Lav's Music Corner

Brockhampton are a California via Texas rap group/boy band whose youthful fusion of rap, pop and R&B has become sort of a trademark in the years since their Saturation  trilogy first caught fire in 2017. The last time we heard from the group in 2019 they were exploring a much more somber approach to their sound, but from the singles to this record they projected a return to their idiosyncratic brand of hip hop.  Review By Lav: I've had pretty positive reception to most of what Brockhampton have done. They kicked off their career with Saturation 1 and 2  which scored a 9 and 10 respectively in my reviews and the acclaim returned when Ginger  turned out to be one of my favorite albums of 2019. I was excited to see what the band was going to do next even before I heard the incredible lead single from this album. Now that it's been released in its entirety I'm impressed by both the versatility of the execution on the record, as well as its consistency.  BUZZCUT  was the lea

Ameer Vann is a Los Angeles based rapper and former member of West Coast hip hop collective/boy band Brockhampton, before being forced out of the group as a response to sexual assault allegations in 2018. He has been quiet since then before returning to social media out of the blue and dropping this surprise EP. Review By Lavender: I really had no idea what to expect going into this EP. Ameer delivered on some of the most cold blooded moments across the Saturation trilogy on tracks like Heat  and Boogie . But by the time the trilogy came to a close he had also developed a trademark cadence fans referred to as "The Ameer Flow" which became incredibly tired and was one of the elements that made Saturation III  the weakest of the trilogy as it appears on song after song. Ameer's complete musical silence since December of 2017 did have me worried, but Emmanuel  is proof that he is pretty much picking up right where he left off, for better or for worse. One thing I sh