OVERRATED: Adam Levine

Nothing against <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEHST002596" title="Maroon 5 (music group)" href="/topic/entertainment/music/maroon-5-%28music-group%29-PEHST002596.topic">Maroon 5</a> fans, but when was it decided that Levine had more to offer beyond auto-tuned choruses and brain-invading electropop that celebrates having moves like Jagger? The ability to trade jabs with pop stars on "The Voice" and deliver an accent for a "30 Rock" cameo doesn't constitute comic timing, as last week's affable but clunky turn on <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENTTV00000001" title="Saturday Night Live (tv program)" href="/topic/entertainment/television/saturday-night-live-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV00000001.topic">"Saturday Night Live"</a> proved. Don't quit your day job, Adam.

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Nothing against Maroon 5 fans, but when was it decided that Levine had more to offer beyond auto-tuned choruses and brain-invading electropop that celebrates having moves like Jagger? The ability to trade jabs with pop stars on "The Voice" and deliver an accent for a "30 Rock" cameo doesn't constitute comic timing, as last week's affable but clunky turn on "Saturday Night Live" proved. Don't quit your day job, Adam.

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