Album Reviews

100/100 Saying “history was made” about an album can easily sound exaggerated, but in the case of Kendrick Lam […]

98/100 good kid, m.A.A.d city is not just an impressive major-label debut. It is the moment Kendrick Lamar too

91/100 DAMN. is one of the most open and accessible albums in Kendrick Lamar’s catalog, but that accessibility

97/100 Hikaru Utada’s DEEP RIVER is not simply a great pop album. It is a record that quietly reshaped what Ja

92/100 I think ULTRA BLUE is one of the clearest examples of Hikaru Utada bringing together pop sophistication

90/100 Hikaru Utada’s Fantôme is an album shaped by loss, but it never collapses into grief alone. What it cap

95/100 E=MC² feels like one of the most underrated albums in Mariah Carey’s catalog. Because The Emancipation

93/100 Butterfly feels like the album where Mariah Carey fully transformed from a pop star with extraordinary

91/100 What makes The Emancipation of Mimi special is not simply that it was Mariah Carey’s “comeback” album.

100/100 Beyoncé’s discography has always been about renewing both the mainstream and her own stardom at once.