Category: Reviews
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Album Review: Chance The Rapper, ‘Acid Rap’
Chicago’s own rap marvel, Chance The Rapper, released his highly anticipated sophomore mixtape Acid Rap yesterday. The 20 year-old’s thirteen track project exhibits a young rap prodigy in the making. Chance showcases his developments as a rapper and musician through his introspective lyricism, musical range, and vocal versatility which provides us with the evidence that…
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Album Review: Kid Cudi, ‘Indicud’
In case y’all didn’t know (and I’m sure you did), “indicud” is a strand of marijuana. So there’s that. Kid Cudi himself describes its magical effects as a “body high that takes you to a different mental space.” Kid Cudi’s fourth studio album, Indicud, is just that. It is the body high of his career…
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Album Review: Tyler, The Creator, ‘Wolf’
After what can easily be considered the strangest (yet most effective) promotional tour where Tyler, The Creator and the Odd Future camp went on Twitter tangents and interview to interview telling everyone how much the album sucked and not to buy it – he dropped the most planned, cohesive, and well crafted album of his…
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Album Review: Justin Timberlake, ‘The 20/20 Experience’
Does any white man have more soul than Justin Timberlake? It’s been seven years since Justin Timberlake released FuturesSex/LoveSounds and over a decade since he dropped Justified. The music industry has had a dynamic shift since then and today, Timberlake isn’t the only Justin on the scene. But interestingly enough, as soon as Justin announced…
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Album Review: Worth the long wait for “Long.Live.A$AP”
In 2009, A$AP was just another well-dressed, semi-known rapper uploading videos to YouTube. Now in 2013, A$AP Rocky is a household name. Following the successful release of his 2011 mixtape “Live.Love.A$AP,” the RCA/Polo Grounds debut was considered the most anticipated debut hip-hop album of the year. Despite an early leak of the album, the New…
Jordhan Woods 