Juice WRLD

The Earliest Bird: Top New Recorded Release 12-10-21 – 12-16-21, Juice WRLD’s “Fighting Demons” Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | December 10, 2021

a soundtrack to the horrors of teenagerhood where insecurity and anxiety has been increased through the isolation of the pandemic

The Hip Hop World Is A Large Graveyard

By Alyson Camus | April 19, 2021

The average age of death for the hip hop population is barely 29

Going Steady: New Singles 12-4-20 – 12-10-20 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | December 9, 2020

happy birthday juice… we miss u

US Top 10 Albums Dated December 12th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | December 7, 2020

symbolically it is a major achievement in the year of Bad Bunny

US Top 10 Albums Dated December 5th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | November 30, 2020

you are left with six songs and the opening track is a doozy

US Top 10 Albums Dated November 28th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | November 23, 2020

we can but hope they get a younger singer to share the chores on stage

US Top 10 Albums Dated November 21st, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | November 16, 2020

82k EAUs are an embarrassment for the # 1 position

US Top 10 Albums Dated November 14th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | November 9, 2020

Ariana’s third number one in 25 months… 

US Top 10 Albums Dated November 7th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | November 2, 2020

beats out Bruce

US Top 10 Albums Dated October 31st, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | October 26, 2020

Taylor Swift goes platinum

US Top 10 Albums Dated October 24th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | October 19, 2020

a powerful swipe of rap albums new generation of performers, two of whom are dead

US Top 10 Albums Dated October 17th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | October 12, 2020

70% of the chart is a hip hop variant…

US Top 10 Albums Dated October 10th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | October 5, 2020

managed to reinvent himself

UK Top Ten Albums 10-2-20 – 10-8-20

By Iman Lababedi | October 3, 2020

post-punk anglo style…

US Top 10 Albums Dated October 2nd, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | September 28, 2020

surpasses Whitney Houston’s longstanding record,

UK Top Ten Albums 9-25-20 – 10-1-20

By Iman Lababedi | September 26, 2020

UK Grime meets NY drill

US Top 10 Albums Dated September 26th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | September 22, 2020

a master of rap-r&b

UK Top Ten Albums 9-18-20 – 9-24-20

By Iman Lababedi | September 19, 2020

shoegaze twenty years on

US Top 10 Albums Dated September 19th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | September 14, 2020

the product of years of trying out flows and bouncing verses

The Other 1%, How Music Streaming Mirrors Our Very Unequal Society

By Alyson Camus | September 12, 2020

approximately 1% have received 90 percent of listeners’ plays

UK Top Ten Albums 9-11-20 – 9-17-20

By Iman Lababedi | September 12, 2020

Live in Brussels is a revelation

US Top 10 Albums Dated September 12th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | September 7, 2020

sixth week at # 1

UK Top Ten Albums 9-4-20 – 9-10-20

By Iman Lababedi | September 5, 2020

state of the art London rap

US Top 10 Albums Dated September 5th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | August 31, 2020

tying Drake’s 2018 five consecutive weeks at # 1

UK Top Ten Albums 8-28-20 – 9-3-20

By Iman Lababedi | August 29, 2020

This is Killers masterpiece? Dunno about that

US Top 10 Albums Dated August 29th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | August 24, 2020

the first time since Gaga’s “A Star Is Born” a woman has spent four weeks in the penthouse

UK Top Ten Albums 8-21-20 – 8-27-20

By Iman Lababedi | August 22, 2020

Biffy aren’t

US Top 10 Albums Dated August 22nd, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | August 17, 2020

Swift’s third week at # 1

UK Top Ten Albums 8-14-20 – 8-20-20

By Iman Lababedi | August 15, 2020

who, except for Taylor of course, will be long term artists…

UK Top Ten Albums 8-7-20 – 8-13-20

By Iman Lababedi | August 8, 2020

Taylor Swift has been actually been improving

US Top 10 Albums Dated August 8th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | August 3, 2020

Taylor’s numbers are simultaneously excellent, and down 25% since 2017

UK Top Ten Albums 7-31-20 – 8-6-20

By Iman Lababedi | August 1, 2020

an autumnal album at the top 

US Top 10 Singles Dated August 1st, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | July 28, 2020

keeps on rockstarring with his seventh week at # 1

US Top 10 Albums Dated August 1st, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | July 27, 2020

should be good for enough week after this at the top

UK Top Ten Albums 7-24-20 – 7-30-20

By Iman Lababedi | July 26, 2020

As for Ellie, I listened again and I still can’t hear it

US Top 10 Singles Dated July 25th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | July 21, 2020

it will hurt the Government’s racist agenda

US Top 10 Albums Dated July 25th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | July 20, 2020

Among many other things, it is a very good album

UK Top Ten Albums 7-17-20 – 7-23-20

By Iman Lababedi | July 17, 2020

as good as just about anything he has ever released

The Early Bird: New Albums 7-10-20 – 7-16-20 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | July 14, 2020

drugs and 808s and heartaches

Juice WRLD Holds 17 Of Spotify’s First 18 United States Top 50 Positions As Of Sunday, July 12th, 2020

By Iman Lababedi | July 13, 2020

Teens in America have a good reason to be sad. Again.  

The Early Bird: Top New Releases 7-10-20 – 7-16-20 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | July 10, 2020

“I got pain in my heart I told you a hundred times, but it’s money money money money money on my mind”

Press Releases From May 2020: Here Are The Artists

By Alyson Camus | May 17, 2020

CHAII, a New Zealand/Persian rapper

Music Deaths 2019 Alphabetized and Graded

By Iman Lababedi | January 3, 2020

if you died and I forgot you, all apologies

The Most Famous Musicians Who Left Us In 2019

By Alyson Camus | January 2, 2020

Ric Ocasek died on September 15th

Emo Rapper Juice WRLD Dead At 21

By Iman Lababedi | December 8, 2019

A huge loss for the pop music world

L.A. Burning, West Coast Concert Picks, November 4th To 10th

By Alyson Camus | November 2, 2019

The Drums are playing at the Bootleg and at TROPICALIA MUSIC & TACO FESTIVAL

US Top 10 Albums For The Week Of May 4th, 2019

By Iman Lababedi | April 29, 2019

Billie back at # 1

L. A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, APRIL 29TH TO MAY 5TH

By Alyson Camus | April 28, 2019

This week, Big Thief are at the Fonda and at the Bootleg

US Top 10 Albums For The Week Of April 27th, 2019

By Iman Lababedi | April 22, 2019

third # 1 in less

US Top 10 Albums For The Week Of April 20th, 2019

By Iman Lababedi | April 15, 2019

isn’t bad at all