5/10
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LUV vs. the World 2‘s clearer, punchier production and quality features make it a slight improvement over the album it’s supplementing.
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Megan’s foray into autotuned trap balladry on Suga‘s last few tracks is ultimately the EP’s downfall.
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Heavy Light rapidly loses momentum after the first couple of songs.
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While it has quite a few highlights, Map of the Soul: 7 is bogged down in some of the most derivative and thankless songs of BTS’s career.
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Algiers play it dismayingly safe on their third album.
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070 Shake’s debut album delivers a futuristic fusion of art pop and rap, but falls short on the songwriting front.
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JACKBOYS don’t shine as a collective on their brief debut.
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Thanks to some creative production decisions and Eminem sounding ever so slightly less stuck in his ways, Music to Be Murdered By is a step in the right direction following Revival and Kamikaze.
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Fine Line brings Harry Styles no closer to finding his own musical style and voice.
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City as School lacks the focus of Uncommon Nasa’s past handful of records.
