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This Month In Music Videos: May 2013

Below the top music videos so far from the month of May can be found. Click the more button found after the top two music videos from the month to see all the top music videos from this month.

Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar drops off the visual for his song Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe which is yet another excellent song from the rappers debut studio album which won him Best Rap Album this past year.

Canadian singer Avril Lavigne is back with the video to her hit single Here’s To Never Growing Up which shares the same style as her past videos.
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This Month In Music Videos: April 2013

Sorry for the lack of updates this month, but I was preoccupied with finals and my sisters graduation lately. Now we are back at full force yet again and below the top music videos from the month of April can be found. Click on the more button found after the top two videos of the month in order to see more music videos.

Drake sounds hungry again on 5 AM In Toronto as he delivers plenty of subliminal disses which you can read more about by clicking here for my lyric explanations for the song. A simple music video, but that’s all you need from Drizzy for this free track.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had a breakthrough year this past year, and the hype continues with the music video for Can’t Hold Us.
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Top Music Videos: 1-3/2013

Below are the top videos from the first three months of 2013, as this is the last long period of time at once recap as the site will have all the music up until current day up on the site, along with the new added material and different categories which can be found on the site with constant updates and new articles. Click on the more button found after the top two videos of the month in order to see more music videos.

Justin Timberlake: Suit & Tie Ft. Jay-Z

Passion Pit: Carried Away
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Kid Cudi: Indicud Album Review

To purchase Kid Cudi’s upcoming third studio album, Indicud, which is set to be released on April 16th, click on the image above.

Indicud is the upcoming third studio album from Hip-Hop artist Kid Cudi and is set to be released on April 16th. The album will be Kid Cudi’s last with G.O.O.D. Music, as he moves onto his own ventures after the completion of this album. The album comes in at 18 tracks long and 1.1 hours with features from King Chip, A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, Michael Bolton and a few others. The album has been called by Cudi, his most upbeat and positive release to date and different than the usual dark erratic sound from the artist. Kid Cudi reached huge success with his mixtapes and his debut album with his style of music being labelled as “stoner rap”. After the release of his debut album though, in my opinion other than a few good songs per project, Cudi has been inconsistent while searching for his sound and with this album that trend continues. The album is largely self-produced by Kid Cudi, unlike his past albums as Cudi attempts to develop more as an artist. This marks the third album from Cudi in my opinion which has been a disappointment and suffered from inconsistency when compared to the incredible consistency of his early projects although the album does have many good tracks.

While Indicud does have it’s moments such as Just What I Am, King Wizard and a few other tracks, the album has a few misses as well such as New York City Rage Fest, Mad Solar and a few other tracks. Overall the album has eight tracks out of eighteen which I think are skippable and below average songs, while having ten songs which I thought were at least above average songs. The album would have been much better served if it was cut to a ten song long or so album rather than 18 with the album’s first seven tracks all being strong before faltering off mostly for the next 11 songs other than a track here or there. With Cudi’s varying and versatile musical style you never know what to expect from Cudi lately. Cudi might hum through a whole song, rap sing, play instruments or any of his other varying styles. While Cudi has self-produced much of this album, with this being his first album he produced himself, I was thoroughly impressed with the instrumentals which matched Cudi’s musical style extremely well. The album shines most when Cudi shows off some lyrical ability behind some eery, darker production with a good hook such as on Immortal and Brothers. On this album Kid Cudi displays some skilful production talents, and some of the sounds we have not heard from Cudi in a while which is the eery dark “stoner rap” which he became known for. The album is an average album from Cudi which has it’s high moments, but also has many lows which results in a mixed album that is a mixed bag of songs for the listener.

Kid Cudi’s third solo studio album is an average, middle of the road project, which other than a few stand-out tracks suffers from inconsistency, with tracks missing just as often as they succeed resulting in just a middle of the road album. Indicud is an average album which receives a very strong two and a half stars.

My Top 5 Tracks: Just What I Am, King Wizard, Brothers, Solo Dolo Pt. 2, Immortal 

Listen to, read descriptions, and see ratings of all the tracks from Indicud below and if you like the album, make sure to support Kid Cudi by clicking here to download the album on iTunes. Let me know what you think of the album in the comments and download individual tracks below.

This Month In Music: 1-3/2013 Albums and Singles

The first three moths of the year saw many notable releases and below the best music from the first three moths of the year can be found. Albums and singles released during the first three months in 2013 are found in the folder below and can be listened to and downloaded. Below you can find my top rated songs and albums of the past three months just below the music folder. After this post current music will be caught up with, and constant updates and daily updates can be found on the site for many different categories.

