Grade: D-
If there’s one positive thing to take away from Justin Bieber’s newest album, it’s that the pop star is actually starting to become a man. His voice is deeper and more varied in his latest, “Under the Mistletoe.” The album’s single decent song, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” barely counts because it’s just a duet between Bieber and the song’s original artist, Mariah Carey. The album also contains what is, without a doubt, the worst song recorded in the last 20 years, “Drummer Boy.” Already an unpopular Christmas tune, Bieber and has-been rap artist Busta Rhymes decided the one thing missing was a rap about eating dinner and Twitter followers. Rebecca Black’s “Friday” is Grammy-worthy compared to this trash. Fundamentally, the album fails at its only goal — to get listeners in the Christmas spirit.
 
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