N: Expectations for this Rita Ora and Chris Brown collabo were low to begin with and, lo and behold, “Body On Me” has a flat quality that makes me wanna scream “Do more!” It’s supposed to be a sizzling duet but it’s the equivalent of boring maintenance sex. [That Grape Juice]
N: Kid Cudi’s “Confused” is a really bad celestial country song about the meaning of life and contains the line, “Seems my color’s blue.” [Fader]
Y: Robin Thicke’s single “Back Together” is the type of smooth, bouncy dance floor single (a la “Magic”) that he does effortlessly now, albeit blandly. [That Grape Juice]
N: A deep primal groan erupted when I saw the names Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Ed Sheeran on a song together. Nice that it celebrates the joys of fatherhood I guess, but I can only tolerate about 30 seconds of this. [Billboard]