Album Reviews7.3/10
Anderson .Paak’s Oxnard Still Sounds Like a Party Full of Friends
A review of Anderson .Paak's Oxnard, a record that pairs loose soul singing with rap's biggest names, but struggles with its darker jokes.
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Tag: rap
Album Reviews7/10
At Your Own Risk Review: Tyler’s Rough, Honest Start Earns 7/10
A look back at Tyler, The Creator's 2007 debut, At Your Own Risk, a rough, honest record that marks the start of a long journey.
‘DINОSAUR’ Review: Tyler’s Most Personal Album Is Messy, Ambitious and Worth Hearing as One Record
Tyler, The Creator's DINОSAUR mixes fame, fatherhood, and dense hip-hop production into a sprawling, ambitious fourth studio album.
Album Reviews8.5/10
Lizzo Opens With an Axe Murderer and Closes With Happy Meals on Lizzobangers
A review of Lizzo's debut album Lizzobangers, a rap record of jokes, politics, and sheer force of personality.
Album Reviews8.3/10
Pusha T’s ‘It’s Almost Dry’ Sharpens a Formula He Already Owned
A rapper of drug-trade narrative builds twelve tracks in thirty-five minutes, no wasted verse, no wasted breath.
Album Reviews8.5/10
Denzel Curry’s ‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future’ Refuses to Sit Still — and That’s the Point
A solemn survey of Denzel Curry's fifth record, a tumult of fourteen songs where genre melts and mingles across forty-five wild minutes.
Album Reviews6/10
Certified Lover Boy: 86 Minutes of Comfortable, Not Hungry
A grim, ninety-minute chronicle of Drake's ninth toil, wherein guest verses and hooks contend against the tedium of length.
Album Reviews8.7/10
Laila’s Wisdom: Rapsody Steps Fully Into Her Own Name
A grave chronicle of Rapsody's wisdom-laden record, whose fourteen tracks flow, in patient measure, through soul and solemn rhyme.
Album Reviews8.5/10
Danny Brown Turns Drug Panic Into Post-Punk Rap on Atrocity Exhibition — 8.5/10
A restless, grim record of drug panic and collapse, 15 tracks strong, that never once turns away from its own dreadful subject.
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.