Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
For this new song highlight series (a rebrand of my previous recap series), we run through some of my favourite songs from projects I covered in July 2026.
Ken Carson - xperiment - Album Review (hip-hop / trap / rage)
Best: ‘ghost’ ft. Lil Uzi Vert, ‘edm’, ‘interlude’, ‘flamethrower’, ‘knocking’
Worst: ‘deaf note’ ft. Playboi Carti, ‘fw00’, ‘shopping’ ft. Destroy Lonely, ‘gynecologist’, ‘possession’
Protect - Slimedude2003 - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Re4’, ‘Sk8r’, ‘U da 1’, ‘Last of us’
Worst: ‘Makatussin’
Skaiwater - wonderful - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘midsommer’ ft. Ti Steele, ‘as above so below’ ft. Ti Steele, ‘SKINS’, ‘LET THE HOUSE BURN’
Worst: ‘TOOL’, ‘VIRGO’
Tana - ME - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘nsfw (the prelude)’, ‘again’, ‘prey for my mama’, ‘control’, ‘P.M.D.’, ‘show it off’
Worst: ‘me & my gun’
2slimey - More Anxiety - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Legion’, ‘Throw up’, ‘Bring emOut’, ‘Roc’, Pop alot’, ‘Live in bass’
Worst: ‘Dirty bitch’, ‘Belly’, ‘oMg’
Kuru - Backstage Hologram - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Glass’ ft. xaviersobased, ‘Three worlds apart’, ‘U wld never do it’, ‘FW19’, ‘Let the keys cry’
Worst: ‘Pray for…’
Vax - Blue Dawn - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Race’ ft. slayr, ‘M&Ms’, ‘Never die’, ‘Best friend’
Worst: ‘Lilac’
Slayr - Half-Blood: Bloodluxe - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘ Brain Fog’, ‘Flashout Freestyle’, ‘Toxic’, ‘Racks’, ‘Paint A Picture’, ‘Never Go Down’, ‘24/7’, ‘Phone (Interlude)’, ‘The Sky’
Worst: ‘Set In Stone’
Fimiguerro - The Statue Of A Fool - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Cocaina’, ‘Don’t Leave Me’, ‘Me Again’, ‘Good Girl’, ‘Mind The Gap’
Worst: ‘Skywalker’ ft. fakemink
Ezcodylee - STUNT 4 LIFE! - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘WHO GOT A PROBLEM’, ‘FAMILY FIRST’, ‘DON’T BE SCARED’, ‘TOUR’, ‘ONE DAY’, ‘SHUT UP’, ‘FOURSTYLE’, ‘BAD APPLE’, ‘STAR’
Worst: ‘NOBODY IS PERFECT’
Charli XCX – Music, Fashion, Film – Album Review (pop rock)
Best: ‘SS26’, ‘Camera’, ‘Persona’, ‘No One Lasts Forever’ ft. David Cronenberg
Worst: ‘Rock Music’
Kaatayra - Caminhos de Agua - Album Review (folk metal / black metal)
Best: ‘Aguas Passadas’, ‘Rio sem Nome’, ‘Caminhos de Agua’
Worst: ‘Ritmo Corredeiro’
Muse – The Wow! Signal – Album Review (arena rock / space rock)
Best: ‘Be With You’, ‘Space Debris’, ‘Shimmering Scars’
Worst: ‘Nightshift Superstar’, ‘The Sickness In You & I’
Future – The Real Me – Album Review (hip-hop / trap / R&B)
Best: ‘No Misery’, ‘Radio’, ‘If I Could’, ‘Hollywood’, ‘Alice’, ‘Eye to Eye’
Worst: ‘Konnichiwa’, ‘2018’, ‘Kick’
Jack White – Frozen Charlotte – Album Review (blues rock / garage rock)
Best: ‘Raising The Grain’, ‘You’ll Never Fix Me’, ‘Dollar Bill’, ‘Neighbors Blues’
Worst: ‘She’s In A Frenzy’
Steve Lacy – Oh yeah? – Album Review (R&B / psychedelic rock)
Best: ‘the feeling’, ‘show you me’, ‘doom’
Worst: ‘is it cool?’ ft. SZA
Exploring Birdsong - Every House We Built - Album Review (progressive rock / metal)
Best: ‘Footprints’, ‘Arrhythmia’, ‘Spy In The House Of Love’, ‘I_ You’, ‘Cartography’, ‘Every House We Built’, ‘Meadowlands’
Worst: ‘You Like It Best When It Hurts’
Alex Cameron - Late To Set - Album Review (soft rock)
Best: ‘No Soldier’, ‘Statue Down’, ‘Stand-In Man’, ‘Testosterone In Blue’, ‘Jesus Never Had No Porno’, ‘Ricochet’, ‘No Guns Come Alone’
Worst: ‘Red Hook Rain’
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For this new song highlight series (a rebrand of my previous recap series), we run through some of my favourite songs from projects I covered in July 2026.
