![]() ![]() Hopefully other media-hyped Illmatic 2 rappers like Fashawn or Elzhi do something similar soon. Blu won't ever be a top 10 rapper, probably not even top 50, but he's finally made a record that shows his strengths in a digestible way. This feels like a Blu record - it's messy, at points it has an improvised feel, but still feels like conscious rap, and that everyman feeling that Blu attempted on his other albums actually works here. But Blu finds himself somewhat on Give Me My Flowers, and it shows. ![]() ![]() Blu was a fine rapper in terms of technicality and skill, but truly couldn't stand out in a line up in terms of voice, styles, or energy. Okkervil River Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You Seeįinally - a great hip hop album in 2015 THAT FUCKING SLAPS.īlu and Exile Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Themįor all the acclaim laid on the feet of the last Blu & Exile album, I thought that album was saved by Exile's production. Okkervil River Down the River of Golden Dreams Magnolia Electric Co Magnolia Electric Co Most of this mixtape is Wayne at his absolute best, so obviously the rest of the tracks are not garbage. The Title track alone merits 3.5 stars, even if the rest of the tracks are garbage. This is a brilliant piece of Future doing as he does, gargling Listerine through an auto tune and singing about walking with butterflies as the great blogger Andrew Noz once said. Top two albums of the year with Kendrick Lamar. The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name 5.0 classicĭavid Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars ![]()
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