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7th July 2018

Years and Years – Palo Santo | Video Review

Years and Years are back, coming three years after 2015’s breakout Communion, new album Palo Santo feels like an evolution on their Pop formula, The Future Garage vibes of the first album have been eschewed in favour of Electro with surging Disco-esq basslines. We’re looking at the latest release from the three-piece and will offer some saucy views in video-form: Last week, Drake –...

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6th July 2018

I’m Terrified that Google Duplex Can Telephone People

At Google’s annual developer conference, I/O, a frightening new AI development was announced. The Google Assistant bot can now call people on the telephone and engage in natural unscripted conversations. Google Duplex is bringing robot / human interactions to heights unseen. We’re going to talk about Google Duplex but in more saucy news, we also learned users can spice up...

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4th July 2018

Drake – Scorpion | Video Review

Drake has released Scorpion, his first studio album since 2016’s Views – of course this ignores last year’s pleasurable playlist More Life. At 25 tracks and 90 minutes in length, Scorpion is quite an undertaking and not recommended for consumption in a single sitting. There are bright spots on this album like the heartfelt “March 14” where Drake talks to his recently announced son, and...

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18th June 2018

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...

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13th June 2018

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...

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12th June 2018

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...

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