With the exception of “My Way of Life” and “Rain in My Heart”, Frank is out of his element. Like in the two songs mentioned above, Sinatra sounds best when he is singing to a grand, orchestral arrangement with immense passion. The carefree, shallow-sounding rest of the album feels ingenuine and isn’t particularly fun to listen to.

It doesn’t do much different from the bass(e) album, but I don’t have much of a problem with that…

There are some good performances, but nothing is hitting as hard for me as Rihanna used to. Her sound is now less unique and a lot harder to listen to for me, even though much of that is the era.

A lot of hard hitters and some slop… Rihanna proves she knows how to make bangers but still struggles to put out a cohesive project.

It may be the wildly high expectations set by SOS, but Rihanna’s second album struggles to sound like anything more than Music of the Sun throwaways.

Rihanna manages to entertain for 50 minutes with amazing versatility, a natural knack for songwriting, and a nice chunk of paid homage to her carribean roots.

A beautiful rendition of jazz fusion.

Malcolm Todd stands out from the Indie-Pop sound with his deliciously atmospheric and catchy songwriting. I wish there was a bit more experimentation and collaborations, but Malcom has plenty of room for that in the rest of his career.

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It’s solid and showcases a lot of potential, but ends up being redundant and bland.

Summer Walker is at her best when she’s on a beautiful R&B beat doing her melodic thing. Luckily, that’s what most of this album is, but unfortunately, the parts of this album that don’t match that description are pretty awful. The project isn’t terrible, but the inconsistency but still lack of experimentation is staggeringly annoying for the final score.

It was pretty but frustrating to listen to at the same time… The only enjoyment I got out of this listen was some of the fantastic writing.

I don’t quite understand the hype, but the project is a gorgeous contemp-r&b listen that provides plenty of substance and consistency for its 45 minute runtime.

The flow and general atmosphere needs a lot of work, but the potential in this album (that Aler then goes onto fulfill in his next project) is immense.

So basic that it's to the point of being boring, even over a mere 22 minutes.

It's nothing extraordinary, but it's some really smooth, groovy RnB.

An intriguing but overall inconsequential debut EP.

If Glo wins a Grammy over Clipse, it’ll be a robbery spoken of longer than Cardi B in 2018…

This vocal dance album definitely gets your head bopping, but feels pretty bland and repetitive by the end.

Bad Bunny slides throughout this well-produced and beautifully homage-paying project all about his Puerto Rican roots