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In this month’s case study, during the fiveyear anniversary of the chart success of “Blurred Lines,” I take a look at Robin Thicke’s followup album. Blatantly inspired by his marital turmoil, and initially pegged as a failure, I wanted to find out: is it really that bad? Does Thicke deserve our sympathy? And have any albums attempted what he tried since? The answers are yes, not really, and surprisingly yes.

Do you agree? Disagree? Do you think maybe I’m going deaf, maybe I'm going blind, or maybe I'm out of my mind? Let me know in the comments!

Songs Used:
All songs on Robin Thicke's Paula (2014), except "Whatever I Want"
"Blurred Lines" and "Ooh La La" from Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines (2013)
"4:44" and "The Story of OJ" from JayZ's 4:44 (2017)

Stories/Sites Cited or Used for Research:
http://www.metacritic.com/music/paula...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...
https://www.billboard.com/articles/re...
https://www.gq.com/story/robinthicke...
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertain...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/201...
http://descrier.co.uk/culture/music/r...
https://www.billboard.com/articles/co...
https://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...

Videos Used:
   • Robin Thicke  Blurred Lines ft. T.I....  
   • Robin Thicke  Lost Without U (Offici...  
   • Robin Thicke  Get Her Back  
   • Video  
   • Robin Thicke  Still Madly Crazy  
   • Robin Thicke On Recording "Paula" Alb...  
   • Robin Thicke  Forever Love  
   • Deposition With Robin Thicke, Pharrel...  
   • Robin Thicke: When I Get You Alone (D...  
   • JAYZ  4:44  

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