Retro Album Review: Nimrod by Green Day

Goddamn I am really bad at keeping promises. I should've been finished with going through Green Day's discography at this point but here I am. Still have yet to do the fifth album out of twelve. Bleh. Anyway, can Nimrod live up to the highs set by Dookie and Insomniac? Let's find out.

Billboard Hot 100 Highlights January 7th, 2017

Well, it finally happened. The Weeknd got his third number 1. Not quite as good as Can't Feel My Face in my book but...I'll just let you finish that sentence. Also we got a lot of Christmas music, a lot of which had somehow never hit the Hot 100 before. Weird, but it'll all be gone next week. HIGHLIGHTS TIME!

My Favorite Albums and Underperforming Songs of 2016

Because there was so much good this year that didn't get very popular. The reason I'm doing this sort of thing as a blog post rather than a video is because I'd want to talk at length about every song, but that would be exhausting to edit and watch. This post will be an easy to digest, straightforward list. No particular order.

There's three sections to this list. First there's the songs that hit the Hot 100 in 2016 but did not make the year end list. This will not include songs I think can make the year end for 2017, like Water Under The Bridge or HandClap. Anything else is fair game though, regardless of peak. Second will be everything that didn't chart, including singles and album cuts. As long as it or the album it was a part of released in 2016 and I first heard it then, it counts. Finally, I'll be listing some of my favorite albums from the year. I didn't listen to a /ton/ of albums, so I might've left out some favorites of the year, and I apologize in advance for that. None of these will be in any particular order, just an fyi. Here goes.

Billboard Hot 100 Highlights December 31st, 2016/4 Your Eyez Only Album Review

You know, for a song that mostly got big off a meme, you would think Black Beatles would've been unseated by now. But unfortunately due to the latest drama going down in the music industry, the thing that might be unseating it could be...Camila Cabello. Don't let the numbers fool you, that song is making a comeback next week. In the meantime, we've got a J. Cole album bomb. Happy new year. HIGHLIGHTS TIME!

Billboard Hot 100 Highlights December 24th, 2016

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the...wait. I wish. I've still got some school left. But, Christmas music is happening more on the Hot 100, that's for sure. Along with other things. Yeah. HIGHLIGHTS TIME!

Album Review: 24K Magic by Bruno Mars

So, I haven't done a proper album review in quite some time. In fact the last modern album review I did was...Sremmlife 2, oh God. Well, now I guess it's time to play catch-up, starting with Bruno Mars' complete acceptance of luxury porn funk. I have high hopes. And I think you can deliver, Bruno.

Every Song on Billboard's 2016 Year End List Scored

List season isn't truly over for me until I do one of these things.

I was originally gonna do this as a video as well as a blog post, but honestly, I think I've done enough intense video editing this month. At least until I make CHART TOPPER SIMULATOR 2016. Anyway, I scored every song on the year end list out of 5. Here's the scale:

0 - Shit
1 - Bad
2 - Meh
3 - Decent
4 - Good
5 - Great

My friend Halston also did a post like this so you can click that link to check out his to compare and contrast.

I'll also be including a simple text version of my worst and best lists at the bottom for quick reference. If you want them in video form, click the links. Anyway, here we go.

Billboard Hot 100 Highlights December 17th, 2016

As expected, we got another Weeknd album bomb. Turns out I didn't really need to review the album anyway, since I'll get to talk about every song here. If you're wondering, I give it a 6/10. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to get Starboy to number 1. Sigh. Oh, and there's also some Moana songs too. I'll be seeing that movie on Saturday. Hope it's good! HIGHLIGHTS TIME!