Honestly, French’s lack of creativity upsets me. How do you live in New York as a first generation American, surrounded by culture upon culture, and sound like every rapper from Atlanta?

No relation.

Also Tribe One is a good dude. I got to talk to him after a gig and he’s super chill. Go to a show of his if you ever get the opportunity.

This is the only time I’ll say this: This album freaking seduced me. I’d never sat through a Rihanna project, I bought it pretty much on a whim, and I loved it front to back. It honestly took me a few listens to not just praise this album forever and ever. Glad I was introduced to a greater part of RiRi’s work this way. Could’ve done without the throwaway Hov verse though. That was… awful.

And for my next trick, I reviewed a band that is going to be remembered in the same way as either Limp Bizkit or Anthrax.

Man I loved this album in high school. Man I had trash taste in high school.

Hunter Hunt-Hendrix is (philosophically) a gross hippie who needs to take a bath. His band makes really interesting black metal, though.

The closest thing you will ever get to me reviewing Burzum.

An idle mind is the Devil’s playground. Many mistakes have taught me this, but none so memorable as being bored enough to listen to a glorified Birdman album.

I deeply hate this album. It’s not even that it sucks or that Wayne is using rock n' roll cliches and trends that make it a nauseating listen. It’s that this was ‘09 Wayne, this was coming-off-Carter-3 Wayne, back when the world was his oyster. Not to mention this is Lil Wayne who has a nasty voice that, if trained well, I firmly believe could make great rock music.

But instead of getting people well versed in the art of rock, or at least recruit chart-toppers a la DJ Khaled, he tried the DIY approach and it sucked. Use your resources, Wayne.