My final album review is a relatively simple one: Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding (album cover above). I call it simple because there really is not much to analyze or decrypt. Unlike the strictly rap-oriented verses of Kendrick Lamar or J. Cole, Post Malone gravitates toward the pop-rap genre, blending elements of both pop and hip-hop […]

Om Makwana, ‘ommak’ on Spotify, you have redeemed yourself after a disastrous prior recommendation. I’ll admit, I went in with some hesitancy as Overexposed was truly dull but this one surpassed all my expectations, even topping the album that I had awarded the top spot to. Here’s Bewitched. (Album cover on the right) On her Spotify […]

The Weeknd’s fourth, and possibly best, album, After Hours was a record hit, staying atop the Billboard 200 for four straight weeks. And after listening, I fully understand why. Retro, aesthetic, self-referencing, and irresistible are just a couple of ways to describe this fourteen track creation. The album explores several motifs such as loneliness and […]

Amaan (Spotify: asyed11), you’ve been recommending this album since last semester and I finally relented. My only regret: not listening to you and J. Cole earlier. This week’s Records Ranked album is the highly acclaimed, award winning 2014 Forest Hills Drive. (2014 Forest Hills Drive Album Cover) After listening to this album for the first […]

This week’s featured album recommendation for Records Ranked comes from Om Makwana, known on Spotify as ‘ommak.’ I can personally vouch for Om as a true connoisseur of the musical arts, so when it came to finding a new album to review, who else would I turn to other than my friend down the hall? […]

My past five blogs have represented the pinnacle of musical artistry, a curation of the finest pieces, a lyrical Louvre. To start the new semester, instead of trying to find more albums with “No Skips,” I will loosen my requirements and review albums that are recommended to me. To add a twist, I’ll be ranking […]

It has been just under two decades since the punk rock band Green Day released their seventh and most successful studio album: American Idiot. Just like Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, this too is a concept album that tells a story through nine tracks. It is widely acclaimed, and, in fact, Rolling Stone has labeled […]

On March 16, 1970, the sensationally talented singer-songwriter Tammi Terrell passed away at the young age of 24, losing a long fought battle with a brain tumor. You might recognize the name from the incredibly popular song “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” which records over 1.1 billion plays on Spotify. This track was just one […]

An Evening with Silk Sonic—colloquially just “Silk Sonic”—is a mark of perfection. In ten songs lasting just over 35 minutes, the listener takes a journey in funk, soul, and smooth R&B delicately crafted by the wildly successful music legends Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak. Back in 2017, these two joked about creating a vintage-esque album […]

As a Pittsburgher, it would be wrong of me to start my Album Analyses with anyone other than the one and only Mac Miller. Though he has released several iconic albums including K.I.D.S and Blue Slide Park (which was named after a famous playground in Pittsburgh), I will be dissecting Swimming, a heart wrenching and […]