Restraint yields great results. Such a cool, measured record with impactful emotional peaks.
Approximately two seconds after hitting play for the first time I thought "Ah, yes, this is ketamine music."
I have done so much ketamine to this album. So much.
This one unfortunately didn't seem to get much of an audience. A very spiritually conceptual album with wonderful (Scottish) lyricism and funky beats. Love letter to the genre, to writing/poetry and to the horror and beauty of existence.
Almost wall to wall bangers. Just, please skip Jamaica Jerk Off.
One of my favourites for years. So far as I can tell it's pretty obscure (at time of writing, one rating on AOTY), but I think it's a lovely dark synthwave album.
I would suggest actively listening to this and... seeing what happens
It seems widely reported that Trim (Trimothy, Taliban Trim...) is a huge asshole, which probably explains why he never blew up despite being a great MC and one of the few still holding the torch for the UK grime scene.
Joyful, danceable, lovely. It's nice to listen to music that isn't dark and miserable sometimes.
Beautiful, melancholy, rich. Korean folk instruments are cool.
I mean, it is what it is.
Danny's sobriety album. I find myself feeling proud of him, which is cute. Great collaborators lead to some very fun things.
WWUUUWWUWUUWW-WBAAAAAAH FWUUUU-WUAAAAHHH *unintelligible screaming* FWUOOOOOOOOOO
My favourite booty-spreading, life-loving rapper. Like, shrugging off your asshole being posted as revenge porn is highly based.
Gotta say, the art sucks.
My favourite autistic ass, weird-voiced rapper and my favourite easily triggered rapper collab, yay.
Probably the best live album I've ever heard. Amazing performance, arrangements and audience. Any time I listen, I'm thinking "Shit, I wish I were there".
Waited for this to drop for months, and then... didn't listen to it. Until after the first ayahuasca ceremony, at which point I realised I'd apparently been waiting for just the right moment.
Barber beats are a big, vaguely guilty pleasure. HFM does great work (and has consistently aesthetic art), but this is one of my favourites. Listen to the descent 2.
One of my favourite films, and one of my favourite soundtracks. I love his Ghibli works too, but the Beat Takeshi stuff takes it for me. Hana-Bi's OST is also excellent.
What if pre-vaporwave, but for hiphop, kind of?
Impeccable prog. Prog particularly seems to lend itself to concept albums? That's like, all these guys did. It slaps.
Surely one of the most autism-coded groups out there. I like all their work, but this remains a standout.