2021 album reviews | The Musical Hype

H.E.R., Back of My Mind | Album Review 💿

Multi-award winning, gifted R&B singer/songwriter H.E.R. delivers a superb, well-rounded, debut album with Back of My Mind.

While Migos secure a few solid bangers on Culture III, the rap trio still don’t match the excellence of the original Culture.

On their seventh studio album, JORDI, Maroon 5 has its moments, but fall suffers from a lack of distinction and engaging songwriting.

Grammy-winning alternative singer/songwriter St. Vincent delivers one of the truly elite, well-rounded albums of 2021 with Daddy’s Home.

LGBTQ Pop singer/songwriter Myylo ends his EP era with his colorfully-titled, five-song EP, My EP Era is Over Now.

Twenty One Pilots deliver another enjoyable, if slightly different project with their sixth studio album, Scaled and Icy.

Grammy-winning rapper J. Cole delivers an enjoyable, well-rounded sixth studio album with The Off-Season.

Singer, songwriter, and actress Olivia Rodrigo shines on her awesome, consistent, electrifying, and unapologetically Gen-Z debut album, SOUR.

Atlanta, Georgia alt rock band Manchester Orchestra deliver one of the most accomplished albums of 2021 with The Million Masks of God.

Thomas Rhett returns to his country roots on Country Again (Side A) and delivers a truly consistent, well-rounded, and enjoyable album.

As is the usual case, on KHALED KHALED, DJ Khaled assembles an album featuring big names with a few hits scattered throughout the track list.

Country standout Eric Church delivers once again on Soul, his second studio album released in 2021 following Heart.