Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

 I really loved Doja Cat's Planet Her album so I had to give her previous work a listen. The album is really good. The sound is varied blending together varying sounds and genres. The first song "Cyber Sex" sets the tone nicely. I really like "Say So" as well. It's so damn catchy. "Bottom Bitch" is also really good. Doja  just has a masterful way of combining singing with rapping. The production is really good here too. The last song "Juicy" which features Tyga may have been on her previous album but its awesome. Ultimately this is a really solid album. I can't say its better than Planet Her but its not far behind. Lyrics 23 Beats 23 Depth 23 Tilt 23 Verdict 92

 Logic returns from retirement with a decent mixtape. As a Logic fan knows there's "Album Logic" and "Mixtape Logic"; this being one of the latter lol. I gotta admit tho, this might be the weakest of the Bobby Tarentinos. It does have some bangers tho like "Flawless" and "God Might Judge". The latter is really fire. There's a stupid skit that's literally called "Stupid Skit" lol. "Vaccine" is another highlight. Logic spits pretty well here but nothing special. The album is pretty laid back overall...which is kinda odd to be honest. I was honestly expecting more since No Pressure was so good...but hey this is just meant to tide us over till the next Logic offering.  Lyrics 22 Beats 21 Depth 22 Tilt 20 Verdict 85

  So I beat this game earlier this year and man I loved it. I had barely played the original for Wii so it was very much like a fresh playthrough. The story was very much a strongpoint for this game. I won't go through it for this review however. Instead I'll focus on gameplay and dungeons etc. For my playthrough I played with button controls which even that took some getting used to. I would use motion controls to aim certain projectiles like the slingshot and bow. However with the sword I would flick the right stick in a certain direction. There's a little bit of lag with that but you get used to it. Of course when I was fighting the first boss it was a nightmare as most of my attacks he would block as I wasnt very good yet. Flying your bird is pretty fun too. Besides one airborne boss I didnt really have any issues with that. This is a classic Zelda game in every sense of the word which is very diffrent from Breath of the Wild. And for the most part I really enjoyed this...

  Adele finally returned from a 5 plus year hiatus from her 25 album. I really thought 25 was masterful but this album is even better. It starts out really well with the smooth "Stranger's by Nature" and "Easy On Me". On the next track, "My Little Love" she kind of confesses that she has never hated being alone, and now she feels anxious sometimes etc. Vocally and lyrically Adele just knocks it out of the park on this album. I've got to mention that alot of these songs are really long....like 6 minutes. "Oh My God" might be my favorite song here. It doesn't really sound like a typical Adele song. If I have to knock anything on this album it might be the last 3 songs which feel like a bit much. They are all over 6 minutes and are back to back. Overall though...I really love this album. I'm pretty sure this is her best album and at this point you know an Adele album will have high expectations. Lyrics 25 Beats 25 Depth 25 Tilt 25 Ve...

Rihanna is my favorite singer by far. It’s time to take a look at her discography and rank the albums. This was actually very difficult as a lot of these albums are about as great as each other.   8)  A Girl Like Me (89)- This might be her worst album of the bunch but it’s still really good. Her singing is just as great as it was on her debut. “Unfaithful” still gives me the chills all these years later for some reason. “SOS” and “We Ride” are also great. “If It’s Lovin’ You Want” and “Break it Off” have good guest spots too.  Top Tracks: SOS, Kisses Don’t Lie, We Ride, Unfaithful, Break it Off.   7)  Music of the Sun (91 )-Rihanna’s first album is pretty solid actually. Her Caribbean roots are perhaps strongest here than on her other albums. “Pon De Replay”, her lead single may be the best song but there’s quite a few other good ones here like “Here I Go Again” and the incredible “Music of the Sun”. She shows a lot of sass on “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)”....

 I can't believe I hadn't reviewed this album yet. Rihanna wanted to make a much darker and edgier album than 2007's Good Girl Gone Bad. There's terrific songs here...in fact...there are no bad songs. "Fire Bomb" is light hearted but I love it. "G4L" is the album's darkest moment as she calls her fellow women to arms. "Stupid in Love" is obviously about Chris Brown( I mean who else?). There's the excellent song "Hard" with Jeezy. "Russian roulette" is provocative but its not one of my favorites. Ultimately this may not be her best album but its one you have to hear.... Lyrics 23 Beats 22 Depth 25 Tilt 23 Verdict 93 Expect a Rihanna worst to best album ranking from me soon. It's gonna be lit.

 So 2011 was 10 years ago. I thought it would be fun to go through my top 10 rap albums of that year and give new perspective on them. I'll give what I said about the album 10 years ago as well as new commentary. I had alot of these albums ranked numerically about the same at the time. 10) Drake- Take Care What I Said Then-  Coming back 1 year after last year’s Thank Me Later, this album isn’t quite as good, but it’s more cohesive than his debut. Drake also seems more comfortable this time around. I really liked about every song, especially Headlines and Take Care. Either you like this because of the singing, or you’ll hate it. Drizzy rounds my top 10. What I think Now- Well to be honest I still don't really love this album more than Thank Me Later...but I have to admit its a better album. There's just not many skips on it all. It probably should of been ranked a little higher than 10th. Drake was in his lane on this album. Songs like "Headlines" and "Take C...