slowthai aims to prove an element of maturation with TYRON, but the album comes across as more of an indictment against his challengers than…
Nightmare Vacation is a focused (re-)introduction for the Rico familiar and newcomers alike. Rico Nasty has made quite a name for herself, utilizing an…
Pluto x Baby Pluto is an uneven affair, less a successful collaboration than a platform for one ascending rapper to overshadow one feeling the fade.…
The Hustles Continues is a bit too busy and suffers from a glut of features, but once again proves J’s relevance and absolute buoyancy. There…
Savage Mode II’s half-hearted experimentation makes for diminishing returns this time out for 21 and Metro. If Savage Mode is the cult classic that…
Whole Lotta Red is a versatile, experimental, and grand pop statement from a singular artist in full command of his authorship. Whole Lotta Red is,…
My Life 4Hunnid reflects yet a further dip in quality from YG’s long-ago days of Still Brazy. My Life 4Hunnid, YG’s latest, is the type…
TattleTales is a placeholder album designed to bring the spotlight back on 6ix9ine, lacking in much of anything of interest or worthwhile collabs. It was…
If No Pressure is truly Logic’s curtain call, it’s probably the right time, as the rapper simply rides his familiar cornball swagger here to diminishing returns.…
Ho, Why Is You Here? is a flex-heavy, club-ready mixtape from a rapper of uncommon confidence, even for the hip hop world. Fresh to the…
Nas is washed – King’s Disease confirms it. Nas is, for lack of a better term, washed; this isn’t to clown on the man who’s certainly…
Wunna is Gunna’s masterpiece, one that finds the low-ceiling rapper maximizing his particular hip hop style. Wunna is a masterpiece — or, to be more…
“It has been quite a journey / From my driveway to my front door / It has been quite a journey.” Lil Wayne floats…
What is there to say about DaBaby that hasn’t been articulated since he took the world by storm in 2019? He is a rapper…
It must be hard being Marshall Bruce Mathers III, or so he’d like you to believe. According to him, and everyone who has defended…
Alfredo, the latest collaboration between rapper Freddie Gibbs and legendary producer The Alchemist, is an absolutely ferocious album. Although the duo don’t have an…
Four years ago, self-anointed King of the Teens Lil Yachty released the polarizing Lil Boat mixtape, and seemingly overnight (or, one could say, over…
City on Lock is a warm-up round for the heights City Girls are sure to ascend to. City Girls are a hyper-feminine performance, and a…