Sean Deez is one of our in-house album reviewers, based out of Toronto. But he’s not just any ol’ reviewer… Sean is heavily involved in hip hop and is currently the manager of producer Remot.
Here is an explanation of how Sean rates an album…
The rating system is similar to how teachers would mark students on an English or Philosophy paper.
Essentially there are many areas that I focus on gathered in particular groupings. You have specific sections such as MCing which contain lyrical ability, flow, delivery, structure, complexity, content. Production which focus on general rhythm, complexity, delivery, structure, sound, structure, and catch.
Overall synergy of both gets rated as well: does the beat fit the lyrical content? Does the melody match the flow..etc etc. Lastly, rating the album as a whole: Plot, theme, front to back execution, structure, uniqueness, interest, song placement, overall sound.
From there there are more or less 4 levels for each of these categories 1 (0-30) 2 (30-60) 3(60-80) 4(80-100) and from there I mark what level of a level they get…ie. an 80 differs heavily from a 90 but both are level 4’s.
If you have a question for Deez, you can hit him up below…
