Though Drunk brings a heaping helping of Thundercat’s spectacular bass playing and sense of humor, the album is also rife with filler and underwritten jazz motifs.
Future showcases his softer, “sexier” side on HNDRXX, his worst album yet.
Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman goes full-on pop with his follow-up to 2012’s I Know What Love Isn’t.
With RA2, Jonwayne delivers a disheveled set of alternative hip hop tracks that have potent senses of humor and emotion.
Future washes, rinses, and repeats on a new set of merely passable tracks.
When Mark Kozelek arrives, baby, he arrives.
Though Being You Is Great… contains some of Quelle Chris’ most obtuse material, it is also the Detroit MC’s most ambitious and cohesive album yet.
While Jesca Hoop’s latest album does lack a strong sense of identity, its well-crafted songs and beautifully simple instrumentation are more than enough to make it one of the better singer-songwriter releases 2017.
DROGAS Light is one of Lupe Fiasco’s better attempts at making an album with pop appeal, though it still pales in comparison to his more progressive work like Tetsuo & Youth.
