Music Review - 2014 Forest Hill Drive
by Antonio Gonzales
Jcole began rapping at the age of twelve and he thought in the year 2000 that he can do this for a job,and his mom purchased an asr-x for a christmas gift for j.cole. His debut mixtape came out in early 2007 and it was called ‘’the come up’’ . He went to highschool at Terry Sanford in Fayetteville, North carolina. The way he was discovered by jay z after cole waited outside of his studio but jay z shut him down. J.cole was born in 1985 on January
28 on a military base in Germany.
Here are some of the rappers that get compared to j.cole a lot: kanye west, logic kendrick lamar,and Eminem. I don't really listen to any of these rappers but out of all of them i think that the only person who is better than j.cole is Eminem i think j.cole is better than the rest of the rappers because he has a better flow with his lyrics and i think his lyrics are better than everybody else's.
I think the album is decent. I would listen to it again but I know a lot of people do like this album. I am just not the biggest rap fan so that is why i think i didn't like it but if you are a big rap fan i think you will really like this j.cole album. Something good about the album is there is a good variety in the songs, none of them sound the same and you can probably listen to all these songs and get a different feeling on all of them. I would rate this album 4 out of 5 stars.
Music Review - Utopia
by Josh Garcia
Travis Scotts known for his rap music and unique beats that he gets a good rhythm on. The album Utopia showcases these talents.
This is Travis Scott's 4th studio album that released earlier this year has got a lot of listeners. Travis Scott has had 4 deaths at a concert and caused numerous dangerous things at shows. But not everything about this creator is bad, he has had very good song titles and unique display in his video work. The structure around the music is very different from a lot of other artists.
Some of the artists that fall in the same category as Travis scott are such as A$AP Rocky and lil uzi vert but these artists all have one thing in common. The one thing that they have in common is their songs are meant to be more uplifting and tend to make people happy. Another thing that these artists also talk about is a slight drug addiction but most stars die of overdoses anyways.
My overall thoughts about the album was it was really interesting and kind of hard to understand if it's your first time listening to it.This type of music is harder to understand the lyrics and a lot of use of auto tune to make their voice sound a certain way. In conclusion I give this album a 7.5 out of 10 because it's not my taste but certainly good and a well designed idea.
Music Review - Genesis (Life Of A Superstar)
By Kayden Ortega
Genesis was an album that was very much awaited and had a lot of hype for the drop. Peso pluma the worldwide sensation announced he was going to drop his new album genesis and did not disappoint. It is a 17 song album with a mix of everything in it.
Peso pluma is an artist from Guadalajara, Mexico and he started his music career back in 2020. His first hit song was “la melena” and that is what started his crazy music run. He makes all sorts of music from corridos to reggaeton. He is most known for his “corridos belicos" which is what people call them nowadays. The purpose of this album is to show the people what he is capable of and what he can do with his music and show that he is the best.
Peso pluma is a one of a kind type of artist. He has a unique type of raspy voice that everyone loves and that is what literally everyone loves about him, his voice and how different music sounds with that kind of voice. I would compare him to tony loya or like others in the industry with their trap type beats. He comes off aggressive and entertains the audience and fanbase. He is for sure top in the music industry right now. I would not compare him to anyone if i'm being honest he's just on a different level.
I actually really love this album. It is aging like fine wine. The amount of adversity he says he's been through and just puts it all in his music. He shows a lot of variety in this album, some of it great but also some is not that good. My favorite song is probably “VVS” and that song just brings a different type of beat that stands out to me. One of the songs that I thought wasn't good is called “Luna” and I feel like he dont fit that type of slow beat in his shows on this song. Overall this album is really good and I think it is one of the better albums of 2023 and his best album by far.
Music Review - Is This Supernatural
By Layla Gonzalez
In this review we will be going over the album “Am I a Girl?”. In this album it has the track list of 14 songs all by poppy three of the songs have features this album was released on October 31st 2018. Kinda creepy right because she released it on Halloween.
If we take a look at her past music career she really likes to bring in and make things creepy. She likes to feed into it and her persona is really dark and scary. Poppy is 28 years old and is from Boston Massachusetts. All her music is really dark. She really likes talking about aliens and the supernatural. In her songs especially in her music videos the theme is the same, not much color in the background not it's mostly gray and white and black even she has white hair and pale skin not really any color at all its most likely to play into the creepy side of things.
Her genre is pop and other pop stars that came out at that time include Taylor Swift, Demi Lavato just to name a couple. Compared to the other artists she is nothing like them. She really is unique when it comes to not only her style but also her persona and music vibe. The other artists are more bright and cheerful and also their themes are kinda female empowerment but poppy has nothing to do with that it's mostly about scary dolls and aliens.
In this album I listened to each song and I kinda went through and compared. I think that this album is for people who enjoy supernatural things or scary music. I would like to start and say I would give it 3/5 stars. Let me explain why I think this album is trying to hit a specific audience. I think if you aren't in this audience you will not enjoy this music. I would not recommend this album for probably kids 12 and under; it's really explicit and rough. There is loud screaming and kinda mumbling and it's very hard to get into.
I really liked it though for older people who can really understand what's going on in the music and know what they are listening to. I would recommend listening to this around halloween. Overall it's a good album sung and produced well.
Music Review - Goodbye And Good Riddance
By Isaiah Placencio
Juice Wrld was very famous for his album goodbye and good riddance.His album was so famous worldwide and it got 5 billion streams and it has about 21 songs in that album.But Juice Wrld.But then he started his independent career by signing off too Grade A productions and then Interscope records in 2017.Nut because of that he gained most recognition from his famous song called Lucid Dreams.
His songs started gaining traction in the late 2010s when the Soundcloud rap wave was starting to take off. Juice kicked off his career as an independent artist and went on to release hit song after hit song. Unfortunately, a drug overdose cut short the life of one of this generation’s legendary rappers. Keep reading and get to know more about the life and legacy of Juice wrld. His music took off in December in 2007 and that's when his career took off.
For comparing the other artist in this genre in my opinion it's not really something that i would listen to but the other artist that would like be related to juice wrlds songs is trippy red and post malone and they are both really related when it comes to flow and their stories are also kinda similar when it comes down to it. But I do have to say when he is compared to these 2 artists he would come last because it's not really something that I really find interesting when it comes to a song.
I would say that in my opinion this album isn't my favorite I really don't like it but its not mad but I would say I would have to give this album a 2 out of five because i really don't really like the genre and I don't like the way he sings.Another reason why that I scored it so low is because his songs are kinda cringy for my taste it's just because the way his lyrics are and the way his fanbase is that's the only thing that I don't really like about it.I would say the thing about it that is that some of his songs are kinda good in flow wise but that is the only thing that I appreciate about it.The grade i would give this is a c- just because people liked it but I just didn't and some people like me thought it was cringy.