My Top Projects Of The Last Three Months: Justin Timberlake: The 20/20 Experience, Coheed & Cambria: The Afterman Descension, Devlin: A Moving Picture, Tayyib Ali: Keystone State Of Mind 2, Tim McGraw: Two Lanes Of Freedom, Dropkick Murphy’s: Signed and Sealed In Blood, A$AP Rocky: LongLiveA$AP

Album and Mixtape Review Catchup: 1-3/2013

Below are my reviews for the most notable album and mixtape releases of the first three months of 2013. After this post I will now be up to date with music and will be able to quickly after start posting new music daily and as soon as it comes out as you were accustomed to for the majority of 2012. This includes individual song posts, individual album reviews as soon as an album is released, track by track reviews, weekly music recaps and weekly music video recaps. The site will constantly have updates and will be kept up to date from here on out with daily updates. The rating of each album and my top tracks are listed with an Itunes link attached to the title and a download link attached to my top tracks. Click more to see the rest of the albums from 2012.

A$AP Rocky: Long Live A$AP

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The debut album from rapper A$AP Rocky is a good album which shows the promise of this young NY based mc and receives three and a half stars.

My Top 5 TracksF*ckin’ Problems, Goldie, 1 Train, PMW, Killa

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Most Anticipated Albums Of 2013

With 2013 all wrapped up here at GoodMusicRadar.com as we continue to catch up to current day music here are the most anticipated albums and releases which I am currently looking forward to most for this upcoming year. Check out the list of anticipated albums set for possible release in 2013 below.

A$AP Rocky: Long Live A$AP Long Live A$AP was the studio debut album from rapper A$AP Rocky and was released on January 15th. In May of 2011 Rocky and his crew quit selling drugs in favor of starting a music career and having already shown the ability to make a notable mixtape, now is Rocky’s first shot at creating a notable album. The album already has hit single Goldie and F*ckin Problems. This album could see A$AP clearly breakthrough into the public eye with the rapper already securing a Grammy performance with Rihanna as well as opening up for her tour.

Devlin: A Moving Picture Devlin is one of the top British grime rappers and released his sophomore album on February 4th. The album has features from Ed Sheeran and Wretch 32 with this album being his first release where he has a large following. This album will show whether Devlin can progress and show why he has referred to by many as one of the U.K.’s top rappers.

Joe Budden: No Love Lost The third album from Slaughterhouse rapper Joe Budden was released on February 5th. The album continues to show Budden’s continued growing maturity as well as growth as an artist with the rapper gaining more of a spotlight due to Slaughterhouse.

Justin Timberlake: The 20/20 Experience One of my most anticipated albums of the year is Justin Timberlake’s long awaited third studio album which was released on March 15th. The album features the hit single Suit & Tie which has an appearance from Jay-Z.  The album from Timberlake follows up his 2006 album and has a soul/R&B feel to it from the triple threat.

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This Year In Music: 2012 Awards

2012 was a great year from music and now although it’s two and a half months late, here is my 2012 awards.  This will be my last post recapping 2012 as I continue to catch up to current day music recaps after a hiatus. This year the site will have the constant updates you became accustomed to from the site until I went to college, descriptions, ratings and tags of every song I upload on the site, lyric explanations of top songs, more variety in music posted, sports news, best of lists, more track by track reviews, more of the top music released, improvements in many areas of the sites, media news, reviews of new movies, tv shows, concerts and other categories. Below are the contenders and winners for some of the awards I am handing out for 2012.

Rap Album Of The Year:

1. Nas: Life Is Good

2. Kendrick Lamar: good kid m.A.A.d city

3. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: The Heist

4. Game: Jesus Piece

5. Tyga: Careless World Rise Of The Last King

Honourable Mentions: Schoolboy Q: Habitats & Contradictions, B.o.B: Strange Clouds

Pop Album Of The Year:

1. Pink: The Truth About Love

2. The xx: Coexist

3. Jason Mraz: Love Is a Four Letter Word

4. Kris Allen: Thank You Camellia

5. Ellie Goulding: Halycon

Honourable Mention: Justin Bieber: Believe, Pitbull: Global Warming, Flo Rida: Wild Ones

R&B Album Of The Year: 

1. Frank Ocean: channel Orange

2. Emeli Sande: Our Version Of Events

3. Miguel: Kaleidoscope Dreams

4. Trey Songz: Chapter V

5. Ne-Yo: Red

Honourable Mentions: The Weeknd: Trilogy, Usher: Looking 4 Myself

Rock Album Of The Year: 

1. Imagine Dragons: Night Visions

2. John Mayer: Born and Raised

3. Dave Matthews Band: Away From The World

4. Mumford & Sons: Babel

5. The Lumineers: The Lumineers

Honourable Mentions: Yellowcard: Southern Air, Fun: Some Nights, Circa Survive: Violent Waves, Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball, The Walkmen: Heaven

House Album Of The Year: 

1. Swedish House Mafia: Until Now

2. Calvin Harris: 18 Months

3. Example: The Evolution Of Man

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