By Storm - My Ghosts Go Ghost (2026)

I get what this is going for, and I respect the headspace it comes from, but as an album it doesn’t fully hold together for me. My Ghosts Go Ghost feels more like a processing space than a finished statement — emotionally sincere, structurally loose, and often more interesting in theory than in execution. The production is restless and deliberately unstable, which suits the themes, but it also flattens momentum over the runtime. I’m engaged track to track, yet rarely compelled by the whole. It feels important to make, less important to revisit.

Pros

1. Emotional honesty – Grief, anxiety, and survival are handled without posturing or irony.

2. Adventurous production palette – Abstract, glitchy, jazz-tinged beats avoid hip-hop autopilot.

3. Clear post-Injury Reserve identity shift – Not a retread; it commits to a new, more inward space.

Cons

1. Weak album architecture – Feels episodic rather than cumulative; no real arc or payoff.

2. Low replay pull – Once the emotional intent is absorbed, there’s limited return gravity.

3. Delivery can feel underpowered – Conversational flows and loose phrasing don’t always carry the weight of the themes.

Genre: Experimental Hip Hop
Country: US

Final Verdict: 60% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 81th / 107

Highlight: In My Town


Made me think of:
Armand Hammer
JPEGMAFIA
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal

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