hits Harder — 9.5/10
A tale of fourteen songs, wherein a man of rhyme tells of the doom and destiny of his own soul and country. A precise, singular work.