Tag: hip hop

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    Reece Beckett

    Embracing (some) Mainstream Appeal: A Review of Earl Sweatshirt’s SICK!

    Reece Beckett reviews the hotly anticipated album from Earl Sweatshirt.

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    On Edge: Anticipating Earl Sweatshirt’s Sick!

    Reece Beckett awaits the next album from modern hip-hop’s most popular poet.

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    Review: Boldy James, The Alchemist – Super Tecmo Bo

    Super Tecmo Bo doesn’t hold a candle to the collaborators’ previous works, says Reece Beckett.

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    Review: Earl Sweatshirt – Tabula Rasa (feat. Armand Hammer)

    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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    Hidden Gems: Jay Electronica – A Written Testimony

    Reece Beckett brings attention to Jay Electronica’s “statement of intent”.

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    Review: Earl Sweatshirt – ‘2010’

    Reece Beckett praises the release of the latest Earl Sweatshirt single.

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    Review: Kanye West, Andre 3000 – ‘Life of the Party’

    2021 has been a strange year for Kanye West. His marital troubles, mental health issues and album rollout methods have all been concerning and received intense media coverage. While tracks like ‘Off the Grid’ made Donda a hit, other tracks dragged it down, causing the critical reception to the record to be lukewarm. Strangely enough, West’s […]

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    Review: JPEGMAFIA – LP! (Offline Version)

    Reece Beckett takes a look at the special offline version of JPEGMAFIA’s newest release.

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    Mixing the Accessible with the Experimental: A Review of Dean Blunt’s Black Metal 2

    Reece Beckett praises the sequel to Black Metal.

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    Review: The Alchemist – This Thing of Ours 2

    Reece Beckett completes the second part of This Thing of Ours.

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    Review: The Alchemist – This Thing of Ours

    Reece Beckett reviews This Thing of Ours, from earlier this year.

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    Hidden Gems: Archy Marshall – A New Place 2 Drown

    King Krule’s only record released under his own name is a “moody masterwork”, Reece Beckett says.

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    ‘A leap forward in hip-hop history’: A Review of Injury Reserve’s By The Time I Get To Phoenix

    Reece Beckett finds Injury Reserve’s latest LP to be truly masterful.

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    Review: Boldy James, The Alchemist – Bo Jackson

    Reece Beckett takes a look at the latest collaboration between Boldy James and The Alchemist.