DAMN.’s very album title instantly evokes braggadocio like “DNA.,” in which Kendrick Lamar comforts his inferiors by telling them his dominance has been inevitable since his very con…
Album Review: Schoolboy Q – “Blank Face”
As gangsta rap goes, bleeding bleakness has never been a sense for prominence in an album. Rappers don’t glamorize the idea of being a gangster and living that life, but the mood is implemented by the…
Review: Jay Rock is at the tip of the Peak on 90059
Jay Rock was the first rapper, off Top Dawg Entertainment, to branch out with his first release with a major label co-sign. Follow Me Home was like any typical gangster rap album that lacked an oomph.…
Album Review: Abstract, Asshole, Ab-Soul, These Days…
Ab-Soul, the drugged out conscious of Top Dawg Entertainment, has been in absent for two years since his last release, Control System. He would appear on features here and there with a lot of lacklust…
Album Review: ScHoolboy Q’s “Oxymoron”
The expectations were sky high for ScHoolboy Q this week. Next in line after Kendrick Lamar and his massive success, Q is the second of Top Dawg Entertainment’s artists to release their debut ma…