Lav's Music Corner

Ice Spice is a New York drill rapper who blew up last year on the back of a breakout viral hit song Munch . She responded to the attention quickly with this EP which pairs a trio of singles including Munch  with three new songs. Review by Lav: Let's get this out of the way early, I like Munch . It was one of the most divisive songs of last year as men with rap-themed Instagram accounts whined ad nauseum about any publication which gave Ice Spice credit for the hit. Even if the song was bad the backlash would be silly and it's something pretty much every female rapper deals with these days when they break out. But as I heard the track more and more times it start to grow on me and there's something entrancing about Ice Spice's presence as both a rapper and an artist. So other than Munch , what is here. Well, firstly there are two singles which I'm split right down the middle on. In Ha Mood  opens the EP on a high note and the song just sounds better and better the mo...

YG   is a Compton based rapper who first emerged in 2013 with a contemporary hip hop sound and a few mainstream hits. He changed course with his sophomore record 2016's critically acclaimed Still Brazy  which adopted a 90's g-funk hip hop approach. Since then he has released two more records, each of which took a much more contemporary trap flavored approach. With a few singles leading up to My Life 4Hunnid  he forecasted a transition back to his g-funk sound and generated significant hype in doing so.  Review By Lavender: This is the most excited I've been for a YG album, well ever really. Still Brazy  blindsided me and emerged as one of my favorite rap records of the 2nd half of the 2010's. Since then YG hasn't blown me away with another record even though his most recent release was an improvement over its predecessor. The singles were primarily what made me so excited for this record, not only because they were so good but also because they called back to th...