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Reviews "Bully" doesn’t feel like a comeback. It feels like Kanye West is reminding the world he still knows the tricks while avoiding the vulnerability and ambition that once made his music impossible to ignore.
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Music Kanye West's "Bully" fell flat for "Pitchfork," and the album's distributor, gamma., has some words for their poor review.
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Music The Game's review of Baby Keem's new album "Ca$ino" follows his review for J. Cole's "The Fall-Off" earlier this month.
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Reviews Ideally, a final statement should leave fans eager for a return, a body of work that commands reflection and conversation. Here, Cole offers a snapshot of craftsmanship at a high point, a reckoning with his own mythos, and a testament to the fact that even the most dependable voices in rap can surprise, falter, and reflect at once.
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Music We wonder what would happen if more rappers like The Game and J. Cole would review each other's projects as publicly and directly as this.
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Reviews Baby Keem’s sophomore album peels back layers of personal trauma and family history, while finding cohesion and pop potential across a stylistically varied but emotionally focused project.
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Reviews Nas’s enduring lyrical skill shines over DJ Premier’s production in a way that serves as a fitting conclusion to the Legend Has It series.
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Reviews Young Thug’s “UY Scuti” is messy and uneven yet vulnerable, offering flashes of his pre-incarceration brilliance without reclaiming the superstar stature that once placed him at rap’s upper echelon.
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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 "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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Aron A. -
Original Content In light of Drake's newly exposed DMs to Anthony Fantano, we revisit the YouTube music critic's past reviews of Drizzy's catalog.
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Reviews "Infinite" is a proper send-off for Mobb Deep. Eight years after Prodigy’s death, Havoc recreates their familiar universe, honoring posthumous verses while showcasing his own evolution alongside The Alchemist.
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Reviews "Let God Sort Em Out" is a powerful Clipse comeback blending coke rap, spiritual growth, and grief, showcasing matured lyricism and Pharrell’s visionary production.
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Aron A. -
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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Gabriel Bras Nevares
