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Jay-Z, 4:44 | Album Review 💿

Rap icon Jay-Z returns after a four-year hiatus with ‘4:44,’ arguably, his most personal album to date. He’s on autopilot.

Rapper and singer Russ delivers a promising debut album with ‘There’s Really a Wolf.’ Russ writes, produces, and engineers the album himself.

Rick Ross returns with a familiar sound and overall vibe on “Glory of War,” assisted by soul singer Anthony Hamilton.

Scottish DJ and producer Calvin Harris releases the best album of his career with his star-studded ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1.’

Up-and-coming, critically-acclaimed rapper Vince Staples returns with a compelling sophomore effort, ‘Big Fish Theory.’

Metro Boomin taps rap superstars Offset (of Migos) and Drake for a respectable, new flex joint, “No Complaints.” All in all, the complaints are few.

Ever-ubiquitous, Canadian rapper and singer Drake returns with more new music in 2017, this time in the form of single, “Signs.”

DJ Khaled returns with the most star-studded album of his career with ‘Grateful.’ At nearly 90 minutes, it’s jam-packed with hits.

On his fourth studio album, ‘Pretty Girls Like Trap Music,’ southern rapper 2 Chainz delivers just that – trap music.

East Coast Rapper Action Bronson returns with the brief “Let Me Breathe,” a promo single for his forthcoming, sophomore album.

Jake Paul, accompanied by his crew, Team 10, delivers the atrocious, god awful single, “It’s Everyday Bro.”

DJ Khaled enlists Drake for the umpteenth time on “To the Max,” the third promo single from his latest star-studded album, ‘Grateful.’