This week’s best new album is Devlin’s The Devil In, if you’re not familiar with him or haven’t heard it yet listen to it in full below along with Nines’ new album One Foot Out, Lupe Fiasco’s new album DROGAS Light and the best new EPs including SiR’s Her Too Continue Reading
Albums
Best New Albums – Week 6 2017
The best of this week’s album releases include Sampha’s debut album Process, Big Sean’s concept album I Decided. and Odd Future’s Syd’s brilliant solo debut FIN. Listen to them all, in full below. Sampha – Process It’s great to finally hear Sampha’s debut album following brilliant collaborations with the likes Continue Reading
Best New Albums – Week 5 2017
The best of last week’s album releases includes Kehlani’s long awaited debut album SweetSexySavage, XL’s Urban compilation album New Gen, Lancashire duo Aquilo’s brilliant debut album Silhouette and Atlanta Hip Hop trio Migos’ latest album Culture. You can listen to them all below. Migos – Culture Much like sweets (candy), Migos’ Continue Reading
Listen to Frank Ocean’s new album ‘Blonde’
Yesterday Frank Ocean finally released his new album Blonde, his follow up to 2012’s Channel Orange. He had originally stated that the album would be released in July 2015, but just over a year later he followed up on his promise. Good things come to those who wait I guess. Continue Reading
Skepta – Konnichiwa (Album Review)
Label: Boy Better Know Stream: Apple Music & Spotify Download: iTunes & Google Play Konnichiwa is easily Skepta’s best body of work Skepta has been enjoying a good run of form with previous singles “It Ain’t Safe”, “Shutdown” which took the North Londoner to the States and new single “Man” Continue Reading
Drake – Views (Album Review)
Label: Young Money Entertainment/ Cash Money Records Stream: Apple Music & Spotify Download: iTunes & Google Play Canadian rapper, Drake’s fourth album Views is probably his most anticipated release to date. It’s been almost three years since his 2013 release Nothing Was The Same. Since then alot has happened such as Continue Reading
Album Review: Krept and Konan – The Long Way Home
Release Date: 6th July 2015 Genre: Hip Hop Label: Virgin EMI Purchase: iTunes & Google Play Stream: Apple Music & Spotify The Long Way Home is not a bad album, but it is let down by too many average songs Krept and Konan have come along way since their “Otis” Continue Reading
Review: New Look Wireless Festival 2015
2015 marks the tenth anniversary of first Wireless Festival, which has evolved from being a electro and rock focused festival in Hyde Park to an urban music festival in Finsbury Park. Following a brief experiment in 2014 when organisers took a Reading and Leeds Festival approach by holding the event Continue Reading
Album Review: J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Release Date: 9th December 2014 Genre: Hip Hop Label: Roc Nation Purchase: iTunes & Google Play Cole is a master beat smith, but his lyrics don’t equal the high standards of his production Cole took more of a melodic approach to the lyrics, while the production took more of a mid Continue Reading
Album Review: Clean Bandit – New Eyes
Release Date: 29th May 2014 Genre: House/ Pop/ UK Garage Label: Warner Music Purchase: iTunes All in all Clean Bandit’s New Eyes is a bad album with a few good songs It’s been more than two years since I first wrote about Clean Bandit and I’ve been keeping an eye Continue Reading