Why your music sucks: Rap edition

Rap music is meant to be lyrically driven, a steady beat behind the powerful voice of a poet who speaks to an audience entranced by each melodic syllable escaping the speaker’s mind. Unfortunately, we’ve reached a point where this is no longer the case.

A few gems can’t quite save a muddled, incohesive album

By the genre’s standards, Pusha T is practically ancient at 36, but the coke-rap veteran’s long-awaited official solo debut, My Name Is My Name, leaves his identity frustratingly undecided.