The 76ers should 1000000% announce RIGHT NOW that Markelle Fultz won’t play this season.
Author: Steven Strauss
GLOCK BOND (Key Glock)
Key Glock’s Glock Bond is an album of missed opportunities, beginning with the very first track:
AMEN (Rich Brian)
Rich Brian is a rapper from Indonesia whose sound is — at least for the most part — as distinct as the phrase “a rapper from Indonesia.”
AS SHE PLEASES (Madison Beer)
Apple Music describes Madison Beer’s As She Pleases like so: “Sultry, smoky R&B from a superstar in the making.” Though these spiels usually reek of marketing hyperbole, in this case, I couldn’t have said it better myself! May I just add, starting with some self-promotion of my own:
THE FINAL YEAR (Greg Barker)
HBO Films’ The Final Year — playing in theaters now; hitting a boob-tube near you later — charts the diplomatic efforts of four key members in the Obama administration’s foreign policy team over the course of 2017, their final year in office.
My Favorite Albums of 2017
I listened to 178 new albums in 2017.
This Week in Music (January 26 – February 1, Part 2): Above & Beyond’s COMMON GROUND
It’s rather fitting that Above & Beyond’s Common Ground and Migos’ Culture II were released on the same day; both albums exemplify the consistent, borderline repetitive greatness of each group.
This Week in Music (January 26 – February 1, Part 1): Migooooooos’ CULTURE II
Since both albums released this week are too good to be clumped together into a usual “This Week in Music” piece, I shall tackle each individually. First up: Culture II, the sequel to Migooooooooos’ 2017 breakthrough:
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DEN OF THIEVES (Christian Gudegast)
5 Strong in 12 STRONG
During the terminally forgettable stretches of 12 Strong, the only persistent saving grace is the ensemble, five of whom deserve individual shout-outs in the same vein as my recent Murder on the Orient Express piece:
Write All Nite 