Album Review: Kendrick Lamar – “DAMN.”

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 conception, and “HUMBLE.,” his big hit only kept from the top of the…

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 sound of the instrumental.…

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. On 90059, Jay Rock created a…

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 lackluster verses; Acid Rap’s track Smoke…

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 major label records under the company’s partnership…