A project that deserved way more attention than it got.
Any Time Now by Sampha. Understated, emotional, surgical. Nobody streams it enough.
KIDS SEE GHOSTS. Kanye and Cudi made something genuinely healing and it got buried.
Ctrl by SZA got praised but still doesn't get the credit it deserves for what it started.
DAMN. by Kendrick is not underrated but most people skipped To Pimp a Butterfly the first time.
Call Me If You Get Lost by Tyler the Creator had better writing than IGOR but got half the love.
The Forever Story by JID. Best rap album of 2022 and nobody talked about it for more than a week.
Circles by Mac Miller. People were grieving him too much to appreciate how mature it was.
Blonde by Frank Ocean. People said it was good but never really sat with how personal it is.
Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers was everywhere critically but still underplayed in everyday conversation.