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Coldplay: Kaleidoscope EP

Coldplay: Kaleidoscope EP

This is Coldplay in 2017, saying "hi" to the mainstream by pandering to pop, and actually managing to do a not-half-bad job of it.
Big Sean – “Halfway Off the Balcony” (Singles Going Steady)

Big Sean – “Halfway Off the Balcony” (Singles Going Steady)

Big Sean's latest is an anxious stream-of-consciousness narrative, his verse flowing over discordant and menacing piano with a horror movie vibe.
Ariana Grande: My Everything

Ariana Grande: My Everything

In trying to sound like everything else on the charts, Ariana Grande continues to have one of pop music's most distinctive voices that has very little to say.
Common: Nobody’s Smiling

Common: Nobody’s Smiling

The veteran Chicago rapper returns to his troubled hometown on a conscious album for a post-conscious age.

Drake: Nothing Was the Same (Take 1)

Guessing the 2013 Grammys

“Don’t Let Me Fall”: Hip-Hop in the Age of Austerity