Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

This album is a very smooth listen. Ella Mai is a beautiful woman who makes beautiful music. "Boo'd Up" the lead single is great as are other songs like "Gut Feeling" and "Close" and "Dangerous".She keeps guests spots to a  minimal. There's only John Legend, H.E.R., and Chris Brown. I found almost every song to be quality, but the production is rather standard. All in all this is a good R&B album that you should check out. Lyrics: 23 Beats: 21 Depth: 24 Tilt: 24 Verdict: 92

Rihanna's debut album is really nice. It's a diffrent Rih Rih than i'm used to. She sings over very playful beats which make songs about classy love. Ya know what would be considered old school now. The song "Willing to Wait" is really nice about a love blossoming. While "The Last Time" and "You Don't Love Me (No No No)" are about a love that is not doing too well. "Music of the Sun" Might be my favorite tho. Its really smooth. "Let Me" is pretty uptempo and works to Rihanna's advantage.  Overall I feel this is a great debut album for her. Its really fun to listen to. Lyrics: 21 Beats: 23 Depth: 24 Tilt: 23 Verdict: 91

Mariah Carey's latest album is very good. I've come to expect as much from her in these days. She is a songstress supreme. At this point Mariah knows what works for her and what doesnt. After 2 lengthy (Albeit Great) albums she hits us with this 10 track album. It starts out really rough with "GTFO" but things get smoother after that. "8th Grade" is the best song without a doubt. I love how MC's voice just seems to blend in with these colorful yet not too demanding beats.I liked basically every song here. I gotta say it's good to see MC continue to succeed....that's 3 albums i've given over 9 to in a row now! Lyrics: 24 Beats: 22 Depth: 25 Tilt: 23 Verdict: 94

*Note* You wont see some albums here cause I only listed albums I heard, so no Carter V yet. Jay Z and Beyonce' (The Carters)- Everything is Love: A terrific album. The chemistry  between the two is incedible. I love how it sounds kind of like the classic albums from the 2002-2007 era. The songs "Nice", "Ape S***"  and "Black Affect" are very good. 5 stars Logic- Bobby Tarentino II-This one really grew on me. Logic spits that "T**ty rap" and its dope. I love the way he attacks tracks with ferocity on the mic. 4.5 Stars Kanye West -Ye-This crazy man makes good music! Ye was short and sweet. It sounds kinda like 4 stars Janelle Monae -Dirty Computer: This was the best album of last year. It hit all the points I look for. I'm so happy Janelle kept us waiting for this masterpiece. 5 Stars Nas -Nasir- Nasty Nas returned. But not with the rumored Trillmatic. Instead he came with a terrific 7 song album. Songs like "Cop Sho...