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Crosstalk How does Chris Brown get away with it?

Is the baggage of domestic abuse too much for any musician to overcome?

May 21, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Chance The Rapper: Acid Rap

The jazzy Chicago rapper sparkles on his breakthrough mixtape.

May 14, 2013 | 12:03am -
MusicalWork Review Kid Cudi: Indicud

Kid Cudi’s stab at a party record finds him in unusual company.

April 23, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge: Twelve Reasons To Die

Composer Adrian Younge scores Ghostface’s awesome revenge fantasy.

April 16, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Tyler, The Creator: Wolf

Tyler tones it down, but only a little.

April 9, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Lil Wayne: I Am Not A Human Being II

Lil Wayne’s new record is a sex-soaked tribute to the rapper’s bad taste.

April 2, 2013 | 12:00am -
We're No. 1 Jay-Z and Linkin Park’s Collision Course was at once a cash-in and a labor of love

How two acts sold 5 million copies of a 21-minute EP.

February 12, 2013 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Bruno Mars: Unorthodox Jukebox

Bruno Mars, deviant superfreak?

December 18, 2012 | 12:02am -
Best of The best music of 2012: The ballots

Scrutinize every point assigned, every album liked, and every honorable mention awarded.

December 11, 2012 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Wiz Khalifa: O.N.I.F.C.

The flourishing weed rapper can’t resist pop’s allure.

December 11, 2012 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Meek Mill: Dreams And Nightmares

A sober debut from Maybach Music Group’s most gifted signee.

November 6, 2012 | 12:03am -
MusicalWork Review Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City

The virtuosic Compton rapper muses on the city that shaped him.

October 30, 2012 | 12:06am -
MusicalWork Review Miguel: Kaleidoscope Dream

A warm, forward-looking pop record from one of R&B’s true auteurs.

October 9, 2012 | 12:11am -
MusicalWork Review Death Grips: No Love Deep Web

What could go wrong when a major label signs an anarchistic noise-rap band?

October 9, 2012 | 12:00am -
MusicalWork Review Lupe Fiasco : Food And Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part I

Following a forced pop crossover, Lupe Fiasco reclaims the hip-hop reins.

October 2, 2012 | 12:05am -
MusicalWork Review Divine Fits: A Thing Called Divine Fits

Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner and Spoon’s Britt Daniel keep things brisk.

August 28, 2012 | 12:07am -
MusicalWork Review Rick Ross: God Forgives, I Don't

The rap fabulist’s fifth album is generously opulent, but short on thrills.

August 7, 2012 | 12:05am -
MusicalWork Review Frank Ocean: Channel Orange

A daring, exquisitely soulful debut from R&B’s brightest young storyteller.

July 24, 2012 | 12:05am -
MusicalWork Review Nas: Life Is Good

The legendary rapper tackles divorce and parenthood with marvelous maturity.

July 24, 2012 | 12:03am -
MusicalWork Review Chris Brown: Fortune

All that hate only makes him stronger.

July 10, 2012 | 12:06am -
MusicalWork Review Linkin Park: Living Things

The rap-rock band returns to rage.

June 26, 2012 | 12:04am -
MusicalWork Review The Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania

After years of fighting it, Billy Corgan embraces his band’s past.

June 19, 2012 | 12:03am -
MusicalWork Review Usher: Looking 4 Myself

The R&B superstar branches out in some unexpected directions on an electronic-minded pop album.

June 12, 2012 | 12:10am -
MusicalWork Review Waka Flocka Flame: Triple F Life: Friends, Fans, And Family

The combustible rapper’s once-novel sound starts to sound stale.

June 12, 2012 | 12:09am -
Playlisted New music we like: Ab-Soul

The most well-adjusted member of the Black Hippy crew compares himself to Job.

June 10, 2012 | 11:55pm -
MusicalWork Review Big K.R.I.T.: Live From The Underground

After a stunning mixtape run, the independent rapper adjusts to the mainstream on his Def Jam debut.

June 5, 2012 | 12:06am -
MusicalWork Review Curren$y: The Stoned Immaculate

The perma-stoned rapper makes a cool, belated crossover attempt.

June 5, 2012 | 12:05am -
MusicalWork Review Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros: Here

Alex Ebert’s psych-pop ensemble trades spectacle for soul-searching.

May 29, 2012 | 12:02am -
Playlisted Rye Rye

The Baltimore rapper finally releases her debut album.

May 17, 2012 | 11:55pm -
MusicalWork Review Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music

With El-P behind the boards, Killer Mike makes an anti-everything manifesto.

May 15, 2012 | 12:02am -

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