Hi Everyone and Happy New Year! It’s great to be here and I’m really excited to start my blog. Over the last few years there’s been increasing scepticism and frustration with the state of hip-hop, especially regarding trap. Whilst there’ve been big releases in the past year or so, most notably Playboi Carti’s MUSIC, the general sentiment now seems to be that trap has stagnated somewhat. Even for MUSIC, many (justifiably) felt that it’s sonic return to more general trap as opposed to Carti’s more unique lane of rage was disappointing, even if it was a decent album. More broadly, some of the genre’s big hitters 21 Savage, Lil Baby and Young Thug have all released albums in the last year all with mixedish reviews. However, we’ll see what the year ahead has for us! ASAP Rocky’s fourth album Don’t be Dumb is finally releasing later this month, which I look forward to reviewing! I want to see if Future will be dropping anything in response to the Young Thug jail cells drama after a year with only features, and if the likes of Chief Keef will release his followup to the success of his 2023 album Almighty So 2! Perhaps even Waka Flocka Flame will drop a new mixtape after his flurry of features on Metro Boomin’s 2025 mixtape A Futuristic Summa. But in the meantime, there’s an ocean of older albums and mixtapes for me to review, especially from across the South, and I can’t wait to get started! I'll be publishing a new review every Friday, so look forward to my first next week, which I promise will be longer than this post! Finally, please bear with me as I get this website set up and in good form, but the basics should be in place now. See you on my first review!