Album Reviews7.3/10
Drake’s ‘Honestly, Nevermind’: A Bold Dance-Floor Detour With Thin Writing
Drake's dance-heavy pivot 'Honestly, Nevermind' trades rap bravado for house grooves. Our review says the mood works, but the writing feels thin.
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Tag: 2022 albums
Album Reviews8.5/10
Denzel Curry’s ‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future’ Refuses to Sit Still — and That’s the Point
A solemn survey of Denzel Curry's fifth record, a tumult of fourteen songs where genre melts and mingles across forty-five wild minutes.
Album Reviews8.4/10
Hold the Girl: Rina Sawayama Trades Restraint for Scale, and Mostly Wins
A record wherein a singer, with arena-vast ambition, doth reach into memory and pull forth a younger self through pop and choir.
Album Reviews7.8/10
Lizzo’s ‘Special’ Stays in Its Lane — and That’s the Point
A brief chronicle of Lizzo's fourth record, twelve tracks of confidence and romance, weighed against its aim to please.