Billboard Hot 100 Highlights September 16th, 2017/17 Album Review/Luv Is Rage 2 Album Review

We uh...we've got a problem here. An easily predicted problem, but a problem nonetheless. Double album bomb from artists I don't like and Despacito having its shot at beating the number 1 record taken away from it. Joy. But let's see if there's something to salvage from this anyway. 

I'll be giving 17 and Luv Is Rage 2 reviews at the bottom. My song rankings will only include the returns and new entries not from these albums.

Billboard Hot 100 Highlights July 29th, 2017/4:44 Album Review

Jay-Z album bomb! Just my luck. Not to mention Kesha and Macklemore return. And...21 Savage. Groan. It's a busy week, and I had to work this morning. Also just my luck.

Gonna be trying something different with this post. I'm going to be ranking all the non-Jay-Z songs first, then reviewing 4:44 track-by-track at the bottom. Like I used to do. I figure it's better this way because it can be hard for me to rank album tracks, especially compared to other songs that aren't in that album. And I will probably be doing this whenever we get a significant album bomb. Not just a third of an album or something like that. And now...

 Highlights.

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 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!

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.

Retro Album Review: Insomniac by Green Day

Told you it wouldn't take long for me to get to this! We're back in unfamiliar territory for me, since I've only heard three songs on this album previously. But, it's still acclaimed by fans, so I'm excited to get into it nonetheless. At this point Green Day are superstars, and have a lot to prove. Do they succeed in my eye? Let's find out.

Retro Album Review: Dookie by Green Day

Well it took way too long to get to this. And I don't really have an excuse beyond just putting it off. Anyway, this is gonna be the first time I review an album I've heard before. In fact, I kinda know this album inside and out. Heard every song multiple times, love 'em all, you get the idea. I know that'll spoil the end rating a bit, but I don't care. Here we go.

Retro Album Review: Kerplunk by Green Day

Radio Revolution came out yesterday. But of course I'm going through Green Day's discography before I get to that album. I can't wait. Green Day fans seem to hold this album in high regard, even though it came out before they made it big with Dookie. Time to see for myself what it's all about. I'm not going to be talking about the last four tracks since they're just bonus tracks from the Sweet Children EP. I might give it a listen on my own time later though.

Retro Album Review: 39/Smooth by Green Day

So I've been listening to a lot of Green Day lately. Mostly because I've gotten back in to playing Green Day: Rock Band. But it got me curious to looking into the band's back catalogue. So, over the next few weeks I'm going to be going through all of Green Day's studio albums, whether I've heard them before or not. So that's 39/Smooth, Kerplunk, Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod, Warning, American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré!, and Revolution Radio. This should be fun. By the way, Spotify technically doesn't have this album. It has the compilation album 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, which is basically just this album and a couple EPs. Not touching EPs, just the songs that were on the original track listing of 39/Smooth. If you want me to look at the EPs, okay. But for now, just the album.

Album Review: SremmLife 2 by Rae Sremmurd

Well, you guys asked for it. And I deliver for some reason. These two were responsible for some of my most hated hip hop in 2015 and I don't expect they've gotten any better since last year. Now in preparation for this listen, I listened to the first SremmLife in full earlier today. And it sucked. 2/10. Will this be an improvement or even worse than before? Well, let's see.

Album Review: Still Brazy by YG

This isn't an album I expected to want to check out. My first impression of YG was My Hitta, and I didn't really care for that song. But, I'm willing to give him a second chance. I've heard great buzz for this album, and a friend of mine even requested that I take a look at this. The guy's name is RobLikesMusic on Twitter, so there ya go. Time to sink my teeth into one of the most memetic album covers of the year.

Album Review: East River by Detours Through Manhattan

So, I was planning on listening through the new Nick Jonas album today, but I've got a lot to catch up with that's not music related. But, Detours Through Manhattan is an album by my friend Ethan, aka TheLPClub, so I wanna give it a listen and support him. This album also has some help from Keenan Edwards, another friend of mine and whose mixtape I reviewed earlier this year. If you wanna give this album a listen, here's a link. So, here we go.

Album Review: Future Present Past (EP) by The Strokes

Been a little while since I did an album review. So, The Strokes. I like Reptilia and Last Nite. That's about all I know from them so I don't really have much of a stake in this. Four songs, negative buzz mostly from Fanthony Antano. But I'll keep an open mind. I think I heard one of the songs on the radio a little while ago but I forgot how it goes. Ah well.

Album Review: 7/27 by Fifth Harmony

Okay, so I was originally going to do this as a video review, but it's starting to look like I might not get the privacy to do that. I still wanna do one, but we'll see when I have the time to do it. In the meantime, here are the notes I took track-by-track when I listened through this album last night. Spoilers: I didn't really care for it much.

Album Review: Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande

You know, in between Meghan Meghans and Fifth Harmony, Ariana Grande's new album is the only ray of sunlight I see in May's major album releases. There have been some good songs, but there have also been some red flags. So it is kinda hard to gauge what I'm getting myself into here. If I can, I would like to do a video review on this album as well, but we'll see how that goes. So, Grande, show me what you got.

Album Review: Thank You by Meghan Trainor

This is gonna hurt. This is gonna hurt bad. I don't wanna do this. Actually no one's forcing me to do this, I don't have to do this. ... I'm gonna do this. Yeah. Gonna do this. Do your worst, Meghan Meghans. ... Wait, I didn't mean it. Crap!

Album Review: Views by Drake

Of all the big albums in 2016, I can't think of one that I'm less excited to listen to. Yes, that includes Meghan Meghans' upcoming release, which I think will be way worse than this. But this...all I've heard are mediocre things about it. Last week was exciting because Lemonade was critically acclaimed. But this? Its success is pretty much coasting on Drake's momentum at this point. I really hope the guy takes a break after this album. But until then, I'm here. I'm reviewing it. Deal with it.

If you wanna see how I'd rank these songs (except for Hotline Bling, Pop Style, One Dance, and Summers Over Interlude), check back tomorrow for Highlights.

Album Review: At Night, Alone. by Mike Posner

So, Mike Posner. Mike. Posner. Yeah. You know, I have some reasonably high hopes for this album. You know how much I love Ibiza. Well, mostly the remix. But still, that's more than enough promise. Besides, might as well do something I think I'll like before I tackle some stuff I know is gonna suck. Namely Meghan Meghans. Alright, Posner. You're no longer doing the hot boy shtick. Let's see what you got.

And yes I will be talking about the remixes.

Album Review: Lemonade by Beyoncé

I was going to wait to do this. But, it seems Billboard has forced my hand. Every single song from this album hit the Hot 100 at the same time. So, instead of listening to it in full tomorrow, I'm going to be listening to it today (on Monday) so I won't have to essentially review this album twice. Then again, I've heard good things about this album. Hopefully you don't disappoint. Even though I've never been a fan of Beyoncé.

I'll mention my favorite and least favorite tracks here, but if you wanna see how I'd rank all of them, wait for Highlights tomorrow.

Album Review: For All Kings by Anthrax

I've been listening to too much pop and rap lately. I need some ball-blistering metal. Yeah, this album is a couple months old, but better late than never. And yes, I'll get to Lemonade and Views eventually (when they get released to Spotify), but for now, let's do some metal. All right, hell yeah!