Our Family Review Albums Outside Our Taste

Watch The Video Version Here.We wanted to know if our strongest music opinions are real or just comfortable, so we forced a test: each of us picked an album for someone else that they would never choose on their own. Then we listened all the way through and came back with ratings, a marketing pitch, and the kind of blunt honesty you only get from people who actually know each other. If you like music review podcasts that talk craft, lyrics, and culture without pretending every take is “nuanced,” you’ll feel right at home.Josh ends up stuck with Jelly Roll’s “Self Medicated” and breaks down why the production can’t save what feels like a spiral of drugs, sex, and despair. Rachel lands on Babymetal’s “Metal Forth” and explains why the metal-pop-anime blend is weirdly close to working, even when the vocals and language barrier make it hard to connect. Calvin goes off on Chappell Roan’s “The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess,” which opens a bigger argument about explicit lyrics, shock value, and what counts as meaningful songwriting.Jackson takes on Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter VI” and questions cohesion, repetition, and how overproduction can flatten a full album into background noise. From there we zoom out to the streaming era: rage-based algorithms, why pop often gets a pass, why metal gets judged faster, and how audiences can mistake catchy for good. We wrap with a little palate cleanser of what’s actually been good lately, from Dragon Con plans to Gravity Falls and new books. If you enjoyed the chaos, subscribe, share this with a friend who argues about music, and leave a review with your most unpopular album opinion.Fighting The Suck Since ©2026 Relatively Terrible