Ye paints a vivid picture of Kanye’s current state of self and, for as brief as it is, succeeds as an intimate exploration of family and mental health.
Zephyr isn’t a particularly cutting edge pop and R&B album, but with all the classy instrumentation, impassioned singing, and thoughtful writing, NIKI has a lot going for her right out of the gate.
Testing contains some interesting ideas here and there, but they aren’t performed or organized all that well a great deal of the time.
Though Tear has its consistency issues and its concept is sacrificed for the sake of having something for everybody, BTS is making ambitious and passionately performed pop music that puts many of their Western contemporaries to shame.
The pieces on Park Jiha’s Communion are lovely individually, but overall, the blend of sounds could have been a bit more consistent and more attention could have been paid to the album’s flow.
At seven tracks and just over 21 minutes, the Kanye West-helmed DAYTONA is pretty much watertight and finds Pusha T in top form.
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Not only is Wide Awake! better performed and written than any Parquet Courts album thus far, but on it the band consistently manages to make interesting artistic statements on some very difficult topics.
Courtney’s vocal performances aren’t much less humdrum on Tell Me How You Really Feel than they were on her debut, but the slightly brighter and more aggressive instrumentation this time around offers a welcome change of pace.
