Sky's Music Reviews

Stoney is the debut album by rapper/singer(?) Post Malone, released on December 9th 2016. The album itself is mostly hip-hop with a few other major influences, produced by DJ Mustard, Metro Boomin, and a lot, lot more. The writing credits are also very, very numerous, and I'm really not sure if that's a good thing, considering the actual lyrical content of Stoney . For the review, I'll be discussing the non-deluxe version of the album, even though I do particularly like the 2 Chainz feature on the deluxe. The normal, fourteen track album features Quavo, Justin Bieber, and Kehlani, so it's mostly just Post Malone doing the work himself. Post Malone isn't a particularly loved rapper, but his breakout hit "White Iverson" earlier this year is what opened the path for someone of his caliber to make an entire album. His style is pretty hard to describe, His voice is pretty weak, and his enunciation follows suit, but his flow isn't quite bad. He uses a lo

Preface: I'm in between semesters for college, so I might try to do two reviews a week. We'll see. Hibachi for Lunch is a free, surprise mixtape dropped by 2 Chainz on October 28th, 2016. It's seven songs long, and it marks his fourth release this year; the full length collaboration album with Lil Wayne, Collegrove, and three mixtapes. The name and art of this mixtape has listeners, myself included, hoping that maybe 2 Chainz will do more Oriental-themed music; however, his last Asian-themed album, Daniel Son; Necklace Don,  barely had any of that style we were promised. This track has guest appearances from Quavo, Gucci Mane (ugh), Ty Dolla $ign, and Future, so I'm obviously not too happy with that feature list, but we'll see how they do. It also features some very prodigious producers, like Mike Will Made It, Buddha Bless, Mike Dean, K Swisha, and much more. As you'd expect, the first song, "Countin", goes pretty hard. The instrumental is pret

Starboy is The Weeknd's third album, released on November 25, 2016. This album is a mix of pop, R&B, and trap, produced by some of the biggest names in the game right now, including Daft Punk, Max Martin, Cashmere Cat, Diplo, Doc Mckinney, and more. In this album, Abel continues his journey into the mainstream and overall edginess. Don't get me wrong; I like The Weeknd. He has an amazing voice, a unique style, and some great songs. It's just that this album disappointing me. I told myself that I would buy a signed copy of this album if it lived up to it's expectations, but it just couldn't.  It's actually  eighteen  songs long, if you include the interlude, which would be okay if most of the tracks were actually good, but Starboy could be cut in half, keeping the best songs, and it'd still be the same quality. Because of the length and unremarkable quality of about half the album, I'm not going track by track this time. Instead, I'll discuss