The ideal, improved Veteranwill be getting a buzzcut, dropping the carbs and supersetting acidity with short experimental interludes to exemplify Peggy’s improved rapping.

After a series of thematically and sonically holistic projects, Gambino’s latest album is maddeningly inconsistent. Still, there are plenty of great songs and ideas here.

A more manageable, more cohesive version

Is it as good as 1999? Hell, no.

Here is a version of The Big Day whose narrative more gracefully articulates both the joys and anxieties of undergoing a life transition as significant as marriage.

You can’t help but feel a little let down or exhausted by the time Reflektor concludes.

This re-edit is the Missy comeback we deserve.

I Am Easy to Find is a long ride with some questionable sequencing choices. A handful of unnecessary moments drag the album down.

A Ghost Is Born is a really difficult album to love. One of our writers tries to fix that.

This was QOTSA stumbling at a crossroads.