Ken Carson - xperiment - Album Review (hip-hop / trap / rage)
Best: ‘ghost’ ft. Lil Uzi Vert, ‘edm’, ‘interlude’, ‘flamethrower’, ‘knocking’
Worst: ‘deaf note’ ft. Playboi Carti, ‘fw00’, ‘shopping’ ft. Destroy Lonely, ‘gynecologist’, ‘possession’
Protect - Slimedude2003 - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Re4’, ‘Sk8r’, ‘U da 1’, ‘Last of us’
Worst: ‘Makatussin’
Skaiwater - wonderful - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘midsommer’ ft. Ti Steele, ‘as above so below’ ft. Ti Steele, ‘SKINS’, ‘LET THE HOUSE BURN’
Worst: ‘TOOL’, ‘VIRGO’
Tana - ME - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘nsfw (the prelude)’, ‘again’, ‘prey for my mama’, ‘control’, ‘P.M.D.’, ‘show it off’
Worst: ‘me & my gun’
2slimey - More Anxiety - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Legion’, ‘Throw up’, ‘Bring emOut’, ‘Roc’, Pop alot’, ‘Live in bass’
Worst: ‘Dirty bitch’, ‘Belly’, ‘oMg’
Kuru - Backstage Hologram - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Glass’ ft. xaviersobased, ‘Three worlds apart’, ‘U wld never do it’, ‘FW19’, ‘Let the keys cry’
Worst: ‘Pray for…’
Vax - Blue Dawn - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Race’ ft. slayr, ‘M&Ms’, ‘Never die’, ‘Best friend’
Worst: ‘Lilac’
Slayr - Half-Blood: Bloodluxe - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘ Brain Fog’, ‘Flashout Freestyle’, ‘Toxic’, ‘Racks’, ‘Paint A Picture’, ‘Never Go Down’, ‘24/7’, ‘Phone (Interlude)’, ‘The Sky’
Worst: ‘Set In Stone’
Fimiguerro - The Statue Of A Fool - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘Cocaina’, ‘Don’t Leave Me’, ‘Me Again’, ‘Good Girl’, ‘Mind The Gap’
Worst: ‘Skywalker’ ft. fakemink
Ezcodylee - STUNT 4 LIFE! - Album Review (hip-hop / rage)
Best: ‘WHO GOT A PROBLEM’, ‘FAMILY FIRST’, ‘DON’T BE SCARED’, ‘TOUR’, ‘ONE DAY’, ‘SHUT UP’, ‘FOURSTYLE’, ‘BAD APPLE’, ‘STAR’
Worst: ‘NOBODY IS PERFECT’
Charli XCX – Music, Fashion, Film – Album Review (pop rock)
Best: ‘SS26’, ‘Camera’, ‘Persona’, ‘No One Lasts Forever’ ft. David Cronenberg
Worst: ‘Rock Music’
Kaatayra - Caminhos de Agua - Album Review (folk metal / black metal)
Best: ‘Aguas Passadas’, ‘Rio sem Nome’, ‘Caminhos de Agua’
Worst: ‘Ritmo Corredeiro’
Muse – The Wow! Signal – Album Review (arena rock / space rock)
Best: ‘Be With You’, ‘Space Debris’, ‘Shimmering Scars’
Worst: ‘Nightshift Superstar’, ‘The Sickness In You & I’
Future – The Real Me – Album Review (hip-hop / trap / R&B)
Best: ‘No Misery’, ‘Radio’, ‘If I Could’, ‘Hollywood’, ‘Alice’, ‘Eye to Eye’
Worst: ‘Konnichiwa’, ‘2018’, ‘Kick’
Jack White – Frozen Charlotte – Album Review (blues rock / garage rock)
Best: ‘Raising The Grain’, ‘You’ll Never Fix Me’, ‘Dollar Bill’, ‘Neighbors Blues’
Worst: ‘She’s In A Frenzy’
Steve Lacy – Oh yeah? – Album Review (R&B / psychedelic rock)
Best: ‘the feeling’, ‘show you me’, ‘doom’
Worst: ‘is it cool?’ ft. SZA
Exploring Birdsong - Every House We Built - Album Review (progressive rock / metal)
Best: ‘Footprints’, ‘Arrhythmia’, ‘Spy In The House Of Love’, ‘I_ You’, ‘Cartography’, ‘Every House We Built’, ‘Meadowlands’
Worst: ‘You Like It Best When It Hurts’
Alex Cameron - Late To Set - Album Review (soft rock)
Best: ‘No Soldier’, ‘Statue Down’, ‘Stand-In Man’, ‘Testosterone In Blue’, ‘Jesus Never Had No Porno’, ‘Ricochet’, ‘No Guns Come Alone’
Worst: ‘Red Hook Rain’
Join my Patreon experiment: patreon.com/SpectrumPlse
Spectrum Pulse Social Media or to Support This Channel: https://linktr.ee/spectrumpulse
If you want to read the review in text, or check out any additional reviews I've done so far, go to spectrum-pulse.ca for more. Otherwise, be sure to like and subscribe for more!
Thanks for watching Spectrum Pulse!
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Spectrum Pulse is a music review / commentary channel, like colleagues Anthony Fantano of TheNeedleDrop, ARTV, Dead End Hip Hop, Rocked, Deep Cuts, Crash Thompson, Shawn Cee, Mic The Snare, and plenty others, known for discussions of music, movies, art and culture.
Spectrum Pulse, music, review, 2026, album, album review, react, reaction, Trailing Edge, Ken Carson, xperiment, Tana, ME, Vax, Blue Dawn, slayr, Half-Blood (Bloodluxe), 2Slimey, More Anxiety, Skaiwater, Wonderful, Kuru, Protect, Slimedude2003, Fimiguerrero, The Statue of a Fool, ezcodylee, STUNT 4 LIFE, Charli XCX, Music Fashion Film, Kaatayra, Caminhos de Agua, Muse, The Wow Signal, Future, The Real Me, Jack White, Frozen Charlotte, Steve Lacy, Oh yeah?, Exploring Birdsong, Alex Cameron
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