5/10
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CrasH Talk sounds strangely dated and is a disappointingly safe effort from Q following Blank Face.
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The songwriting on Social Cues is far too tame to live up to the album’s dark backstory.
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Persona is missing the dramatic punch of BTS’s previous work.
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It’s hard not to nod in agreement with what Dave’s saying throughout Psychodrama, but generic instrumentals and humdrum flows don’t translate many of his good points into captivating songs.
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Czarface Meets Ghostface finds everyone besides 7L punching below their weight.
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10 years on from its initial release, Drake’s breakthrough mixtape remains a mixed bag, albeit a somewhat groundbreaking one.
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Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? is hands-down the blandest entry in Deerhunter’s discography.
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The full-length debut from Latin trap popularizer Bad Bunny mostly sounds standard even in the context of stateside pop rap.
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Meek Mill’s celebratory new album ends up being a mixed bag of mostly generic pop rap.
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Muse’s foray into ’80s retro-futurism, while at times uninspired and gaudy even by the band’s standards, has resulted in their most palatable album this decade.