Continuing a tireless pace of music, longstanding street rap icon Kevin Gates surprise drops his seventeenth(!) commercial mixtape, a sequel to 2019’s Only the Generals Gon Understand. Recorded in Puerto Rico, apparently to get more in touch with the Hispanic side of his heritage, Gates returns with his increasingly soulful and melodic flow in combination … Continue reading Kevin Gates – Only The Generals Part II
Month: February 2021
Trippie Redd – Pegasus: Neon Shark vs Pegasus Presented By Travis Barker
Continuing the streaming-fueled trend of adding essentially an entire album onto an existing project as the deluxe version, emo-trap star Trippie Redd extends his already overstuffed Pegasus album to a ridiculous 40 songs in length. The difference this time is that the new project is far from more of the same – Redd has completely … Continue reading Trippie Redd – Pegasus: Neon Shark vs Pegasus Presented By Travis Barker
Pentatonix – The Lucky Ones
Globally dominant a cappella quintet Pentatonix mercifully toss aside the Christmas covers – is everyone aware that they have FOUR Christmas albums? – and return with their second ever set of originals and first since their self-titled 2015 album. Once a boundlessly creative group, their transformation into grandmother-approved background music mainstays has essentially lessened the … Continue reading Pentatonix – The Lucky Ones
Various Artists – Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album
This might be a music blog, but we’re deep into Oscar season – and a star-studded soundtrack from one of the year’s frontrunning films has broken into the public consciousness in a big way. Curated by all-star hip-hop producer Hit-Boy, a wide array of rap and R&B’s young rising stars and absolute legends come together … Continue reading Various Artists – Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album
Pooh Shiesty – Shiesty Season
21-year-old Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty’s explosive rise to fame has made him one of the year’s first overnight sensations, and he’s now released his debut commercial mixtape to back up the rising tide of hype. A protégé of Gucci Mane and frequent guest on the compilations that his label, 1017 Records, put together, it’s incredibly … Continue reading Pooh Shiesty – Shiesty Season
Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight
Another very quiet week and another older band coming through with the week’s most popular album. Seattle hard rock legends Foo Fighters have been drawing widely mixed receptions in the latter part of their career as they begin incorporating aspects of other genres into their work, and their landmark tenth studio album is no different. … Continue reading Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight
Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams
20-year-old singer-songwriter and poet Arlo Parks has been attracting critical attention in her home country of the UK for a couple years now, and she’s managed to bring that energy across the Atlantic just in time for her debut studio album. With a deeply soulful sound drawing influences from funk and jazz yet recorded in … Continue reading Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams
Weezer – OK Human
Much like my discovery of The Strokes’ excellent The New Abnormal album last year, an extremely quiet week in terms of sales numbers likely catapults another album I typically would have avoided a formal review of onto my end of year list. I’ll admit to not following legendary rock outfit Weezer’s entire career as closely … Continue reading Weezer – OK Human
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