Young Thug Punk 300 Entertainment / Atlantic · October 15, 2021 Young Thug is a very strange man. This is a fact lost on neither longtime fans nor casual observers. In fact, anyone who has never listened to his music but has seen clips of his interviews or caught a glimpse of his Twitter can […]
Lil Wayne & Rich The Kid Trust Fund Babies Young Money (Rostrum) · October 1, 2021 The phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” is widely believed to have been first published in Mary Ann Evans’ 1860 novel The Mill on the Floss. Ms. Evans evidently failed to predict the release of Trust Fund […]
Genesis Owusu Smiling with No Teeth House Anxiety / Ourness · March 5, 2021 Smiling with No Teeth, the debut album by Ghanian-Australian artist Genesis Owusu, is an incredibly striking first showing. The depth and clarity of this project comes as a complete shock, not because Owusu’s previous work wasn’t up to snuff, but because […]
Pooh Shiesty Shiesty Season The New 1017 / Atlantic · February 5, 2021 “Pooh Shiesty, that’s my dog, but Pooh you know I’m really shiesty.” Even if you’ve never listened to a Pooh Shiesty song, you’ve undoubtedly heard this line repeated across viral TikTok and Instagram sounds. The catchy bar from his recently released single, […]
21 Savage & Metro Boomin SAVAGE MODE II Epic Records Group · October 2, 2020 When 21 Savage and Metro Boomin shared the SAVAGE MODE II album trailer — complete with an ominous voiceover by Morgan Freeman and the two recording in a dark, gloomy, and bloodstained house — people were primed for an equally […]
Lil Uzi Eternal Atake (Deluxe)-LUV vs. The World 2 Atlantic Records · March 13, 2020 When Lil Uzi tweeted “WE GONNA TREAT 2020 LIKE 2016” three months ago, it’s fair to say nobody expected a 32-song double album with nearly every snippet and leak grail his fanbase has begged for in the comment section of […]
Chief Keef October 30, 2019 at Paradise Rock Club Chief Keef’s Boston show was an otherworldly experience. Stepping through the doors of Paradise Rock Club was akin to falling through the looking glass and being transported to a mirror reality located somewhere squarely in the center of the uncanny valley. Despite arriving a good hour […]
JPEGMAFIA All My Heroes Are Cornballs EQT Records · September 13, 2019 “This Ain’t Veteran… what happened?” says a smiling Denzel Curry in faux disgust to a theatrically dismayed JPEGMAFIA. Peggy’s latest release was preluded by a series of reaction videos highlighting the “disappointment” of various musicians and friends in the industry as they listen […]
