Rap Rankings

It may not be a planet anymore, but it's still an album: Moulz & Mel travel into deep space to review Pluto, Future's major label debut album. ------------------------------------ Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (9:05 - 11:47) -- Pluto Info (1:00:16) -- Track 1: "The Future Is Now" (1:34:39) -- Track 2: "Parachute" (1:38:18) -- Track 3: "Straight Up" (1:48:40) -- Track 4: "Astronaut Chick" (2:10:43) -- Track 5: "Magic [Remix]" (2:39:35) -- Track 6: "I'm Trippin'" (2:47:25) -- Track 7: "Truth Gonna Hurt You" (2:53:22) -- Track 8: "Neva End" (2:57:14) -- Track 9: "Tony Montana" (3:19:51) -- Track 10: "Permanent Scar" (3:31:58) -- Track 11: "Same Damn Time" (3:38:42) -- Track 12: "Long Live The Pimp" (3:53:32) -- Track 13: "Homicide" (3:58:07) -- Track 14: "Turn On The Lights" (4:02:07) -- Track 15: "You Deserve It" (4:37:51) -- Track 16: "Paradise" (4:43:01) -- Track 17: "Fishscale" (4:47:46) -- Ranking Pluto (4:58:55) -- Outro (5:01:05)

After two pushbacks, and while fighting through increasing turmoil, Moulz & Mel are able to finally review Prodigy's debut solo album, H.N.I.C. ------------------------------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (12:19 - 15:00) -- H.N.I.C. Info (50:41) -- Track 1: "Bars & Hooks (Intro)" (1:16:05) -- Track 2: "Genesis" (1:26:53) -- Track 3: "Drive Thru (Skit)" (1:42:23) -- Track 4: "Rock Dat Shit" (1:48:06) -- Track 5: "What U Rep" (2:00:01) -- Track 6: "Keep It Thoro" (2:19:29) -- Track 7: "Can't Complain" (3:18:56) -- Track 8: "Infamous Minded" (4:02:06) -- Track 9: "Wanna Be Thugs" (4:17:17) -- Track 10: "Three" (4:22:26) -- Track 11: "Delt W/ The Bullshit" (4:36:38) -- Track 12: "Trials Of Love" (4:44:59) -- Track 13: "H.N.I.C." (4:57:22) -- Track 14: "Be Cool (Skit)" (5:09:43) -- Track 15: "Veteran's Memorial" (5:11:16) -- Track 16: "Do It" (5:23:42) -- Track 17: "Littles (Skit)" (5:27:55) -- Track 18: "Y.B.E." (5:29:47) -- Track 19: "Diamond" (5:49:41) -- Track 20: "Gun Play" (6:38:38) -- Track 21: "You Can Never Feel My Pain" (7:00:37) -- Track 22: "H.N.I.C. (Outro)" (7:36:04) -- Ranking H.N.I.C. (7:47:03) -- Outro (7:49:20)

(This review, formerly a Patreon exclusive, is being made available for you, the public, to reward your patience and hold you over as Mel recovers from dental procedures. Our review of Prodigy's H.N.I.C. will arrive on 2/5. To hear more bonus reviews like this one, sign up at patreon.com/raprankings.) ----------------------- After seven years, the time has come for Moulz & Mel to finally decide if they want to post up in The 6 with the mandem or throw themselves off the CN Tower, in their review of Drake's Views. ------------------------------------------- Intro (0:00) -- Views Info (16:50) -- Track 1: "Keep The Family Close" (1:18:03) -- Track 2: "9" (1:49:44) -- Track 3: "U With Me?" (2:01:47) -- Track 4: "Feel No Ways" (2:24:21) -- Track 5: "Hype" (2:44:31) -- Track 6: "Weston Road Flows" (2:51:46) -- Track 7: "Redemption" (3:09:20) -- Track 8: "With You" (3:34:36) -- Track 9: "Faithful" (3:41:17) -- Track 10: "Still Here" (3:50:59) -- Track 11: "Controlla" (4:00:27) -- Track 12: "One Dance" (4:30:52) -- Track 13: "Grammys" (4:50:38) -- Track 14: "Child's Play" (5:00:11) -- Track 15: "Pop Style" (5:09:41) -- Track 16: "Too Good" (5:20:16) -- Track 17: "Summer's Over Interlude" (5:46:15) -- Track 18: "Fire & Desire" (5:49:15) -- Track 19: "Views" (6:05:33) -- Track 20: "Hotline Bling" (6:20:21) -- Ranking Views (7:30:06) -- Outro (7:46:36)

