Post Tagged with: "Album Review"

ENTERTAINMENT., NEWS.

Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon [ALBUM REVIEW. + STREAM.]

Two Door Cinema Club – Beacon [ALBUM REVIEW. + STREAM.]

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 […]

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by × September 4, 2012 ×

ENTERTAINMENT.

Rick Ross - God Forgives I Don't Album [ALBUM REVIEW.]

Rick Ross – God Forgives I Don’t Album [ALBUM REVIEW.]

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 […]

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by × August 8, 2012 ×

ENTERTAINMENT., WOMEN.

Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect [ALBUM REVIEW.]

Elle Varner – Perfectly Imperfect [ALBUM REVIEW.]

Elle Varner is your everyday average conversational lush, and she’s PROUD of it! She’s that girl in the back of the room, you think who’s gorgeous, but she shys away from conversation from fear. Elle comes out of her shell in her utterly engrossing album Perfectly Imperfect. The reason I […]

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by × August 6, 2012 ×

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PASSION PIT - Gossomer [ALBUM REVIEW.]

PASSION PIT – Gossomer [ALBUM REVIEW.]

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, […]

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by × July 23, 2012 ×

ENTERTAINMENT.

Smoke DZA - Rugby Thompson [ALBUM REVIEW.]

Smoke DZA – Rugby Thompson [ALBUM REVIEW.]

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 […]

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by × June 19, 2012 ×

ENTERTAINMENT.

RAZ DOES IT AGAIN WITH CAKEY POCKET$ [ALBUM REVIEW.]

RAZ DOES IT AGAIN WITH CAKEY POCKET$ [ALBUM REVIEW.]

Rap phenom Raz Fresco dropped another entry, in his already classic catalogue of mixtapes (Laced Up, MCMXCV) with the new release of “Cakey Pocket$“. With this project, we get an insight into the mindset of a young man who KNOWS whole-heartedly that success is imminent for him and his BakersClub crew! “Team WORK Make the […]

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by × June 10, 2012 ×

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Best Coast On Their BEST Behavior -The Only Place [Album Review.]

Best Coast On Their BEST Behavior -The Only Place [Album Review.]

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. […]

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by × May 10, 2012 ×

ENTERTAINMENT., WOMEN.

TMOTT Album Review.

TMOTT Album Review.

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” […]

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by × March 14, 2012 ×