Kid Cudi, Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ | Album Review

Alternative, Left-field rapper Kid Cudi returns to form with an ambitious new album, 'Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin.'

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Alternative, Left-field rapper Kid Cudi returns to form with an ambitious new album, 'Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin.'

Macklemore delivers an exceptional, socially-relevant track about the dangers of prescription drug use on ‘Drug Dealer,’ featuring Ariana DeBoo.

Ty Dolla $ign returns confidently on his latest mixtape, Campaign, which goes beyond mixtape status but doesn’t quite achieve album status.

Ty Dolla $ign Keeps the promo going for up-coming studio album ‘Campaign’ with latest single, “3 Wayz” featuring Travis Scott.

Alternative rapper Travis Scott returns with ambitious, sophomore album, ‘Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight’, featured a star-studded cast.

Pop musician Frank Ocean returns with his highly anticipated sophomore album, 'Blonde'. He makes following up a masterpiece look easy.

West Coast rapper Schoolboy Q delivers a dark and intriguing effort on his highly anticipated fourth album, ‘Blank Face LP.’
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Blackbear shares his demons & showcases tremendous potential on his latest effort, Help. He doesn't rewrite the R&B script, but, it's solid.

What is the case against Chris Brown? Being too comfortable. Artistically showing more range, would make more people respect the talented urban artist.
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Rick Ross' 2nd album of 2014 ('Hood Billionaire') is shallow thematically. A conceptual effort, his approach at contrasting the past is mildly successful.