Kari Faux – CRY 4 HELP review
★★★★: The album cover is gross, but don’t let it stop you from listening to @KARIFAUX’s story of drug abuse & loss
Category: #WomenInHipHop
Little Simz – GREY area Album Review
★★★★: In-depth & packed with personal anecdotes. Live instruments in production + an impressive lyrical display by UK rapper, Little Simz
Solange Knowles – When I Get Home album review
★★★1/2: An easy listening experience full of reassuring mantras.
Kehlani – While We Wait album review (song-by-song breakdown)
★★★★: Despite being only 31 minutes, Kehlani displays an impressive amount of versatility on While We Wait
Song Review: Doja Cat “Tia Tamera” ft Rico Nasty
★★★1/2: Doja shines over this distorted trap banger
Nicki Minaj – “Bust Down Barbiana” song review: The birth of meme rap?
★1/2: Nicki Minaj throws her bid in on West LA’s own Blueface “Bust Down Thotiana”
Dreezy – Big Dreez mixtape review
★★★1/2: Dreezy separates herself from her peers by commanding the project with her delivery and lyricism alone.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2018: Kali Uchis – Isolation
★★★★1/2: Stellar example of genre; peak potential. Amidst this prolific, historic year for Rap releases, Kali Uchis’ 15 song; 46 minute Isolation LP stands TALL.
REAL TALK🗣️ Ep #5 w/ Radio Personality Rubi G! (West Coast Hip-Hop, DJs vs Radio Personalities + more!)
99.1 KGGI personality Rubi G and high school friend Rubi G pops in to discuss West Coast Hip-Hop, DJing vs Radio Personality, our Fav Projects of 2018, and more!
Kilo Kish – mothe EP Song-by-Song Review
★★★1/2: As with Kilo Kish’s other projects, I’m looking for her to stand-out. For much of this EP, Kish is secondary to the production, her voice gets lost in the production – except for on Prayer.
Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy VIDEO album review
Atlantic invested heavily in Cardi for this album and will likely want to do the same with her Sophomore follow-up. It will be interesting to see how this plays out considering Cardi B’s pregnancy, her personality dynamics and her rampant fanbase built on the fact that she was being herself RAW 100%.
