BabyTron is the rap hero we need, and MEGATRON continues his remarkable run. When all hope seemed lost for scam rap, the ShittyBoyz came to…
7220 skews quite commercial, but a persistent emotional core and littered lyrical Durk-isms make for an appealing record even in this imperfect form. To say that…
The only thing Better than You proves is that DaBaby and YoungBoy are better at putting out mid-tier music than most. The title of DaBaby…
Crest is a proper Drain Gang victory lap, casting the rappers as dueling new-age pop stars trading verses over expansive, unfixed melodies. If there were…
Yeat is a welcomingly singular, eccentric addition to the hip hop world, but 2 Alivë is an overlong, humdrum affair that diminishes as the rapper’s novelty…
Donda 2 is an essential Ye album even in its likely unfinished form, taking his curative, experimental approach to record-making to its most thrilling extreme…
On Dope Don’t Sell Itself, the king of 2010s features feels more than a little dusty, ironically shown up by every feature on the record. …
SICK! lacks any real sense of cohesion, making it an album that seems content with doing as little as possible. Over the past half-decade, Earl…
Let’s keep it simple — Gunna is at the top of the rap game. Well, he’s gone and done it again: Gunna has released yet…
4NEM is the latest proof that Chief Keef’s singularity and eccentricity are second to none in the world of hip hop. While there’s been little…
Ross might be richer than he’s ever been, but he’s also as uninspired as he’s ever been on his latest. It’s unclear what exactly drives…
Live Life Fast is an anonymous bore of an album that rides of a wave of unearned ego. Roddy Ricch clearly thought he was in…
Fighting Demons is a feel-bad album that feigns rawness in order to avoid any meaningful consideration of Juice WRLD’s legacy. Fighting Demons, the second posthumous…
Who is Nardo Wick? is a successful enough introduction to the eponymous rapper, superficial but with personality to carry him forward. Just exactly Who Is…
The only thing They Got Amnesia proves is why we all forgot about French Montana in the first place. “For the next game, you need to…
LP! is yet another refinement from JPEGMAFIA, offering his most fully realized vision and hopefully only a taste of a freer artistic future. The music of…
Weight of the World finds Maxo Kream once again improving his sound, carrying through his evolving maturity with ever-present swagger. Lately, Maxo Kream has been feeling…
Tech N9ne still has technical proficiency to spare, but Asin9ne is both undercooked and overstuffed, offering no reason for the rapper to retain relevance. It…
Expensive Pain proves that absent external conflict motivating him, Meek Mill is only able to operate on unappealing auto-pilot. Meek Mill owes his entire career to…
Punk is a jumbled, inconsistent mess, and the latest misstep from a once-great artist to now regularly makes them. What does one expect from Young Thug…