Surreal recent events cause Moulz & Mel to make a pivot and ask ISTHISFORREAL?, reviewing the 2022 album from The Koreatown Oddity sooner this month rather than later. ----------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (12:59 - 15:41) -- ISTHISFORREAL? Info (46:20) -- Track 1: "OPENING CONFESSION" (1:21:51) -- Track 2: "FUNDRAZORS" (1:36:05) -- Track 3: "MISOPHONIA LOVE" (1:59:20) -- Track 4: "INDIFFERENT" (2:08:07) -- Track 5: "ISTHISFORREAL?" (2:23:51) -- Track 6: "HOMEBOYS IN OUTERSPACE" (2:46:30) -- Track 7: "HISTORY TENSION" (2:53:41) -- Track 8: "SOMETHING OR NOTHING?" (3:00:50) -- Track 9: "HELLLOOO???" (3:13:37) -- Track 10: "EXISTENTIAL LANDLORD" (3:22:17) -- Track 11: "AN ENDLESS RUN" (3:28:46) -- Ranking ISTHISFORREAL? (3:32:30) -- Outro (3:38:06)

⁨It's a food review gimmick, innit? Dig into RAB Mailbag #11: Beans On Toast. Keep the messages coming in, and we'll see you all in a month for #12!

Moulz & Mel deliver their final review of 2024, covering DJ Quik's Trauma, an all-too-fitting topic to close out this particular year. ---------------------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (9:39 - 12:21) -- Trauma Info (40:41) -- Track 1: "Doctor's Office (Intro)" (1:09:14) -- Track 2: "Intro For Roger" (1:13:52) -- Track 3: "Fandango" (1:31:11) -- Track 4: "Till Jesus Comes" (2:12:37) -- Track 5: "Black Mercedes" (2:28:32) -- Track 6: "Get Up" (2:55:55) -- Track 7: "Get Down" (3:06:34) -- Track 8: "Ladies & Thugs" (3:57:47) -- Track 9: "Catch 22" (4:06:34) -- Track 10: "Indiscretions in The Back Of The Limo" (4:28:32) -- Track 11: "Pacific Coast Remix" (4:38:36) -- Track 12: "Quikstrumental (Quik's Groove 7)" (4:57:17) -- Track 13: "Jet Set" (5:03:31) -- Track 14: "California" (5:11:10) -- Ranking Trauma (5:16:15) -- Outro (5:20:29)

Moulz & Mel exit the Rap Rankings kitchen with a raucous review of Common's Soulquarian-infused, turn-of-the-millennium album, Like Water For Chocolate. ------------------------------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (8:23 - 11:04) -- Like Water For Chocolate Info (1:20:39) -- Track 1: "Time Travelin' (A Tribute To Fela)" (2:02:17) -- Track 2: "Heat" (2:32:45) -- Track 3: "Cold Blooded" (2:45:07) -- Track 4: "Dooinit" (2:55:29) -- Track 5: "The Light" (3:15:21) -- Track 6: "Funky For You" (4:04:26) -- Track 7: "The Questions" (4:48:16) -- Track 8: "Time Travelin' (Reprise)" (4:59:25) -- Track 9: "The 6th Sense" (5:01:45) -- Track 10: "A Film Called (Pimp)" (5:23:50) -- Track 11: "Nag Champa (Afrodisiac For The World)" (5:32:43) -- Track 12: "Thelonius" (5:52:18) -- Track 13: "Payback Is A Grandmother" (6:16:58) -- Track 14: "Geto Heaven Part Two" (6:26:55) -- Track 15: "A Song For Assata" (6:53:57) -- Track 16: "Pops Rap III... All My Children" (7:14:52) -- Ranking Like Water For Chocolate (7:23:28) -- Outro (7:29:06)

Unfortunately, your ears are deceiving you if you're able to tune in to RAB Mailbag #10: We're Not Real. Keep the messages coming in, and we'll see you all in a month for #11!

This week on Rap Rankings, Moulz & Mel (shoulder) lean away from all of the noise because they have to investigate Young Dro's claim that he's the Best Thang Smokin'. --------------------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (5:12 - 7:54) -- Best Thang Smokin' Info (27:14) -- Track 1: "They Don't Really Know Bout Dro" (56:07) -- Track 2: "Man In The Trunk" (1:07:09) -- Track 3: "Presidential" (1:14:26) -- Track 4: "Shoulder Lean" (1:56:20) -- Track 5: "U Don't See Me" (2:13:33) -- Track 6: "Rubberband Banks" (2:18:09) -- Track 7: "We Lied" (2:27:49) -- Track 8: "My Girl" (2:31:46) -- Track 9: "100 Yard Dash" (2:39:08) -- Track 10: "Hear Me Cry" (2:41:12) -- Track 11: "Gangsta" (2:48:37) -- Track 12: "High Five" (2:56:24) -- Track 13: "Fresh" (3:05:04) -- Track 14: "What It Is" (3:09:14) -- Track 15: "It Ain't Over" (3:12:08) -- Ranking Best Thang Smokin' (3:23:48) -- Outro (3:25:43)

"Life's A Bitch", but Moulz & Mel have to try to salvage what little joy they can during their review of the Wale record, wading through "blog era cringe" and strange punchlines to do so.

Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rap-rankings-e48-116344668