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Music
Shawn Mendes, Ruin | Track Review 🎵
Canadian pop artist Shawn Mendes shines on “Ruin,” a soulful, memorable, and well-written single that shows him maturing and “stepping up his game.”
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Blink-182 Dethrone Drake for No. 1 On Billboard 200
After spending nine weeks at no. 1, Drake has finally been dethroned from the top of the Billboard 200. Blink-182 take the no. 1 spot with ‘California.’
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Surefire Nominees for the Grammy for Album of the Year
It’s never too early to speculate about the Grammys. What better way to speculate than breaking down potential nominees in the Album of the Year category?
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Blink-182, California | Album Review 💿
Although ‘California’ is a respectable, enjoyable comeback from Blink-182, the punk-pop veterans miss former frontman, Tom DeLonge.
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BB Grooves: Drake Rules the Roost for Ninth Straight Week
In this week’s edition of BB Grooves (a column examining the biggest stories on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart), Drake spends a ninth week at no. 1.
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Evergreen
Best Songs Of 2016 (So Far) | Year in Review Playlist
Six months have passed and many, many songs have graced the music world in 2016. Here are the very best songs of 2016, so far.
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Logic, Bobby Tarantino | Album Review
Logic has become one of the hottest rappers in the game. After numerous mixtapes and two albums, Logic returns with a surprise mixtape, ‘Bobby Tarantino.’
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Kanye West, Famous | Track Review 🎵
Kanye West is one of the world’s most polarizing musicians. West’s controversial track “Famous,” along with its equally controversial video confirms such.
Evergreen
10 Recent Meaningful Songs Worth Spinning | Playlist
For every “Anaconda” or “M.I.L.F.$” that infects the world with raunchy filth, there are transcendent songs with meaningful messages worth spinning.
Music
Music Shopping List: ScHoolboy Q’s ‘Blank Face LP’ Leads the Way
The wallet may stay intact this week. After July1 proved to be a solid date for new albums, July 8 looks much less impressive. Easily leading the charge this week is ScHoolboy’s highly anticipated Blank Face LP.
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Grace, FMA | Album Review 💿
Aussie singer Grace shows tremendous potential on her debut, FMA, led by breakthrough single, “You Don’t Own Me.”
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Maxwell, ‘blackSUMMERS’night’ | Album Review
Maxwell remains consistent on latest LP blackSUMMERS’night, while successfully tweaking his sound to embody and appeal to the times.