The album doesn’t see the rapper experimenting with his skull-rattling sound very much.
Lady from Shanghai is the result of making music with insipid seriousness.
The package skews toward boomer-friendly acts while ignoring the concert’s younger, more head-banging performers.
The entries on this list offer a glimpse of the staggeringly dissimilar outcomes of music video’s democratization.
Terius Nash highlights an artist who, even when not at his best, is capable of something approaching greatness.
Selling My Soul feels more like a promo EP to showcase Masta Killa’s abilities than a full-length feature.
Interpol’s debut continues to evoke the once-invigorating aspects of the band’s darkly stylish sound.
Over the course of Trouble Man, T.I. leans to an alarming extent on the abilities of his collaborators.
Chief Keef is coarse, cold, and lusterless, special only for his extreme embodiment of such qualities.
Pale Fire is one of the most beguiling and unique offerings of the Swedish pack.
Whatever the future holds, 2012 showed that the album remains a viable method of expression.
Our list is a collection of songs that either survived their airwaves onslaught or deserved more.
With Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, Lamar has crafted an intelligent and mature album on the theme of transformation.
Luxury Problems finds Stott continuing to dredge new colors from the sound of sub-bass.
King Animal doesn’t contain any standout tracks that justify Soundgarden’s comeback.
Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors is the conspicuous work of a magnanimous music lover.
Tre fails at the most basic credo of good entertainment: to leave the audience wanting more.
There isn’t anything remotely unorthodox about Bruno Mars’s Unorthodox Jukebox.
If the atmosphere of effort is the dividing line, True may be Solange’s most defining statement to date.
The album’s flaws have less to do with Khalifa’s ego and more with the dumb, reflexive materialism of the lyrics.
A Wrenched Virile Lore is a worthwhile supplement to an already exceptional album.