After a highly impressive run of singles and features – one that now seems like a career speedrun, looking back on it – during 2019 and 2020, DaBaby’s seemingly monthly scandals finally hit a tipping point with some homophobic remarks made during a show at a summer festival. His verse removed from what was the … Continue reading DaBaby – Baby on Baby 2
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Polo G – Hall of Fame
Chicago rapper Polo G’s latest project, Hall of Fame, seems aptly titled – after his single “RAPSTAR” scored a number one debut earlier in the year and stream counts continue to rise into the hundreds of millions, it feels like a project meant to fully establish himself as one of current hip-hop’s biggest stars. The album … Continue reading Polo G – Hall of Fame
Toosii – Thank You For Believing
Part of a new wave of young rappers from the Carolinas, DaBaby labelmate Toosii has been picking up attention through a series of high-profile features for a while, dropping off this mixtape with a couple big guests of his own a couple months after his breakthrough debut studio album. Delivering melodic trap through a nasal … Continue reading Toosii – Thank You For Believing
DJ Khaled – KHALED KHALED
The walking, talking meme and motivational speaker with the keys to success is back with what is surprisingly his twelfth studio album – the man has been making hits since 2007 and shows no signs of slowing down, online derision aside. Once again hilariously “executive produced” by not only his two infant sons, but also … Continue reading DJ Khaled – KHALED KHALED
SAINt JHN – While The World Was Burning
As SAINt JHN so aptly points out himself on one of the songs on his latest project, he should have blown up about five years ago. Although the worldwide smash hit that is the Imanbek remix of his 2016 single “Roses” doesn’t necessarily sound like his music at all, there are still quite a few … Continue reading SAINt JHN – While The World Was Burning
Megan Thee Stallion – Good News
Houston rising star and now 4-time Grammy nominee Megan Thee Stallion has certainly had a year full of ups and downs. After scoring her breakout #1 hit with “Savage,” dropping some great verses onto one of the most talked-about tracks of the year in “WAP” and getting caught up in some truly scary drama when … Continue reading Megan Thee Stallion – Good News
Pop Smoke – Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
After making enormous waves in bringing the unique sounds of New York drill to the mainstream and tragically passing away at age 20 only a few short days after dropping his breakout mixtape, Pop Smoke’s posthumous debut studio album – what a strange phrase – has arrived. Executive produced by legendary rapper 50 Cent, whose … Continue reading Pop Smoke – Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
Lil Yachty – Lil Boat 3
There was once a time when it seemed like Lil Yachty was one of the most exciting and disruptive up-and-coming forces in hip-hop music, his endearingly haphazard approach destined to become a highly influential movement. Passed over by a couple of his contemporaries and other subgenres rising to the top, Yachty has seemed a little … Continue reading Lil Yachty – Lil Boat 3
NBA Youngboy – 38 Baby 2
I was honestly completely thrown off guard by the fact that I hadn’t formally reviewed a project from NBA Youngboy on this blog yet, considering the blazing speed with which he releases them, but it turns out that outside of a global pandemic that provides me no other option I tend to ignore his multiple … Continue reading NBA Youngboy – 38 Baby 2
DaBaby – Blame It On Baby
The prolific rapper who quickly shot his way to the top has once again returned with his third album in a little over a year, still winning people over with his infectious personality and top-tier rap voice but veering dangerously close to Migos oversaturation territory as jokes about his slapdash instrumentals and never switching his … Continue reading DaBaby – Blame It On Baby
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