Category: R&B

From Nao to Robin Thicke, R&B comes in many forms; we look at some of the biggest artists of the genre and their work

6th June 2018

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...

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20th March 2018

Video: Quick Thoughts on Lil Yachty – Lil Boat 2

In the first ever Culture Hash video review, we are looking at Lil Yachty’s second studio album, Lil Boat 2, sequel to the mixtape which brought the Atlanta rapper to prominence. We’ve spoken about our old friend Lil Yachty quite a lot on here, his last album Teenage Emotions was disappointing and it was looking like he struggled to match the early...

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31st January 2018

No One Expected Cardi B To Revive New York Hip-Hop

In case you missed it, Cardi B has emerged as an established New York MC. We all know “Bodak Yellow” was monster hit; but any expectation of one hit wonder status were scuppered when her first five charting singles became five of the top 10 Hip-Hop/R&B on the American charts. Cardi B has become the first woman to have 5...

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3rd October 2017

Here My Dear | Marvin Gaye’s Most Heart-Breaking Moment

This is the story of Marvin Gaye’s harrowing 1978 album Here My Dear, an underappreciated but essential project in the singer’s discography. Inspired by the devastating divorce of his wife of 13 years, the album was an extremely personal account of their break-up and served as one of the biggest fuck yous in music history. Let’s start with the album’s...

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21st August 2017

Rebecca Ferguson – Lady Sings the Blues | Album Review

From the archives a circa 2015 review of Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Sings the Blues album This is Rebecca Ferguson; you may remember her from such songs as “Nothing’s Real But Love” and finishing second during X Factor 2010. Previously, we wrote a gushing review of her debut album, Heaven, where I described her as the only credible musician to get...

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28th May 2017

Lil Yachty – Teenage Emotions | Album Review

Lil Yachty has released his much-anticipated debut studio album Teenage Emotions, a project which seems likely to establish his status as a legitimate force in mainstream hip-hop. Yachty is a controversial figure, especially within rap, where his amateurish lyrics and dinky delivery style put him at odds with the more ‘traditional’ rappers. However, the album fails to deliver on this...

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