Category: Records
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Having earned himself more critical acclaim than any of his other records for the last decade or so, Nas has been climbing back into the higher ranks of contemporary hip-hop with his recent releases like King’s Disease I and II, reminding fans how good of a boom-bap gangsta rapper he can be. With drill and more abstract…
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AURORA’s latest track is a new twist on her usual folk-pop sound.
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Amy Scott-Munden gets excited about Bastille’s surprisingly optimistic tune.
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This mysterious new track from The Game and Kanye West is strong and moody.
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‘L’enfer’ is Editor Sam Pegg’s favourite Stromae track to date.
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Reece Beckett reviews the hotly anticipated album from Earl Sweatshirt.
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Reece Beckett awaits the next album from modern hip-hop’s most popular poet.
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Martha Luke sits down with Dan Haggis of The Wombats.
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This year, artists have proven more than ever what music means to us in the 21st century.
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Super Tecmo Bo doesn’t hold a candle to the collaborators’ previous works, says Reece Beckett.
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With the rise in streaming and social media-driven listening trends, Oliver Picken asks: does the Christmas Number One matter anymore?
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One of the most productive and mysterious voices in hip-hop returns, for his second outing this year. Mach-Hommy has been active in hip-hop since 2013, heavily focusing on the underground style which he has helped to popularise and progress consistently – Mach has made 18 albums and 13 EPs in that timespan of just eight…
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Earlier this year, Armand Hammer and The Alchemist released their collaborative album Haram. It was excellent, with the clear highlight being ‘Falling out of the Sky’ (which remains my personal favourite song of the year, admittedly rivalled by Black Country, New Road’s ‘Sunglasses’) which featured Earl Sweatshirt and acted as a mellow, gorgeous meeting of three of hip-hop’s…
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