Ghostface Killah review – Wu-Tang vet coasts as fans take up the slack
This lopsided night lacks atmosphere, but the enduring magnetism and mythos of Wu-Tang Clan lifts it a little
IDK: Bravado + Intimo review – bright beats, retrograde rhymes
The US rapper and Harvard mentor’s inventive, trap- and jazz-influenced tunes are let down by unreconstructed lyrics
Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia review – candour meets artfulness
The Grammy-winning US rapper pits soul-searching against some killer tunes, many featuring his mother, Bonita Smith
Ice Spice review – rapid-fire hits from rap’s new princess
There’s high octane energy from artist and audience alike as the New Yorker rattles through 21 tracks in 45 minutes, showing off broad artistry in between bouts of twerking
Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia review – early midlife crisis triggers a freaked-out psychodrama
Full of switchback turns, the rapper’s unsettled and unsettling seventh album zaps from Beach Boys harmonies to G-funk synths – and from boasts to self-loathing
Yeat review – US rapper brings exploding, sweat-drenched pandemonium
Filled with chaotic sounds and infectious melodies, there’s a ferocious pace to the mysterious figure’s first European headline – a ribcage-reverberating success
Various Artists: Redline Impact review – thrilling dive into east Asian hyper-electronics
This exhilarating compilation pushes from K-pop to trance, hardstyle techno, budots and beyond – and is at its best when artists rachet up the intensity
André 3000 review – live spiritual jazz leaves hip-hop visionary with nowhere to hide
The former rapper starts promisingly with earthy improvisation but the band drifts disappointingly with no solos and few flashes of emotion
Jpegmafia: I Lay Down My Life For You review – scattergun brilliance
The US rapper brings reflection as well as energising polemic to his compelling fifth studio album
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign: Vultures 2 review – some of Ye’s most jaded, degraded moments
The lyrics veer from nihilistic provocation to drunken messages to his ex-wife, and the music is equally erratic and confused
Killer Mike: Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs for Sinners and Saints review – hard-won life lessons
The Run the Jewels rapper follows up last year’s Grammys-sweeping Michael with an album addressing a tumultuous few months
Womad festival review – wildly entertaining treasure trove for adventurous music fans
Radically inclusive global lineup includes Sampa the Great’s feminist pizzazz, Young Fathers’ twisted genre-splicing and Bixiga 70’s full-tent conga
Ice Spice: Y2K! review – a masterclass in outrageous party trap
It’s all killer, no filler on the Bronx MC’s long-awaited debut album
Mustard: Faith of a Mustard Seed review – lacking in spice
The fourth album from Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us producer features cloying love songs, odes to Mom and thanks to God
Ice Spice: Y2K! review – wilfully trashy wordplay from wily new rap star
The US star’s subject matter is lightweight and this debut album only lasts 23 minutes, but funny, snotty lines abound and the music is often viscerally exciting