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Yeah, rough episode... it happens. Next up, I'm finally going to talk about The Highwomen, then probably Lower Dens - stay tuned!

This week does not matter. Now the natural expansion of that is saying, 'look, the Billboard Hot 100 is a badly constructed fugazi of ...

Hey look, the Hot 100 was crap enough that I completely forgot to update here, go figure. Anyway, the more important update is...

You know, sometimes you just want to take the cooldown weeks when you can - given the streaming numbers I know Travis Scott has an album b...

And now we have a busy but overall pretty damn good week, I'm generally pleased with this. Next up... okay, fine , we'll deal w...

...well, I can't say that the Hot 100 doesn't surprise me occasionally. I was expecting some fallout from the Pusha-T and Drake b...

So yeah, crazy busy episode, but it seems like it's going down well, so enjoy!

There are a lot of narratives that need to be considered going into this week, most of which I predicted and those that I didn't I...

Well, this was... awful, actually. Can only hope what's coming up next will be better... eh, we'll see. Stay tuned!

So we're now starting the fourth year of Billboard BREAKDOWN, and the plan - at least for me - was that we'd start off with a bang...

Overall not a bad week, and I have to say, it's going to be interesting in the days ahead here, especially given all the coming shake...

This is one of those weeks where I'm increasingly unsure where the hell the Billboard Hot 100 is going, and not just because we've...

And that  happened. Whew, glad that episode is over with. Next up, I finally  talk about Vince Staples. From there, Czarface, Between T...

...so remember when I said last week I had a sense of foreboding that something bad was coming, that I couldn't quite feel it and it h...

Completely forgot to post this. Oops! Next up, Surf  - stay tuned!

You know, after the past few weeks – and somehow falling behind again in my reviews – it’s nice to actually have a new Hot 100 that’s act...

Well, the computer crashed twice when uploading this thing, which might be a sign or something. Next up, something special - stay tuned...

Well, that didn't last long. Almost as quickly as it took the top slot, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar were elbowed off the top, and ...

Whoo boy, controversy will abound with this one. Overall, pretty happy with the review, even if I got so little out of the album. Next ...

I have issues with A$AP Mob. Let's put aside the fact that large tracts of their content has been fraught with wordplay that's n...