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There is NO sophomore slum with Irish band Two Door Cinema Club (We’ll call them TDCC for short) the band puts their foot on your neck, and don’t let up with their sophomore album Beacon! The first five tracks open very high pace, and hits the ground running with Next Year, where lead singer […]

With each project, Rick Ross has continuously set the bar high for himself. By layering over another, Rose’ gets better with each and every release. His last released (which is arguably the best project of 2012) street album, Rich Forever, laid all the ground work, and all the tension for […]

Passion Pit’s second album Gossamer does not fall victim to the sophomore jinx! The Cambridge boys, known for their blaring synths, and electronica sound have shaped an album only like Passion Pit can. Stand out tracks like “Love is Greed” and radio friendly “Take A Walk” has a shinning bright, […]

Harlem’s own Smoke Dza’s new album “Rugby Thompson” opens with the title track underneath a smooth Bobby Womack sample of Across 110th St. Classic Smoke shows he hasn’t changed with chuckle-worth metaphors such as: “Jetting on these monkeys, like I’m FOCUSED playing Temple Run” It’s a smooth song that shows […]

Best Coast is back, and this time they’re showing no signs of a sophomore slump with their evolved, more in-depth album The Only Place. Legendary music producer Jon Brion produced the album (Fiona Apple, Kanye West’s Classic Late Registration) which has a very cohesive sound and doesn’t have a misstep. […]

Teyana Taylor “the Harlem tomboy” that is the image Ms. Taylor slowly sheds with this sonically mature album. Teyana Taylor as an artist first came to my attention with the bubbly, but catchy “Google me” single, back in 2008. She dropped a pre-mixape “Star Trak Presents…From A Planet Called Harlem” […]