Showing posts with label r&b. Show all posts
Showing posts with label r&b. Show all posts

Friday, 1 November 2024

Review of ‘Chromakopia’ by Tyler, the Creator

Tyler, the Creator wrestles with the idea of becoming Tyler, the Procreator.

Thursday, 19 August 2021

Review of ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ by Tyler, the Creator


The new Tyler record is predominantly a rap record (opposed to Igor which felt more like an r&b record). A lot of ideas get thrown at the wall, but most of them stick.

Monday, 2 August 2021

Monday, 5 July 2021

Review of ‘Planet Her’ by Doja Cat

Doja Cat’s new intergalactic sex album is enjoyably raunchy – even if it’s not as musically adventurous as I’d hoped.

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Review of 'Justice' by Justin Bieber


Christian pop, weed anthems and a Martin Luther King speech. What is going on?

Friday, 3 April 2020

Wednesday, 1 April 2020

Wednesday, 11 March 2020

Monday, 7 October 2019

Review of 'All My Heroes Are Cornballs' by JPEGMAFIA




Have I got two tabs of music playing? Has my computer crashed? No, it’s just the new JPEGMAFIA album playing.

Thursday, 5 September 2019

Monday, 11 February 2019

Review of 'Assume Form' by James Blake



James Blake’s new album is soppier and poppier - and sadly less enjoyable.

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Review of 'Cocoa Sugar' by Young Fathers




Eclectic Edinburgh experimentalists Young Fathers attempt to make music that’s more ‘normal’.

Monday, 27 February 2017

Double Review: 'Starboy' by The Weeknd and 'Awaken! My Love' by Childish Gambino



In my attempts to catch up with 2016’s busy bombardment of albums, I give you this two-in-one r&b special review of The Weeknd’s Starboy and Childish Gambino’s Awaken! My Love.

Monday, 5 September 2016

Sunday, 28 August 2016

Review of 'Freetown Sound' by Blood Orange



Dev Hynes is the kind of guy who likes to keep changing up his style. Metaphorically speaking, he’s the kind of guy who never wears the same dress twice. Literally speaking, he’s the kind of guy who’d probably never wear a dress in the first place. But let’s not get ourselves sidetracked with cross-dressing analogies…

Sunday, 8 May 2016

Review of 'Views' by Drake



He must have taken the wrong staircase. How else did he get all the way up there on top of the CN Tower? Somewhere along the line Drake has got a little lost.