Tag: hip hop
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ALBUM REVIEW Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) “You ain’t heard it like this before. They don’t do it like this no more” projects a warped sounding Danny Brown on the insanity fuelled When It Rain and he isn’t wrong by any stretch of the imagination. The Detroit rapper has consistently pushed the boundaries of his genre and, much like other…
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Young Thug – Jeffery MIXTAPE REVIEW
The hip hop Ziggy Stardust and the human embodiment of being hard to pigeonhole, Young Thug certainly thrives off his unconventional style. This no doubt applies to his work load with Thugger being just as occupied as he was in 2015 with the final instalment of his Slime Season series landing along with I’m Up in the…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
Heart and Soul drives this Gospel Rap encrusted gem “Blessings keep falling on my lap” Chance The Rapper wistfully chimes and he couldn’t put it any better on his first proper foyer into mainstream territory. Acid Rap blew up and got him a shit-load of attention which he hasn’t let go to waste with Coloring Book, a bombastic…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Death Grips – Bottomless Pit
Dwelling into what made your glory days so, well, glorious can be a dangerous task: pull it off and fans will see you as a perfectionist, fail and others will assume you’ve ran out of ideas. Thankfully it’s the former for Sacramento hip hop, rock act Death Grips, a band whose delivery of music has been…
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EP REVIEW: Death Grips – Interview 2016
Reviewing a release from Death Grips is never easy. The biggest challenge with the Sacramento hip hop act isn’t the music itself but how it’s delivered, sometimes in a conventional fashion, other times leaked by the band themselves. So it isn’t surprising that we have Interview 2016 on our hands whilst waiting for the much…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo
Controversial rapper provides a living, breathing messy piece of art A common comment about any artist is that they’re not what they used to be, whether or not it’s a criticism depends on your own interpretation. In the Hip-Hop genre though it’s often a way to slate a rapper who has went against his original sound or…
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New Drake Track Leaks Online Ahead Of Album Release
It seems like Drake can’t hold off potential leaks of his anticipated Views From The 6 as another new track has appeared online. Faithful, which will appear on the Toronto rapper’s follow up to 2013 release Nothing Was The Same, features Aubrey and Chad Lamont Butler aka Pimp C, then late hip hop producer. The track is…
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Heads Up: The Life Of Pablo Is Coming To A Streaming Service Near You!
Just two days after his first single from his seventh LP became available on Spotify and Apple Music, Kanye West is expected to break his promise by steaming it on platforms other than Tidal. The Life of Pablo, released on Valentine’s Day this year, was stated to be exclusive to TIDAL with Kanye taking to…
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NEWS: Yeezy Streams First Single Off TLOP
Controversial Chicago rapper Kanye West has finally released his first single almost two months after his seventh LP came out. https://twitter.com/TeamKanyeDaily/status/714306501582655488 The song in question Famous began streaming on Spotify and Apple Music yesterday, contradicting West’s promise to only offer The Life Of Pablo on Tidal. Famous stirred up a lot of controversy following the comments West makes…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Macklemore + Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I’ve Made
Hip hop chart toppers deliver a divisive release that goes off with a whimper rather than a bang. Just as Kendrick Lamar is the golden child of Hip Hop who can do no wrong in the eyes of many, Macklemore is the polar opposite: a man that receives a lot of flack and whose name…
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