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MAROON 5

Album Review: ‘Red Pill Blues’

By Gabrielle Irwin November 8, 2017

★★★☆☆ Fifteen years and five albums since the release of its critically acclaimed debut, “Songs About Jane,” quintessential pop rock group Maroon 5 is creating quite a different sound. The...

RAPSODY

Album Review: ‘Laila’s Wisdom’

By Faris Bseiso October 31, 2017

★★★★☆ The artist Rapsody, otherwise known as “Carolina’s Finest,” has provided casual rap listeners with tantalizing glimpses at her skill over the past few years. Her features on Kendrick...

KEVIN GATES

Album: ‘By Any Means 2’

By Noah Hawke September 29, 2017

★★★★☆ There are few musicians who can claim to have put out a full-length mixtape from prison — and even fewer who can say that it is among their finest works. But Baton Rouge, La. rapper...

ROSTAM

Album: ‘Half-Light’

By Mac Dressman September 22, 2017

★★★★☆ The sound of “Half-Light” is best described by its cover. The colors are bright and warm, evoking sensitivity and emotion, while the image itself is pixelated, belying a digital,...

JUICY J

Album: ‘Highly Intoxicated’

By Noah Hawke September 22, 2017

★★★☆☆ Juicy J dropped his new mixtape “Highly Intoxicated” on Monday as an exclusive release on DatPiff, a free online mixtape distribution platform that specializes in hip-hop and...

Album: Sleep Well Beast

Album: ‘Sleep Well Beast’

By Mac Dressman September 15, 2017

★★★☆☆ Political strategist Karl Rove described The National’s song “Walk It Back” as “a euro tech pop thing.” The National’s response? “F---k you, Karl.” Rove was asked...

MADEINTYO

Album: ‘True’s World’

By Noah Hawke September 15, 2017

★★★☆☆ Just over a year ago, Malcolm Davis, better known as MadeinTYO, emerged from relative anonymity in the mainstream music scene with his hit single, “Uber Everywhere.” Within months,...

ATLANTIC RECORDS

Album Review: ‘Luv is Rage 2’

By Noah Hawke September 8, 2017

Noah Hawke is a Hoya Staff Writer. ★★★★☆ Riding on the success of his greatest hit and song of the summer, “XO Tour Llif3,” hip-hop artist Lil Uzi Vert has finally dropped his highly...

RCA RECORDS

Album: ‘Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy’

By Mac Dressman September 8, 2017

Mac Dressman is a Hoya Staff Writer. ★★☆☆☆ The title of A$AP Mob’s latest album may be telling — it is as if the group got “too cozy” after the success of its latest album,...

DFA RECORDS

Album Review: ‘American Dream’

By Nick Harrison September 6, 2017

Nick Harrison is a Hoya Staff Writer. ★★★★★ “I can’t make you a promise,” front man James Murphy sings on “Change Yr Mind,” the fourth track on LCD Soundsystem’s fourth and...

GRIZZLY BEAR

Album: ‘Painted Ruins’

By Marina Tian September 1, 2017

★★★★★ Everybody loves indie music. And why wouldn't they? Once reserved for independently produced music, the term is now used freely to describe any variety of sonically interesting music....

Album Review: ‘Painting Pictures’

By Noah Hawke June 5, 2017

★★☆☆☆ Born in 1997, Dieuson Octave — better known by his stage name, Kodak Black — is younger than many Georgetown students. Although still new to the rap industry, the rapper has...

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