Albums

“A resounding success.”

“In the age of streaming and playlists, ‘Pray For Paris’ further solidifies Westside Gunn as an album artist.”

One listen and you won’t forget Kenny Mason.

“Rod Wave is like if the song ‘Soul Survivor’ by Akon and Young Jeezy came to life and joined a choir.”

“During a period of uncomfortable change, Thundercat’s ‘It Is What It Is’ is right on time.”

Conway The Machine’s injuries and paranoia are treated as constants. They’re not his crosses to bear; they’re fueling his fire.

Every Knxwledge project, remix, and loosie has led to this moment.

“Well, that was indeed a PARTYNEXTDOOR album.”

“Suffice it to say, I’m disoriented.”

The Weeknd delivered more shiny, danceable pop music with his signature moody edge.

Jay Electronica’s always got one more trick up his sleeve.

Bad Bunny cannot be critique-free.

Rap’s newest Martian has returned to Earth in spectacular fashion.

‘The Allegory’ is, for a lack of a better word, woke.

Brevity continues to be the soul of Medhane's wit across ‘FULL CIRCLE.’

‘UNLOCKED’ is an exercise in gut and viscera.

“World getting warmer, we goin’ the other way.”

Alchemist’s legacy has been long secured, and ‘The Price of Tea In China’ feels like a level-up for Boldy James.

‘Funeral’ is Lil Wayne, the mixtape rapper, puncturing original beats with consistent one-liners in a stream-of-conscious style that occasionally burns out.

On ‘Big Conspiracy,’ every rap is crisp; every hook is an earworm; every song is plotted.

“If only Eminem cared more about making the best music and not being the best rapper.”

At present, 070 Shake is another member of the orchestra. But when the time comes, she’ll be ready to take up the mantle as maestro.

Mac Miller’s sixth studio album, ‘Circles,’ is the moment he comes into himself as a man, as Malcolm.

A quarter of a century later, all heads realize.

Mick Jenkins is a chess player, not a lion tamer. On ‘The Circus,’ the Chicago emcee reinforces his brand of thoughtful lyricism.

‘WWCD’ is pure hip-hop essence, bottled and sold to the eager streamer.

There’s a tenderness to the construction of ‘Everybody’s Everything,’ how the album feels like a nod to every type of Lil Peep fan.

Happy birthday to ‘The Pinkprint.’

‘Heavy Is the Head’ will only serve to solidify Stormzy’s status as a domestic superstar and increase his already aggrandizing global profile.

KAYTRANADA’s sophomore album is preoccupied with mid-tempo grooves that settle in the bones and coax wall-huggers to the dance floor.

Deb Never is an LA-based musician who makes… Well she doesn’t make happy music.

We listen to ‘MAGDALENE,’ and we remember everyone we have ever loved, and how easily they stopped loving us.

The 26-year-old New York rapper documents his growing pains on his second studio album, ‘OOFIE.’

The actual music on ‘The Juice Vol. II’ is good—great, even. It just feels over-produced.