4/10
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Overloaded and underwritten, Migos’ sequel to Culture says more about the trio’s business model than it does the artform.
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No Shame is not without a few highlights, but on the whole it’s Hopsin’s most tone-deaf album to date.
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Jaden Smith’s latest film is an auditory one, exploring the lyrical follies of a rich-kid-turned-mediocre-rapper in desperate need of perspective as he produces 70 minutes of egotistical propaganda in the hope it will launch his rap career.
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Reputation focuses more on the pop star narrative than it does actual pop songs.
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UK pop singer Sam Smith’s latest album turns blue-eyed soul into a chore.
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Weezer indulge in millennial pop cliches on their most sugar-sweet album yet, Pacific Daydream.
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Beck’s latest album explores the bland limits of unoriginal, sanitized, millennial pop.
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King Krule returns with a series of vague, moody musical sketches
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It’s telling that one of the few highlights on Cozy Tapes Vol. 2 is a track with little to no A$AP Mob presence.
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Everything Now finds Arcade Fire making a bolder and tighter move in a dance music direction than on Reflektor, but unfortunately it’s even more of a mixed bag.
