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Honourable Mention: Any of the 40 Young Thug songs that leaked this week. Because they're all great.

this will never not be funny.

I'm scared that I might like Kanye's verse on Smuckers more than anything else he'll release this year. But if anything is right in the world, it's that this album was worth it just for that Kanye verse on Smuckers.

Yeah, as beautiful as this is, I just keep thinking to myself: Has Jamie like, listened to Chrome Sparks before? Is this just a happy coincidence?

RUNNING THRU THE 6 WITH MY WOES.

There has been atleast 1 Drake song on my Phone since 2008 and this new mixtape only solidifies what I've always known about him: The dude makes hits.

Heads up: It's really fucking good.

With Cashy Cat, Sinjin Hawke and of course Kanye West, I should be foaming at the mouth that all of my favourite producers are on the same track. However, this doesn't feel like the Kanye I'm usually excited about. Also, I do kinda feel that The Weeknd could've done more on this track instead of Vic Mensa's haphazard appearance. (oh well, Drizzy Season still in dominant effect :)

Don Cannon isn't a rapper though...?

Watching D'Angelo live must be a straight trip.

Definitely agree with this week's pick. A toss up between Natalie Prass and Jessica Pratt... And psst. The new Father John Misty album...which we're technically not allowed to talk about yet. Incredible. You've been a doozy so far, 2015.

DIDN'T MEAN TO REPLY.

This album's impressive as hell. It really hit a lot of sweet spots and all the vocalists kill it. Almost done listening to Panda Bear right now, too. Panda boo boo doing his thing as usual.

Tom just likes being cheeky. I wouldn't look too much into it.

Haven't listened to the Charli XCX album yet, but I'm kinda loving this album right now. Almost crossed Nicki off my list for good, too.

No FKA Twigs? You guys.... 1. Sophie - Lemonade 2. Caribou - Can't Do Without You 3. Sia - Chandelier 4. FKA Twigs - Two Weeks 5. Young Thug - Danny Glover 6. Jessie Ware - Keep On Lying 7. Photay - Illusion of Seclusion 8. Angel Olsen - Windows 9. Ryn Weaver - Octahate 10. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You) Honourable Mention: Hot Nigga by Bobby Shmurda

There's a lot going on that I like in this song. For one, Gwen's using the Migos flow and I actually don't hate it. If there's one white girl that's going to pull it off, it's her. I also love that line about "I am a Libra, let's balance the scaaaales", because it feels like the least calculated moment, aka the most natural Gwen moment, in a song that attempts to check off a list of teen-technology friendly words. If I had one gripe about the song, it's that she used the word LOL. Seriously, no artist has ever had a successful track with the word LOL in it.

Nope, not feeling the autotune.

This tops Numbers On The Boards somehow i don't know how it did it but it did.

Yes, that word. Me make dumb error.

Not sure if Lorde fully understands the levity of what she started, but this should be interesting. I think.

Have to be honest here: Is me not "getting" Taylor Swift a manifestation of my lack of whiteness? I feel like it is most of the time. I mean, I get the importance of a subtly written pop song, but I don't think I would make that quantum leap claim from pop starlet to femme-virtuoso just because I was finally swept in by a pop song that did not deceive me with incredibly shallow lyrics. Unless this is, unbeknownst to me, more of a political thing than anything. Someone please elaborate on the T-swizzle dynasty for my sake.

Same. Totally confused me with the last article and now this one. All things considered, it's okay collaboration. Not sure if I like Pusha T's vocals on this, though I could easily imagine Azealia Banks, Zebra Katz, Le1f or Mykki Blanco doing damage on this beat.

"...always knew that Ryan Tedder boy was bad news, lemme tell ya"

This makes me sad.

I know the writers on Stereogum couldn't care less about the technical side of producing, but Baauer's had the winning formula for mixing low end frequencies since day one (or since the brink of Harlem Shake and the trap movement). That alone makes this typical vocal chopping edit sound a ton better.

This album is already sounding end-of-the-year-list worthy.

Can I just be a hipster about this and say that I've been listening to Tinashe since her Reverie mixtape? I've been pushing for Tinashe these past years, waiting for her meteorite arrival, and it's that sweet moment of knowing that she had artistic control over her sound the whole time that makes it all that glorious. Her Black Water mixtape just completely blindsided me last year and I felt like I was the only one that was flipping out over her ability to deliver completely on point with her sound. Now with her new album, I'm equally as impressed and glad with the output. Now onto the 2nd part. If it were up to me, I would have picked the Caribou album. There is a little bit of a disadvantage here though. Our Love actually leaked really far back, shortly after Can't Be Without You was released, and I've had the privilege of staying with those tracks longer. Upon first listen I was dismissive of the whole album and a little disappointed in an unrealistic, impatient, 2014-music-consumer kinda way. But I gave it a re-listen about a few weeks later and realized how truly impressive it works as an album. It feels like a classic, which is so hard for me to say in this day and age. Caribou delivers on all barrels and defines what an electronic album should be like. Every track sticks and oozes in an engaging, personal way, and I end up playing it on my phone when I can't think of anything to listen to on that particular day. And this is coming form someone that consumes an incredible amount of electronic music. I'd like to give Tinashe the benefit of the doubt and say with confidence that I think her album will age well with me over time, but I'm gonna have to give this one to Caribou.

Pleasantly surprised that the stream is up on here because you guys like, never post Tokimonsta.

Both Japan and Korea's CD game is off the chain. Have you ever seen a J-pop or K-pop CD album packaging? It's ridiculous. It's also no wonder that Japan always gets the bonus tracks.

Beyonce's performance was incredibly awkward if you ask me.

So after marinating on this stream for a bit, I am decidedly underwhelmed. A little too much filler for my taste, Rustie :(

Kitty + PC Music. Why has no one thought of this yet?

There's something unsettling and dystopian about drones that makes me completely okay with him knocking it down.

Little known fact: Kevin Durant's favourite team growing up was the Toronto Raptors because of Vince Carter. So it's not a ridiculous idea. And say what you want about Drake, but if anyone's looking out for Canada basketball and repping it to the fullest, it's him.

Dividing soundscapes and a "real song" is where I most definitely disagree with you.

"...that he delivered a beautifully emotive and vulnerable falsetto so striking that Justin Vernon of Bon Iver would be proud of."

I don't agree with Childish Gambino at all, but to make an article about it...? Statement articles like these are the equivalent of the early statement reviews of Pitchfork. Basically it gives of these embarassing, immature, bullheaded vendetta vibes. Also, "It’s not the first time Gambino has borrowed from K-Dot" Didn't Kendrick most famously ride the coattails of Childish Gambino's "You Know Me" beat with his Look Out For Detox freestyle? I wouldn't say 3005 sounds like Hol' Up anyway, though there are other songs of Donald that sound like other rappers. If you're going for comparisons, you guys should make the obvious ones, I suppose if you're going for that strawman argument.

Flipped when I heard this on a diplo mix

That's been my concern as well. A ton of electronic artists have been pushing and stretching the extent of trap's sound for quite awhile now and I would personally be a bit let down to see Rustie's return in form to be similar/comparable to what everyone else has been doing since he's been absent. Rustie has undoubtedly set the tone for an entire scene of producers/copycats since Glass Swords, a lot of whom have drawn from his trademark aesthetic with incredible competence, save some of the masterful sound mixing techniques, so there's a lot of eyes and expectations with his next step. Iunno. Maybe I'm just being a little too greedy in wanting him to shake up the game again with this album.