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A Tribe Called Quest Nails It On ‘We Got It from Here…’

A Tribe Called Quest returns for one last hurrah with ‘We Got It from Here…Thank You 4 Your Service.’ Q-Tip and company are on autopilot.

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

Future and Drake miss the mark on latest collaboration, “Used to This.” Essentially, the single is an empty flex track that is mediocre at best.

Detroit rapper Big Sean keeps it real on hook-less rap single, “No More Interviews.”

Big Sean returns fiercely with “Bounce Back,” a single filled with agile rhymes, personality, and a heaping dose of swagger.

Common delivers a tour de force with ‘Black America Again’. Arguably, ‘Black America Again’ is his best album in years.

Up and coming singer/songwriter Gnash shines on his second post-“I Hate U I Love U” single, “home.” He is assisted by Johnny Yukon.

Drake is fierce as ever on “Sneakin’,” another single from his upcoming project, ‘More Life’. He enlists up-and-coming rapper 21 Savage to assist.

Drake is on autopilot on the fiery ‘Two Birds, One Stone.’ He hangs up singing and pop raps in favor of hard-hitting, unapologetic rhymes.

“Let Me Explain” gives breakthrough Louisville rapper/singer Bryson Tiller another potential hit. It serves as the promo single for his upcoming LP.

Even though DRAM’s debut album Big Baby D.R.A.M. is “all over the place,” it’s intriguing and enjoyable through and through.

Drake sounds tried-and-true on “Fake Love,” a single from his upcoming album, ‘More Life’ expected in December.