I didn't go into BULLY expecting much, and unfortunately it didn't do much to change my mind. There are moments where you can still hear what made Ye such an exciting producer. The samples are interesting, there are some beautiful textures, and every now and then something appears that reminds you of the artist behind 808s, Yeezusor The Life of Pablo. But too often I found myself waiting for the music to actually do something to me. That's ultimately how I judge an album. Bef

As someone who’s been a Tyler fan since the earlier days, IGOR feels like the album where everything he had been experimenting with finally clicked. This isn’t the Tyler of Goblin or Wolf, and it isn’t even really the Tyler of Flower Boy. IGOR feels like its own universe. The distorted synths, rough mixes, pitched vocals and strange transitions shouldn’t sound this beautiful together — but they do. It feels deliberately imperfect, almost like you’re listening to an old tape t

This Old Dog is one of those albums I respect more than I actually love. There’s a lot to appreciate here. Mac DeMarco strips away some of the woozier guitar effects of his earlier records and replaces them with acoustic guitars, soft synths and drum machines. The result is warmer, cleaner and more intimate. Critics noticed the same evolution: Pitchfork praised how minimal and carefully constructed the arrangements were, while NME saw the record as Mac moving away from his go