It's a little long but beautifully produced and performed regardless. A lot of these songs will likely grow on me.

Best songs: Shoulda Never (with Usher), Unlearn, You Got It, Anotha Luva (with Lil Wayne), I Need You (with Brandy), Oooh, Sweet Nuthins (with Leon Thomas)
Worst song: Folded

Started off good then "Downfall" came on and the album took a bad turn

Best songs: The Great Divide, Doors, American Cars, End of August
Worst Songs: Downfall, Dashboard

I'm actually rather disappointed with this. I've always loved Meghans personality and sound. Her last 2 albums were so fun to me because despite criticism, she just went fuck it that's my sound I like doing it and she brought her best rendition of it to date in Timeless. Here, she reverts back to the commercial pop slop chasing and while it is still good pop music, it doesn't feel as Meghan to me as I hoped.

Best songs: Chef's Kiss, Get In Girl, Hush, Men's Tears, ... read more

It's hard to defend modern country from people who say "it all sounds the same and it's so boring" when one of the biggest artists in the genre currently makes music that sounds like this. There were a few moments of potential, but they were rapidly squandered by Dylan's voice being as terrible as it was. At least the Morgan Wallen impersonation was solid.

Best song: You'd Think I Was A Cowboy
Worst song: What He'll Never Have

There's some incredible vocals and performances on this album, but it doesn't feel like a true Complete Body Of Work in the way that That! Feels Good! did. It feels like a semi-consistent playlist rather than a consistent project and I understand that behind the scenes things came into play which is why, but it does hinder the project a little for me. Still bangers and I'll definitely be coming back to my favourites all year which is why it's still likely gonna end up as a ... read more

It does lose some energy and steam towards the end but other than that banger after banger after banger it's gonna be a Sexyy Spring

Best songs: Hood B1tch 2, David Ruffen, Cut Like Us (with Pretty Pinkk & Ghetto Beisha), If U Want It, Her Her Her (with DJ Holiday), Attached, Team Lil Booty (with PLUTO)
Worst song: NDA

Real fucking music. It never clicked with me on my first listen but my god these beats are beating and the vocals are vocaling what an album

Best songs: One & On, I'm Just A Girl, Nocturnal, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, How Does It Feel, Walk Like This, Check
Worst song: Bending My Rules

Beyonce sounds amazing Jay-Z was so hit or miss here. The production is good but Jay-Z really let this down and how does a 9 track album feel like it's dragging? There's a world in which this is a Beyonce solo album and it's incredible but in this one it is sadly just pretty good.

Best songs: APESHIT, SUMMER, LOVEHAPPY
Worst song: Black Effect

Ella Langley has been such a bright spot in country for me and this continues! She shows more range in the songwriting department aswell as the vocal department which I really didn't expect, she has way more charisma than she's shown thus far! I loved the themes of being prone to flee and just explore the world even though you want a classic simple life, questioning faith and trying to work on relationships with men who just don't seem interested. There's a lot to love on ... read more

Is it a mess? Yes. Does it have fucking bangers on it? Also yes I had a good time with this one

Best songs: YIPPEE-KI-YAY. (with T-Pain), JOYRIDE., DELUSIONAL. ATTENTION! (With Slayyyter & Rose Gray)
Worst song: BOY CRAZY.

Monsta X's performances were really good but that's literally all this has going for it. I love adult contemporary slop usually but even this was far too basic for me. You can tell these are demos with how much of the beats feel incomplete and the songwriting is so impersonal it took me out of how lovely the singing was (which really carried this album). I can't say I didn't mostly enjoy this and won't be coming back to my favourites, but I am disappointed by this ... read more

Painfully basic songwriting but man does the emotional sad/disappointed singing tone into the explosive raging chorus formula work so well for her. There's a lot of potential here and she has a really nice voice, excited to see how Freya proceeds following the success of "silent treatment".

Best songs: silent treatment, why'd you have to call, petty
Worst song: maybe tomorrow

The second half of this had me ascending

Best songs: Should be you, Waiting
Worst song: Is you

This started out as such a nice little consistent sentimental sweet album that really landed for me. I am a sucked for the type of hopeful goodbyes and regrets with good intentions presented here and Dermot is a passionate performer with fantastic emotive delivery to really sell that...but then the second half took an odd u-turn, pivoting to more standard love tracks which felt so out of place following the first half? It also didn't transition so just hit out of nowhere which really threw ... read more

A lot of this album is just basic dance pop that i hear on uk radio every other day but the ending of the album is done really well. Dua sells the sentimental moving on and I'm happy for us type of thing so well and if she wanted to play into that lane more often lyrically I'd be all for it. The singles (outside of Houdini) are easily the worst thing here but overall it's a decent enough album that does show a hopeful road for Dua to travel in her future projects.

Best songs: ... read more

I felt a disconnect from this project that I cannot quite explain. The beats bang and I loved them but the songs never really hit for me? Granted Tiffany's voice is not for me at all but it doesn't cause me pain or anything so I'm not sure why the album didn't move me much but yeah nice fun bops not much to complain about I just wish I felt stronger about it

Best songs: TELL ME WHAT I DID, BREAKUP, DOIT4ME, COPYCAT, FAREWELL TODELO
Worst song: EVERYTHING I'VE EVER ... read more

This was such an odd project to hear. It's so inconsistent but the bangers Bang due to the beats. Whenever a downbeat song played, it wasn't good because unfortunately 2hollis is not a strong enough performer to carry a tune as the main presence (most notably in "eldest child" PLEASE never do a ballad again.) Overall I can see myself going back to the songs I enjoyed a fair bit, but the album was a mess that didn't really stick the landing as a whole.

Best songs: tell ... read more

This album has a weird sonic change up that doesn't feel very natural and didn't have any build to make it a clean transition on the last few tracks, leading this album to end what feels premature. With that being said the songs are still good and holy fuck the first half is some of the best songs you'll hear this year full stop they Bang.

I'm also not mad that this change seemingly was to cater to "BRITTANY MURPHY." which is a fucking banger that reminds me of ... read more

Decent enough music with the second half bringing up the score. He really saved the best beats for the featured artists and thank god he did because they are 10x better of a performer than Charlie.

This album is basically exactly what I expected it to be but delivers more than I thought. The bar is in hell when it comes to this man but honestly I'll take it!

Best songs: Home (with Hikaru Utada), New Jersey (with Ravyn Lenae)
Worst song: I Used To Be Cringe

Some of the spoken intros for the songs felt unnecessary but I understand this is a song meant to take a massive swing to capture a live audience specifically while creating a somewhat playful experience and it does exactly that (I can say after hearing it live already.) That was the only nitpick i have other than that holy fuck this is an Album.

Raye's musical ambitions come to full fruition on this project, leading to so many simply excellent pieces of music and the lyrical themes ... read more