11+ hour, 31+ min ago   (68+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Bring Back Weed Spots by Cavalier The phrase came off a hoodie release where Cavalier asked who legalization leaves behind, and over ahwlee’s production, he argues the case in bars instead of statements. Favorite Track…...

11+ hour, 32+ min ago   (774+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Repeat Repeat Repeat by Paul Wall & Termanology Paul Wall and Termanology’s third album together is a hustle record about debt, and both men rap better here when they’re saying who they owe than when they’re…...

11+ hour, 45+ min ago   (890+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: The Don & Eye 3: The Trilogy by The Musalini & 9th Wonder With 9th Wonder on board for the trilogy, The Musalini answers with grilled calamari, teal dresses, and Bronx Zoo alligators, writing that stays funny and particular across…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (56+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: It Made Sense at the Time by B-Movie Millionaires Reunited as B-Movie Millionaires, Lee Scott and Black Josh turn drink, drugs, and their own heads into one of the year’s funniest, best-written rap albums. Favorite…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (755+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Love Me for Me by October London October London sang in the Grammys’ Roberta Flack tribute, and on Love Me for Me, he writes a bar tab and a busy schedule better than he writes…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (826+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Tension by Fridayy Three albums into a Def Jam run, he opened by out-singing the hook on DJ Khaled’s “God Did.” Fridayy swaps gospel scale for dancefloor scale and turns a record of pure wanting…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (844+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: DOOMED! by Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal Eagle’s relationship ended just as he and Segal set out to build their first album together, and he turned the collapse into DOOMED! that stays funny even as…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (862+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: The Womack Sisters by The Womack Sisters Ten years after a mutual friend introduced them to Daptone, the Los Angeles trio filled their self-titled debut with fares owed, ruined weeks, and men who talk too…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (987+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: PROLIFIC by Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux Recorded in 2017 and now posthumously released, PROLIFIC catches Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux trading ambition, money, and grief like two men finishing each other’s sentences. Two of LA’s rappers…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (980+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Lost Weekend by Phoebe Bridgers From a nosebleed at the Governor’s Ball to a father’s voicemail, Lost Weekend follows one love behind Phoebe Bridgers long-awaited follow-up and is the year’s most complete piece of songwriting....