As SAINt JHN so aptly points out himself on one of the songs on his latest project, he should have blown up about five years ago. Although the worldwide smash hit that is the Imanbek remix of his 2016 single “Roses” doesn’t necessarily sound like his music at all, there are still quite a few … Continue reading SAINt JHN – While The World Was Burning
Month: November 2020
Megan Thee Stallion – Good News
Houston rising star and now 4-time Grammy nominee Megan Thee Stallion has certainly had a year full of ups and downs. After scoring her breakout #1 hit with “Savage,” dropping some great verses onto one of the most talked-about tracks of the year in “WAP” and getting caught up in some truly scary drama when … Continue reading Megan Thee Stallion – Good News
Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
Ever since dropping his 2015 debut, Traveller, Chris Stapleton has been regarded as one of the greatest vocalists in his genre, if not the music industry at large. Three years removed from his From A Room double album, he returns with a blank slate of an album cover – but don’t be fooled into thinking … Continue reading Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
Future & Lil Uzi Vert – Pluto x Baby Pluto
Two of rap’s biggest similarly-nicknamed superstars have elected to team up for what just might be the laziest big-name rap collab project yet. Ever since these collaboration albums became a rising trend a couple years ago, the most enjoyable ones have always been a result of two rappers with different styles playing off of their … Continue reading Future & Lil Uzi Vert – Pluto x Baby Pluto
Little Mix – Confetti
UK girl group Little Mix are finally out of their contract with Simon Cowell’s now-defunct Syco Records – a move the members have been shamelessly excited about in a rather hilarious way – and have returned with their celebratory sixth studio album. The group’s Jesy Nelson has described Confetti as a simple attempt to write … Continue reading Little Mix – Confetti
NAV – Emergency Tsunami
Just when you thought 2020 might have been looking up just a little, here’s the year’s third album by Toronto rapper NAV. At this point, a review of NAV’s work is little more than a formality, because there is entirely nothing left to say. My thoughts on his latest can be more or less summed … Continue reading NAV – Emergency Tsunami
Sam Smith – Love Goes
After a long series of delays – and numerous successful singles to tide us over in the meantime, none of which made the final cut – soulful pop singer Sam Smith’s third studio album Love Goes finally sees the release it was supposed to at the beginning of this pandemic. While Smith has primarily been … Continue reading Sam Smith – Love Goes
Ariana Grande – positions
Well, that “break” that she said she needed didn’t last very long. One of pop music’s most prolific and influential figures has returned once again with her third album in just over two years, following up a pair of highly personal albums that catapulted her into an entirely new level of superstardom and critical acclaim. … Continue reading Ariana Grande – positions
Gorillaz – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
If there’s one single benefit to the world that the Trump presidency has provided, it’s the fact that it has seemingly reignited Damon Albarn’s creative muscles in a major way. On virtual band Gorillaz’ third album in four years since taking an extended break for the better part of the decade, they once again take … Continue reading Gorillaz – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
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