 | Drake Views
Some of Drake's worst bars are on this and most shameless attempts to stream troll emerging and trendy genre's at the time. But, with all that said, despite the cheesiness- the songs where he's rapping here and even a few of the more sing-songey ones are charming and listenable.. If this was 5-10 tracks shorter It could've been rated way higher but at the end of the day this is mostly shameless. | 2.5
10.13.23 |
 | Armand Hammer We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
Probably the best project of the year for me, this shit is insane. The beat are experimental, minimalist but at the same time deeply layered and lush with some welcomed weirdness. The lyrics are dope as usual from these two dudes, and the collaborators bring their own dopeness to this (which wouldn't even be needed if they just wanted to do shit solo.). Beyond solid and dope as hell, I'll definitely be returning to this a lot. | 4.5
10.13.23 |
 | Ghais Guevara There Will Be No Super-Slave
Think the beats are a bit lackluster compared to the first although a bit more polished and with some crazy samples still. Rapping is still on point though, and probably one of my favorite dudes out there with funny as fuck and based punchlines/references. | 4.0
10.13.23 |
 | Ghais Guevara BlackBolshevik
This shit is just so crazy, i love it. The beats are out of this world, noisy and abrasive and the lyrics are a mix of funny and faxtual. Only comes in at a length of 20+ minutes too so it's very easily loopable. Admittedly a bit more amateurish than the project directly after it, but I think it adds a lot of charm that for me is just perfect. | 5.0
10.13.23 |
 | Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans
Just fucking beautiful, I'll need to do a few return listens because I was really torn on giving this a 4 or a 4.5, but based on my enjoyment I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt for now. This is so pretty, so simple, so poetic and Sufjan's voice and lyrics are beautiful. Obvious highlights for me are 'To Be Alone With You', 'Sister', and 'Seven Swans'. | 4.5
10.11.23 |
 | Black Kray Ice Cream & Mac 10s
Some good ass cloud rap in the vein of Rvder Klan or Screw stuff and around the same time as Bastard and Rocky.. don't fuck with everything on here but it's a fun listen and has that amateurish soundcloud sound to it. | 3.5
10.11.23 |
 | David Bowie Toy
I wish I liked Bowie more because I love him as a personality and a overall creative. Like most of the music I've heard from him (which isn't much, to be fair!) I thought this was pretty boring. The more somber songs like ' Shadow Man ', ' Silly Boy Blue ', ' Toy (Your Turn To Drive) ' are my favorites, and everything else feels amateurish.. BUT! I feel like that's the point reading into what this was supposed to be on the Wikipedia and such, it just didn't stick the landing for me personally. I however can appreciate how effortlessly ahead of the time Bowie was even without trying (since this was going to be the first surprise album pretty m | 3.0
10.11.23 |
 | Matt Ox TEENRAGE
Some of the best rage beats I've heard from this year are on this, and Matt Ox's near smoker rasp is perfect for the genre. Unfortunately even though this is much shorter than his last project it still takes a while to hit a good stride, but once it hits it it hits it pretty consistently. Starting with 'Young Oxstar' it stays super solidly consistent and even gets better with songs like 'DOLO' which is this insane analog distorted somewhat minimalist beat until it's not with Matt sort of just crooning on top of it. Or 'Bigger' which is just full of these discordant fucked up piano chords that loop endlessly but to great effect. 'Loaded Up' is | 4.0
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