Category: 4-7 Ratings
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From her auspicious debut to the more grounded and mundane follow-up, Billie has yet to make the kind of impact that exists outside new artist hype. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? made her presence known, albeit having moments that bore. Unfortunately, it continues on her follow-up album Happier Than Ever. Billie…
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The House Is Burning is a metaphor that sees Isaiah Rashad’s home burning as he sits there, wondering if he should proceed to leave or not. He mentions in an in-depth interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, claiming: “And if it all burns down, you still going to try to figure it out, right? Because if…
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ocals and evoking the emotional gravitas that was lacking. Clairo finds new traction, even though it doesn’t keep you completely engaged all the way through. As much as I enjoyed this follow-up, Clairo still has ways to go as an artist, and fortunately, with her youth, there is nowhere to go but up.
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It’s always been evident that Pop has always had the talent, and with what has been said to be in the vault you’d expect better from the producers and orchestrators. But ultimately they took the opportunity to cash in on his legacy to find a happy medium between tracks for the fans and those to…
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Doja Cat has a lot of talent and enough to keep retaining a strong presence in pop, but the trajectory of her career has seemed to have a mental impasse with the ways she can keep it interesting, whether sonically or lyrically. Throughout Planet Her you’re given a slew of consistency, despite many tracks becoming…
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The Revenge of Hobo Johnson doesn’t deliver with the manic bravado that his last album had, but still has its bright spots where you’ll still find enough to go back to. It’s approach to creating stories and analogies that transpire into this range of universal themes with slight redundancies.
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The redundancies on Ice Daddy aren’t always a deterrent as there is always something that will attract you, whether it is Gucci Mane’s slick rhyming or his features or even tracks you know are produced by some favorites. Gucci continues to show a consistency in his output despite its issues, but Ice Daddy is a…
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H.E.R. has never shied away from speaking her truth, but she seems to feel misguided when it came to constructing her debut album. It’s bloated, running at 21 tracks and 80 minutes in length, you could tell what could have been shaved off and it would have made a tighter album. However, H.E.R. delivers enough…
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Through its ups and its downs, Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land brings unique perspectives and less-fraught production to deliver a mesmerizing, albeit flawed, pop album that shines like the album cover. It has its moments in the sun and catches you with unique melodies and harmonies you’ll find yourself coming back a bit frequently.
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Culture III is an uptick in the great direction for Migos as they fully engulf these styles and make them their own and a pleasant surprise from the trio. Though it does feel a bit overlong, there is more to like than not to keep on consistent rotation.
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