Rolling Stone

Eminem

Kamikaze

His second album in less than a year is a grandstanding outing that doesn't live up to his standard

Carrie Underwood

Cry Pretty

The singer's big-box country tackles gun violence and addiction alongside heartbreak and early-AM booty calls.

Travis Scott

Astroworld

The Houston rapper opens up about his relationship, gathers influences from across the hip-hop world and comes through with the best music of his career

Ariana Grande

Sweetener

Powering past tragedy, the singer has made the best album of her career.

Forever

Maya Rudolph is the bright spot in Amazon's twist-filled new series, co-starring Fred Armisen, about the trials of lifelong commitment

American Vandal

Last year's breakout Netflix mockumentary series returns with a poop-tastic new premise and an added helping of insight into the life of today's teenagers

Jack Ryan

John Krasinski fulfills the call of duty in this well-crafted, if familiar, version of the classic CIA thriller

Insecure

In the HBO comedy's return, creator Issa Rae's heroine is struggling more than ever — but the show has hit its stride

White Boy Rick

Tale of Rick Wershe Jr., who went from underage drug kingpin to FBI plant to prisoner, tells his story with little big-pic takeaways

The Predator

Shane Black's reboot brings much needed blood and banter to the sci-fi/action series — but it's still a franchise-first entry

Crazy Rich Asians

Breezy story of a Chinese-American meeting her boyfriend's extravagantly wealthy family is perfect way to end the summer moviegoing season

BlacKkKlansman

The filmmaker turns true story of an African-American cop who infiltrated the white supremacy group in 1970s into an incendiary indictment of our current moment