Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

  The latest offering from Tyler the Creator is really really good. In fact, I'd say its tied for his best album ever with Flower Boy. It's narrated loosely by DJ Drama you know "Gangsta Grillz" guy. I really like that Tyler went back to mostly rapping on these songs and the bars are pretty damn strong. The production tho, as usal with Tyler projects is the real star of the show. Songs like "Hot Wind Blows" and "Lemonhead" are definite highlights. "Sweet/I Thought You Wanted to Dance" is a near 10 minute track but its amazing. I love the beat there and the female vocals. His Mom has a skit and its pretty funny too. "Juggernaut" is another dope song. Overall its a very deep album with good replay value too. Not every song is stellar but most are. Tyler is really becoming one of the better current school rappers now along with the likes of Logic, J. Cole, and Kendrick Lamar. Lyrics 23 Beats 25 Depth 24 Tilt 23 Verdict 95

  This is the first Doja Cat album I've ever heard and I was very surprised by how good it is. She's really talented able to sing and rap with relative ease. Despite that this is categorized as a Pop album and not R&B which I find odd. The big single "Kiss Me More" is incredible. Doja and SZA really do there thing over the lush beat. Other songs on this album rarely disapoint too like "Need to Know" and "Love to Dream". The album gets off to a strong start with "Woman" too. The production is really good here. Overall its a solid album with few average songs but there are some. This really makes me want to listen to her previous albums.  Lyrics: 23 Beats: 23 Depth: 24 Tilt: 23 Verdict 93

This is DMX's posthumous album and for the most part I really like it. Sure there's a lot of guests, but most songs are pretty good. The first track "That's My Dog" features The Lox, Sheek Louch, and Swizz Beatz. The next track "Bath Salts" features strong verses from Jay and Nas, as well as DMX. The production of the album is pretty good but I feel it could have been a little better. "Money Money Money" with Moneybag Yo sounds really out of place. I'm not a big fan of Moneybag lol.  I actually liked the songs with Alicia Keys and Bono respectively. "Hood Blues" was another highlight. "Take Control" with Snoop Dogg was ok. The final song "Letter to My Son" which features Usher, is really sentimental. Overall I feel this is a decent album from DMX. Maybe not as great as a final album should of been but I'll take it. RIP DMX. Lyrics: 23 Beats: 21 Depth: 22 Tilt: 22 Verdict: 88