1 – Good For You feat A$AP Rocky – Selena Gomez – The purist of pop products, the former Disney star is all doe sultriness in 2015, which doesn’t save this slow burn se song by the numbers. And neither does A$AP Rocky, rapping on his cell phone between orgies and acid trips – C-
2 – Outfit – Drive-By Truckers – It humanizes the South for the North, the John Lennon mention only helps – A+
3 – Body And Soul – Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett – The difference between Amy and, say, Lady gaga (obviously) but just about everybody else is: Amy is a better singer – B+
4 – Don’t Wanna Look back – Tyrese – Chrisette Michele is so good she goes some way in redeeming this bad song – C
5 – Black And Blonde – Veruca Salt – Lunging riff – C
6 – Working Girl – Little Boots – Entirely unremarkable synth pop – C
7 – Ne Me Quite Pas – Ms. Lauryn Hill – This is “If You Leave Me Now” so of course we are waiting for the “but if you stay…” part and Hill is really quite restrained. Begging the question, why play it if you ain’t going apeshit? – B
8 – Overthinking – Romans – Not bad, but not “Uh Huh” – C+
9 – My Heart Races – Lil Wayne – Available on Spotify at last – B+
10 – Without You – Lil Wayne Wayne – Think Bibi Bourelly will be breaking pop any time soon? – A-
