alternative r&b
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James’ best record since his debut.
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This album’s pretty good and shows potential; that’s the long and short of it.
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The bland and scant musical ideas don’t support DEACON‘s emotional weight.
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El Madrileño is hopefully the beginning of an exciting new trajectory for C. Tangana.
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Nectar offers Joji’s highest highlights to date, though all in all it could’ve benefited from some more editing.
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Shabrang is often a case of less being more and quiet being loud.
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The songwriting and vocal performances on Starz often leave a lot to be desired, though the Whitearmor production is pretty stellar.
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After Hours is a fruitful reinvention of The Weeknd.
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Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Sucks are solid testaments to both sides of Princess Nokia.