B-Side Guys

Jayson Greene

Jayson Greene’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 42 reviews, going back to 2010, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Hip-Hop & Rap 57%
  • Indie & Alternative 19%
  • Rock 10%
  • Pop 5%

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By the numbers

6A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
4albums given a perfect score
17years of their reviews we track, 2010 to 2026
How their scores spread
  • 0–496
  • 50s2
  • 60s8
  • 70s8
  • 80s9
  • 90+9

Their favorites

  1. Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell 100 Pitchfork
  2. Talking HeadsFear of Music 100 Pitchfork
  3. Nick DrakePink Moon 100 Pitchfork
  4. Mobb DeepThe Infamous 100 Pitchfork
  5. Jay-ZReasonable Doubt 94 Pitchfork

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

A-Sides they reviewed

6 albums that earned an A-Side, the critics’ top tier; they scored 6 of them 75 or higher.

Every review

Outlet
DrakeIcemanPitchfork via Wikipedia48 4.8/1055May 18, 2026
Sufjan StevensCarrie & LowellPitchfork via Wikipedia100 10/10902025
George MichaelOlderPitchfork via Wikipedia80 8.0/10702022
Trent Reznor and Atticus RossThe Social NetworkPitchfork via Wikipedia87 8.7/10762022
Busta RhymesWhen Disaster Strikes…Pitchfork75 7.5/10792022
Talking HeadsFear of Music“Talking Heads’ third album revealed a band to be relentless interrogators of music and its place in culture. It is a landmark album for the past and present of art-rock,…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia100 10/10962020
The Smashing PumpkinsShiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.“The legends of ’90s alt-rock have reunited only to bring this puzzling, indecisive husk of an album into the world.”Pitchfork34 3.4/10452018
RadioheadA Moon Shaped Pool“With their ninth studio album, Radiohead move beyond the existential angst that made them music’s preeminent doomsayers, pursuing a more personal—and eternal—form of enlightenment.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia91 9.1/10882016
Kanye WestThe Life of PabloPitchfork via Wikipedia90 9.0/10752016
T.I.Paperwork“Paperwork is T.I's ninth album as well as the first installment of a promised "trilogy," an imposing prospect for a rapper whose career peak is eight years in his rearview.…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia70 7.0/10662014
Kid CudiSatellite Flight: The Journey to Mother MoonPitchfork via Wikipedia60 6.0/10702014
Empire of the SunIce on the DunePitchfork via Wikipedia56 5.6/10652013
Chief KeefFinally Rich“Chief Keef's major label debut stays true to the mixtapes that got him noticed, and proves that the young Chicago rapper has more potential than his detractors might have hoped.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia75 7.5/10602012
Rick RossGod Forgives, I Don’t“Despite guest spots from the likes of Jay-Z, André 3000, and Dr. Dre, the victory lap crowning Rick Ross' four-year rise to dominance still feels depressingly earthbound.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia68 6.8/10732012
The Smashing PumpkinsOceania“Returning with a new band assembled via open auditions, Billy Corgan's first album in five years under the Smashing Pumpkins name finds him recapturing some of his inspiration.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia63 6.3/10742012
Death GripsThe Money Store“Death Grips are angry. It's unclear why. But on their major label debut, the Sacramento noise group's monomaniacal desire to rain down fiery destruction on the powers-that-be is crystal-clear, even…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia87 8.7/10782012
Kid CudiMan on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager“After the two-dimensional art-school-kid clichés of Man on the Moon, kiD CuDi partially makes good on his promise to loosen up his music.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia67 6.7/10732010
EminemRecovery“The rapper's next comeback LP, this is meant to trace Em's journey out of depression and drug addiction and back into the peak of his powers.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia28 2.8/10692010
WaleAmbitionPitchfork via Wikipedia67 6.7/1066
Jack WhiteBoarding House ReachPitchfork via Wikipedia47 4.7/1072
Young BuckBuck the WorldStylus Magazine via Wikipedia81 B-74
J. ColeCole World: The Sideline StoryPitchfork via Wikipedia61 6.1/1073
Lil PeepCome Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2Pitchfork via Wikipedia72 7.2/1076
Lupe FiascoFood & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1Pitchfork via Wikipedia68 6.8/1067
RadioheadKid A MnesiaPitchfork via Wikipedia92 9.2/1092
NasLife Is GoodPitchfork via Wikipedia83 8.3/1078
ASAP RockyLong. Live. ASAPPitchfork via Wikipedia85 8.5/1077
DrakeMore LifePitchfork via Wikipedia78 7.8/1078
DrakeNothing Was the SamePitchfork via Wikipedia86 8.6/1079
Nick DrakePink MoonPitchfork via Wikipedia100 10/1095
Paul & Linda McCartneyRamPitchfork via Wikipedia92 9.2/1081
Jay-ZReasonable DoubtPitchfork via Wikipedia94 9.4/1092
Maroon 5Red Pill Blues“Adam Levine’s band return for their sixth album of smooth, professional, antiseptic soft-rock, which somehow also features Kendrick Lamar, Future, and A$AP Rocky.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia48 4.8/1060
alt-JRelaxerPitchfork via Wikipedia45 4.5/1065
Elliott SmithRoman CandlePitchfork via Wikipedia78 7.8/1072
Vince StaplesSummertime ’06Pitchfork via Wikipedia88 8.8/1085
JeezyTM:103 Hustlerz AmbitionPitchfork via Wikipedia67 6.7/1069
Lupe FiascoTetsuo & YouthPitchfork via Wikipedia72 7.2/1079
The 1975The 1975Pitchfork via Wikipedia59 5.9/1070
Mobb DeepThe InfamousPitchfork via Wikipedia100 10/1091
WaxahatcheeTigers BloodPitchfork via Wikipedia88 8.8/1088
Pearl JamVs.Pitchfork via Wikipedia76 7.6/1074

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