OK, so I almost didn’t do this post, because I wrote so many damn album reviews for the Daily Campus this year. But that would leave The Life of Pablo uncovered, so here we are! If there’s an album you’re looking for that isn’t on this very short list, there’s a good chance you can find a full review on the DC website.
What follows are brief reviews of mainstream hip-hop albums that have released in the first half of this year. We’re bringing back review scores (out of 10) after they disappeared from Part II of 2015’s list because they’re fun to come up with and debate.
I’m going to do some other things at the end of this post, including highlighting some of the best rap songs of the year so far and giving out some made-up awards. But let’s stop all the pretense now and talk about some rap albums.
The Life of Pablo by Kanye West
I’ll admit it: I really did not think that The Life of Pablo would deliver on the hype. I doubted Mr. West. He didn’t seem very interested in making music any more, what with his burgeoning fashion career and all that. We all watched, on Twitter, this album come together in the span of just a month or so, as West constantly fiddled with the track list and the album title, seemingly unsure of his vision. He also ruffled quite a few public feathers with his unending tweet sprees, including one that ended with him calling Bill Cosby innocent. Sure.
What follows are brief reviews of mainstream hip-hop albums that have released in the first half of this year. We’re bringing back review scores (out of 10) after they disappeared from Part II of 2015’s list because they’re fun to come up with and debate.
I’m going to do some other things at the end of this post, including highlighting some of the best rap songs of the year so far and giving out some made-up awards. But let’s stop all the pretense now and talk about some rap albums.
The Life of Pablo by Kanye West
I’ll admit it: I really did not think that The Life of Pablo would deliver on the hype. I doubted Mr. West. He didn’t seem very interested in making music any more, what with his burgeoning fashion career and all that. We all watched, on Twitter, this album come together in the span of just a month or so, as West constantly fiddled with the track list and the album title, seemingly unsure of his vision. He also ruffled quite a few public feathers with his unending tweet sprees, including one that ended with him calling Bill Cosby innocent. Sure.