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Nas – Nasir | Video Review

The first Nas album since 2012 is here, and like a wet dream from 2004 it is entirely produced by Kanye West [with assistance from Mike Dean on all but one track]. Something which has impressed me with these Kanye-helmed project is how well the beats suit the artist, Nasir is no exception. It offers an old school yet fresh...

Despite Kanye West, Stream Trolling is Rap’s New Normal

Looks like Kanye West is still a genius. He noted the skyrocketing length of recent Hip-Hop albums and boldly announced that his GOOD Music label’s five forthcoming albums would each consist of seven songs. While unlikely to end the rise of stream trolling, this is an audacious new artistic direction. 2018 saw new heights of bloated Hip-Hop releases – just...

Kids See Ghosts – Kids See Ghosts | Video Review

We have finally got the Kid Cudi and Kanye West double act everyone has been demanding since 2008, Kids See Ghost’s self-titled debut album is a brilliant psychedelic journey. The third project in GOOD Music’s proposed five album GOOD Summer that has already seen a great Pusha-T album and Kanye West’s equally enjoyable Ye. Thoughts below in video form: Next up...

Kanye West – Ye | Video Review

We are balls deep into a Kanye West resurgence; after causing shit-loads of controversy by defending Donald Trump and making ridiculous comments about American slavery, Kanye is back! His new album is simply entitled Ye, and despite my middling expectations, this is a very good album. Much like Pusha-T’s Daytona, Ye is merely seven tracks long. With a run-time of...

The Drake v Pusha T Beef | Video Breakdown

The Drake and Pusha T came screaming back into the headlines with the release of Push’s latest album, the Kanye West produced Daytona. The album closes with “Infrared” which features an assault towards the Canadian MC, Drake quickly fired back with the “Duppy Freestyle”, which featured several vicious attacks on Pusha. At this point, many people thought that Drake had won the beef,...

17th May 2018

Maggot Brain – Funkadelic is the Funk Classic We Need in Our Lives

Maggot Brain is the seminal album from Funk pioneers Funkadelic, the George Clinton-led collective was massively influential across a broad spectrum of musicians and genres. Maggot Brain laid the foundation for Prince, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and along with James Brown, provided most of the ammunition for Rap’s sampling heyday. Funkadelic are a criminally underrated band, who don’t get the...