Album Reviews
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Reviews "Kiari" finds Offset asserting his personal and artistic identity through standout street bangers and poignant introspection, even as familiar tropes and uneven moments hold the project back.
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Reviews With his four-track "Birthday Blizzard ’26," J. Cole brings back a format rap has been missing, and losing the top spot has only fueled his fire.
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Aron A. -
Reviews Logic's ninth album is seven years in the making, and it was well worth the wait.
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Reviews Donald Glover's last album as Childish Gambino is a bold but worthy farewell to the moniker.
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Devin Morton -
Reviews Glo's still got some rough edges to smooth out, but her studio debut both deepens her artistry and emphasizes its strengths.
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Reviews Tems personal growth is on full display on "Born In The Wild."
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Reviews "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" is a fitting installment in 21 Savage’s catalog, both a reckoning with the world he came from and the one he is carving out for himself.
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Reviews JID loses a bit of his straightforward sharpness on here, but "God Does Like Ugly" balances his ambitions more brashly than ever before.
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Reviews Freddie Gibbs confronts mortality and his demons on the sequel to "You Only Live 2wice."
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Reviews Ice Spice's debut album is one of the most vapid hip-hop releases of 2024.
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Devin Morton -
Reviews In "Star Line," Chance The Rapper charts the difficult terrain of love, justice, and selfhood, crafting an album as restless and resolute as he is.
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Aron A. -
Reviews All of Eminem's legendary qualities as an MC shine the brightest they've done in years, but so do his biggest artistic shortcomings.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares