If you didn't know, Trae's daughter was abducted by his baby momma. Trae has primary custody of her and she wasn't returned to him for months. A lot of this album is about that. There are good moments, often with choir influences, and it's nice to hear so much gratitude on a hip hop album. However, like a lot of Trae's projects, it over stays its welcome and drags on towards its tail. I think he should've made this more focused and just had 12 or so great songs in the vein of 'Amen'. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: All This Time, Alright, Lord Know, Amen, Thank You, Alone (Remix)

"You the type to run out of kitchens when pots boil" Gunplay has delivered plenty of bangers throughout his career, and there are flashes of that here. ‘Really Him’ is an immediate standout that is ridiculously catchy from the first listen, and the kind of track that made me want to pause the whole album and run it back on loop. While not much else on the project wows, there’s still enough energy and grit to keep long-time fans satisfied. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Heaven for a Gangsta, Ain’t No Love, Really Him, Foot on Ya Neck Heaven for a Gangsta (feat. King Paso) 80 Microwave Food 70 Ain’t No Love 80 Really Him 95 Motion (feat. Smoked Out Lazy) 64 Risk Takers (feat. Trap Gawd Lito & Ricco Barrino) 70 Nameless (feat. Blake Apollo) 63 Opp Down 50 Foot on Ya Neck 74 All Blues (feat. Smoked Out Lazy) 60 No More Assalamu Alaikum 64 Ain’t a Game 70

Here there are tales of hood romance, (the good and the bad), gangsta rap, and what seems to be hating on rappers who all act hard and all say the same thing. 8-Off/Agallah reminds me of Chino XL at times with his voice, delivery and some of the production too, although his content is quite different. There is likeable variety here even if not every song hits the mark. The absolute best for me are 'Ghetto Girl' and the thumping closer, 'Catch a Body'. Beats: ★★★☆ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★☆ Best Tracks: Kick Down the F---in' Door, Ghetto Girl, Only Live Once, Propa Swerve, Fakin' Moves, Catch a Body

The first two songs are bangin' trap with the second track, 'Do Better', being the easy pick from the EP. 'Drifting Away' pulls it back a notch with some softly sung female vocals and lighter instrumentation that still works. The next two are okay, with 'We Belong' being the worst on the project and then it finishes decently with more sub-throbbing music. EP's are always hard to rate. If there was this consistency over a longer album, I'd rate it higher, but for only 20 minutes, the quality needs to be higher. Still, I enjoy this and have been loving 'Do Better'. Buck stays in his lane and if the beats bang, he sounds great. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: U-Turn, Do Better, Still Rollin' (BloodMoney)

Firstly, the younger version of Brad Pitt’s character looked unconvincing. It’s surprising that for a film lasting over two hours they can de-age characters, but they didn’t bother to de-age him properly for the brief moment we see young Sonny Hayes. At times, the race commentary feels like it’s aimed at people with no knowledge of F1, which breaks the immersion. Real commentators wouldn’t explain things that way. Brad mentioned in interviews that this was something they were trying to balance and I get that it's not easy to cater towards the newcomers and F1 enthusiasts. Still, the idea of a lesser team being able to challenge the front-runners adds an exciting “what if” element to the sport. If only F1 worked like that in real life. I appreciated some of the script choices, like showing the FIA seemingly targeting a smaller team which felt grounded. It would’ve been great to hear more lines from the actual F1 drivers, though, rather than just seeing them in passing. Overall, while it does fall into some of the usual sports movie clichés, there are enough fresh twists, engaging moments, emotion, and solid racing scenes to make it worth a watch.