When is R8 from Rihanna dropping? Didn’t it leak that Kendrick Lamar’s album was supposed to drop last month? When will we see Kanye West’s new project?

Recently, artists have been keeping their new album release dates ambiguous, either planning for a surprise drop or just because they haven’t settled on a day to fill our Beats with new sounds. But when you think about it, are release dates for albums necessary? Do you like to know when you are getting a new dose from your favorite artists or would you prefer that sudden drop to make you run to a computer?

Check out our latest Civil Court to read two of our writers take on keeping or tossing aside release dates.