Album Reviews – Page 42

Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off

5.0

Mac Miller is like the Vanessa Hudgens of the rap game. He makes art for teens. Except unlike Hudgens, Miller has always been upfront about being a pothead. I guess…

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9.0

Quasimoto – Yessir, Whatever

This is what hip-hop should sound like. It doesn’t matter if you’re chilling at the tennis courts, killing time on the job or toking in your girl’s dorm room, Madlib’s…

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6.5

J. Cole – Born Sinner

Born Sinner is struggle music. It is melancholy and frustrated and no fun to listen to. From the moment J. Cole announces that it’s way darker this time—about 15 seconds…

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8.5

Kanye West – Yeezus

When it comes to those of us that critique music, there is a tendency to overanalyze. This is the case with no artist more than Kanye West, whose content and…

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6.0

Prodigy & Alchemist – Albert Einstein

Prodigy knew Alchemist was special after listening to ten seconds of his beats. The two hip-hop artists met in the ‘90s through mutual acquaintance DJ Muggs, the Cypress Hill producer…

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9.0

Disclosure – Settle

Over the past few weeks UK brothers, Guy and Lawrence Howard, better known to us as Disclosure, have been teasing and pleasing us with a slew of singles off their…

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8.0

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

Five years and one inflated recording budget later, Daft Punk's fourth studio album Random Access Memories has finally hit the shelves in a display of major label fireworks. So captivating…

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7.0

Songwriter Devon Welsh and producer Matthew Otto are two individuals that collectively create Majical Cloudz, a Montreal-based entity that values emptiness and simplicity. We were all introduced to our first taste of…

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6.0

Bibio – Silver Wilkinson

If you've been listening to British producer Bibio (aka Stephen Wilkinson) long enough, by now you might really feel as though you know the guy–or know his music well enough…

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7.5

Steffi – Panorama Bar 05

Techno & deep house Dutch-ess Steffi Doms holds the title of esteemed selector for Panorama Bar. As a resident and compilation dedicated to her seven years, Steffi releases the fifth…

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9.0

Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap

It seems like a bit of a contradiction to critique hip-hop, a genre built on the reinvention of sound, for its lack of originality; yet, it has grown into something…

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8.5

Substantial – Jackin' Jill

The public has seen the emergence of a newly trend of upcoming talent paying homage to their hip-hop icons by crafting tribute albums. Elzhi’s Elmatic and Fashawn’s Ode To Illmatic are…

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Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off

Quasimoto – Yessir, Whatever

J. Cole – Born Sinner

Kanye West – Yeezus

Prodigy & Alchemist – Albert Einstein

Disclosure – Settle

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

Majical Cloudz – Impersonator

Bibio – Silver Wilkinson

Steffi – Panorama Bar 05

Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap

Substantial – Jackin' Jill

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