Sky's Music Reviews

Choosing to do this album was hard. It's more than six months old, which is more than I'm usually willing to do, but I wanted to critically experience Panic! at the Disco in a manner that I could express my feelings about them with. They've infatuated so many teenagers like myself, but I've never really been a fan of male vocal, teen angst bans like Panic! at the Disco, even though I do enjoy some Fall Out Boy every once in a while. Death of a Bachelor was released by the rock band and teen/emo sensation Panic! at the Disco (yes, you have to write the exclamation mark every time or people get mad). It came out on January 15, 2016, making it the oldest album on my blog if you're judging by time difference. However, it's still #41 on Billboard, so I guess it's still kind of relevant? When reviewing an album with such a huge fanbase like PatD has, it's important for me to remember that the reason that the fans stay around is likely not just this album...

2 Chainz has built such a huge legacy and custom for himself, in the past few years, with this being the third major release by the rap artist just this year. Daniel Son; Necklace Don  was released on August 5, 2016, and it was mostly produced by DJ Spinz and TM88, as well as a few others. It's a  9 song + intro mixtape. 2 Chainz has never been the most personal, creative, or skilled rapper, and he's never claimed to be. The purpose of 95% of his songs is to create a mood; they're mostly turn up songs, meant to be played for fun at a club, to listen to with friends, or to just give that energetic, "lit" feeling to listeners. This album certainly succeeds at this mission, but as always, people wonder if 2 Chainz will ever take the rap game seriously. In a way, that's what makes him so good. The intro is quite interesting. It is a stereotypical East Asian martial arts announcement, and it seems to set a theme for the album; maybe more Asian inspired instru...