"The Crying Game" • "Get on Your Knees" • "Buy a Heart"
Nicki put out the best album of her career (so far) last year, and I am nothing less than impressed. The Pinkprint is packed full of a variety of sounds, but at the same time it works and isn't as non-cohesive as you'd expect. "The Crying Game" is definitely one of the best songs of Nicki's career, and "Get on Your Knees" is the hit that got away, especially when compared to the characteristically tragic single choices. With her next album, Nicki should work (again) on trimming the fat as the album is a bit bloated.
10. JoJo • "When Love Hurts"
JoJo has officially returned to the scene and she comes with a great music video. I love the simplicity of the "When Love Hurts" video, and the exquisite "hand choreography" is beautiful, I've never seen anything like it before. In addition to that, my girl JoJo looks great!
10. Pitch Perfect 2
If I'm being completely honest, this was a bit of a let-down when compared to the first one. While the original Pitch Perfect was fresh and unique, the second one left me wanting a bit more. I can't help but feel like the writers decided to exchanged the originality, character development, and great storyline for cheap laughs seemingly set on advancing Rebel Wilson's career. However with all that being said, I did enjoy this film too, and it did have a lot more music, which was something I was really hoping for. Still a solid effort!
I do wish that Nicki would stop hedging her bets and just make one solid pop or rap album. It's getting to be too much. Great album overall though, and nice highlights from it.