Frank Ocean’s second studio effort blurs the lines between musical genres … and between vacuous hedonism and earnest yearning.
The movie Suicide Squad has big problems. Its No. 1 soundtrack has even more.
Chance the Rapper’s latest brims with gospel messages … and a few other rap trappings we have to address as …
Drake’s just as mopey and melancholy as always on Views, which ricochets between perceptive insights and soul-deadening hedonism.
What is the measure of a woman’s worth? Is it love? Sex? Money? Success? On any song on Fifth Harmony’s …
The sophomore effort from this rising Christian rapper grapples with gritty authenticity as NF tries to make sense of the …
Dizzying mixture of cultural, racial and spiritual insights jarringly juxtaposed against prurient portraits of unexpurgated rage, violence and sexuality.
The second effort from Seattle rapper Macklemore is, indeed, provocatively messy—in both good and grating ways.
The profound and the profane pound away at each other on The Life of Pablo.
Beyoncé’s “Formation,” for all of its controversy, for all of its potential benefit and harm, for all of its political …
Rihanna may be living life completely on her own terms, but beneath all the carnal bravado, it’s pretty clear she’s …
When Rihanna sings about having too much “work,” she’s really talking about something else entirely.
Lecrae’s third “mixtape” delivers another hard-hitting dose of faith-filled yet pull-no-punches commentary on contemporary culture.
Prince’s final two albums find him as enchanted with sensuality as he was when his controversial career began nearly four …
Demi Lovato is brimming with self-confidence these days. Sometimes that’s a good thing … and sometimes it’s not.