Lav's Music Corner

Jaden is a singer rapper and actor as well as the son of singer, rapper and actor Will Smith. After releasing a line of singles and mixtapes Jaden finally made his commercial debut with 2017's SYRE  and then followed it up in 2019 with ERYS . CTV3  is the third in a line of mixtapes that date all the way back to 2012.  Review By Lavender: While I didn't love either of Jaden's first two albums and I really didn't love the mixtape he released in between there is usually at least something worth hearing on Jaden's projects. Despite the fact that CTV3  is shorter clocking in at under an hour there is once again a lot of filler tracks and not many songs that I don't have some complaint about.  Most of my favorite tracks here work because Jaden delivers good energetic verses and the instrumentals, while derivative of other artists, are pulled off effectively. Rainbow Bap  is long at nearly 5 minutes but the beat is slick and the simple drum passage does a lot for...

Jaden Smith is an actor, rapper and fashion icon who is the son of another famed multi-talented figure Will Smith. After releasing a number of songs as a child and an increasing output of singles Jaden saw fit to release his commercial debut record SYRE  in 2017.  He followed that very thematic concept album with the looser collection of tracks on the critically panned Sunset Tapes  last year. Now with little notice Jaden is releasing his second true studio album and companion piece to SYRE , ERYS . Review By Lavender: I was worried going into ERYS for a number of reasons and I was kind of hoping Jaden would move on from this approach going forward. SYRE  was a decent album with some high points in it's tracklist but one that ran far, far too long and featured plenty of misguided songs that served no purpose on the records themes or were sonic misses. Pair this with the painfully breezy brevity of Jaden's follow-up The Sunset Tapes  and the fact that...

1. Ride - Repetition The legendary shoegaze band steals a #1 in what may be the weakest week of 2019 so far. On the back of a great lead single Ride is gearing up to drop their second album of the 2010's 2. Rosalia - Millionaria Rosalia continues building up her namesake in 2019 with a split single calling back to the ever growing popularity of latin pop music on the charts. 3. Post Malone Goodbyes  (Feat. Young Thug) Post Malone is back with what will likely be another nondescript chart topper, but thankfully he has brought along Young Thug this time and hopefully Thugger can give a little bit of life to a track we will all grow to hate quickly. 4. Dreamville - Costa Rica  (Feat. Bas, JID, Guapdad 4000, Reese LAFLARE, Jace, Mez, Smokepurpp, Buddy & Ski Mask The Slump God) Sneaking in before the Friday release of ROTD3 is this massive posse cut that features some Dreamville favorites and some of traps brightest young faces. 5. Cupcakke - Ayesha Cupcakke return...