The Good & The Ugly: 2018

We’re in the final stretch of the series now. 2017 was overwhelmingly good despite the onslaught of bad music from pop chart mainstays like Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, and Katy Perry. 2018 saw somewhat of a cool down period, the charts could hardly maintain consistent excellence for more than a year or two. There was a number of great songs regardless, noting the rise of Cardi B, the continued upward momentum of Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar’s great…