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And that's the last of year-end list promotion...whew. Next up... honestly, no idea, we'll see - stay tuned!

Normally this is the list that feels like the greatest relief to make - it's the final moment where we can lay a year to rest chroniclin...

The tagline that I've always had with this list is that it's the hardest to make, but let me qualify it: it's the one that easil...

Legit surprised that I forgot to post this - well, enjoy!

There are years where I struggle with this midyear list, sometimes in years overloaded with quality that force me to make some painful cuts,...

Yeah, this project kicked ass... I'm a tad disappointed it seems like it's being dismissed as being too blunt and mainstream frie...

I remember referencing Afrofuturism in brief while talking about Janelle Monae's past two records, the underlying Cindi Mayweather...

And here we are - I'm actually a little surprised with as many debuts as we got this is actually out on time. Okay, Phonte is up ne...

So it's pretty rare I get surprised on the Hot 100 - I've been doing this for three and a half years and I have chart records goin...

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...

And THAT takes care of my year-end lists. 2014 is now here, so that means album reviews and special comments are starting again! Until th...

And now we're down to the final list - my top twenty-five albums of 2013. This year, I reviewed 135 albums - and frankly, I should have ...

Part One, songs 50-26! Enjoy, and stay tuned for part two!

Man, I was happy that I got a chance to review this, because it's a great album and I don't think I'll have many of those for...

Back in my review of Robin Thicke's album Blurred Lines , I mentioned why R&B as a genre doesn't tend to work for me as well a...