3/10
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Pi’erre Bourne continues to dilute his sound with this latest solo effort.
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Steve Lacy still sounds as if he’s in demo mode on Apollo XXI.
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Mac DeMarco pares his songwriting down to something more minimal on Here Comes the Cowboy, losing a lot of personality along the way.
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Maggie Rogers’ debut studio album doesn’t have much in the way of memorable songwriting or a distinctive voice.
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Tyler, the Creator leaves an awkward and weakly assembled Christmas EP under the tree.
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Zoo‘s songs, with only a couple of exceptions, range from boring to awful and are further weighed down by Russ’s crummy mindset.
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Valee doesn’t come through with a single flow worth stealing on his latest EP.
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On Swimming, Mac Miller continues to work outside of his strengths without improving at all upon the obvious weaknesses of his previous album.
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Tory Lanez is so similar to his contemporaries that it’s hard to see the point of Memories Don’t Die‘s existence.
