There's a specific kind of bleak bartering that happens at 2 AM, and Rusty Reid’s single “Piece of the Action” builds a whole four-minute economy around it. This isn't a song about the sweeping grandeur of romance; it’s a clinical look at turning “dissatisfaction” into “a transaction of love.” The language is deliberate, almost like a contract being signed on a napkin under a...

As the name of the song implies, the purpose of this music is to improve your mood with each passing second and minute that you spend listening to it. Radwulf and Zero Sugar were aware of their roles in the song, and they played them to the best of their abilities. The music that has been given the moniker "Better" is the kind of song...