50 Best Albums of 2017 | Year in Review

Kendrick Lamar (DAMN.), Jay-Z (4:44), Lorde (Melodrama), Father John Misty (Pure Comedy), and The National (Sleep Well Beast) top ‘50 Best Albums of 2017.’

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Kendrick Lamar (DAMN.), Jay-Z (4:44), Lorde (Melodrama), Father John Misty (Pure Comedy), and The National (Sleep Well Beast) top ‘50 Best Albums of 2017.’

Underrated, old-school Mississippi rapper-producer drops an impressive third studio album, double album ‘4eva is a Mighty Long Time.’

New releases from Kelly Clarkson, Chris Brown, and Weezer lead a crowded field of new albums, arriving beginning Friday, October 27.

Big K.R.I.T. denounces Satan on “Keep the Devil Off,” the electrifying second single from his third studio album, ‘4eva Is a Mighty Long Time.’

Some Fall Out Boy fans will dig remix album 'Make American Psycho Again,' while those who enjoy the band’s purer sound may wrinkle up their nose.

Alternative, retro-soul artist Bilal delivers another fantastic album with killer throwback, soul project, 'In Another Life'.
![Rick Ross, Hood Billionaire [📷: Def Jam]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rick-ross-hood-billionaire-c2a9-def-jam.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Rick Ross' 2nd album of 2014 ('Hood Billionaire') is shallow thematically. A conceptual effort, his approach at contrasting the past is mildly successful.

With his major-label sophomore album, Cadillactica, Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. constructs an album that goes above and beyond the expectations.

All in all, ‘Kiss the Ring,’ the latest DJ Khaled project, is a well assembled, star-studded affair that rarely misses.