I think almost everyone from my generation has played Minecraft at some point. I’ve personally never been the biggest Minecraft fan, so I wasn’t expecting its soundtrack to be something I’d particularly care about outside of the game. But listening to C418’s music on its own genuinely surprised me. There’s something incredibly peaceful about it. Even without spending thousands of hours building worlds in Minecraft, tracks like Sweden, Minecraft and Subwoofer Lullaby have this

I really like Efil4zaggin, but probably not for the same reasons N.W.A wanted people to be talking about it in 1991. For me, the biggest reason to come back to this album is Dr. Dre. You can hear him starting to really get his stuff together here. The production feels like a bridge between the raw sound of early N.W.A and the much smoother, heavier G-funk sound Dre would perfect shortly afterwards. The bass is getting deeper. The drums hit harder. The samples feel more carefu

I'll admit from the beginning that I might be biased with this one. I'm a huge rap fan, and one of the things I've always loved about A$AP Rocky is his willingness to experiment. TESTING already showed how far he was willing to push his sound, and Don't Be Dumb feels like another reminder that Rocky has never been interested in making the safest version of a rap album. And I'm very happy to say: I love this album. Probably 90% of the record could go straight into my playlists