Just a Matter of Slime is something of a placeholder, but one which indicates YNW Melly has every intention and credibility to push past his…
Kanye West The announcement of a new Kanye West album — his tenth in fact — brought with it the delighted attention of the…
Trip at Knight is the best album Trippie’s put out in a minute, a record of creative production and genuine feeling that only occasionally stumbles.…
Solar Power isn’t an outright failure, but it holds little of the ecstatic energy that defined Lorde’s first two records. Lorde’s star rocketed in the…
While better than the first King’s Disease album, Nas’s follow-up isn’t much more than an exercise in oldhead legacy maintenance. Is Nas in “rare form,” as…
Sam Williams’ major label debut proves he possesses his family’s talent, but also suggests he hasn’t yet asserted his own musical identity. If nothing…
Nas Is Nas in “rare form,” as he claims on King’s Disease II, or just a tad moldy? This question was already resoundingly answered…
Los Lobos’ Native Sons is a top-tier covers collection and a heartfelt love letter to Los Angeles. Long before their days of weighty concepts…
NEED finds 3OH!3 returning to their late-aughts party rap roots, and reminding how much current hyperpop stars are indebted to their earworm sound. It seems…
Wanda Jackson deserved a far better party than Encore for her send-off. Recorded in 2019, before she announced her official retirement, Encore will most likely be…
1/6 is both a confident and vulnerable comeback for Sunmi, a synthpop work of polished songcraft and raw lyricism. Since 2017, K-pop artist Sunmi’s velvety…
Los Lobos Long before their days of weighty concepts and studio experimentation, Los Lobos cut their teeth as a wedding band, doggedly gigging across…
Connie Smith’s excellent The Cry of the Heart is proof that traditional country in 2021 doesn’t have to be mere museum curio. While many of…
Bob Dylan’s 31st studio album was released to lofty expectations on September 11, 2001. Listeners who managed to snag a copy on that fateful…
Exemplified once more by the recent Donda rollout, Kanye’s productivity subsists off embattled energy, his “Soon as they like you make ’em unlike you”…
“Imagine there’s no heaven / It’s easy if you try / No hell below us / Above us, only sky.” On October 11, 1971,…
The Asymptotical World EP picks up where Yves Tumor left off with their last album, opening up Tumor as a vocalist and performer. It hasn’t…
Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night isn’t dull, but it plays more like an album of what other, better artists sound like. After a…