B-Side Guys

Reed Jackson

Reed Jackson’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 7 reviews, going back to 2014, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Hip-Hop & Rap 83%
  • R&B & Soul 17%

Find Reed Jackson

More numbers (how close they land to the other critics, release-week calls) appear once we track 15 of their reviews.

Their favorites

  1. The Roots…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin 80 XXL
  2. Pop SmokeMeet the Woo 2 73 Pitchfork
  3. Alexander von SchlippenbachMain Lines/1967 68 Spectrum Culture
  4. H.E.R.Back of My Mind 68 Pitchfork
  5. BrockhamptonIridescence 66 Pitchfork

Every review

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Alexander von SchlippenbachMain Lines/1967“As a document of different strains of the European avant-garde briefly meeting and combusting before going their separate ways, Main Lines/1967 is hard to beat.”Spectrum Culture68 68/100not yetNov 5, 2026
H.E.R.Back of My MindPitchfork via Wikipedia68 6.8/10742021
Pop SmokeMeet the Woo 2Pitchfork via Wikipedia73 7.3/10732020
Jaden SmithErys“The young polymath’s latest album is mostly a slog, the sound of an artist with a blurry vision and too many resources at his disposal.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia47 4.7/10552019
NavBad Habits“The Punjabi-Canadian MC returns from his eight-week retirement with a droning collection of listless would-be bangers.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia46 4.6/10532019
BrockhamptonIridescence“The group’s fourth record is a pummeling collection of mosh-pit conductors, crowded songs, and fleeting moments of delicacy.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia66 6.6/10802018
The Roots…And Then You Shoot Your CousinXXL via Wikipedia80 4/5712014

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