Category: Reviews
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Ice Cube – I Am The West | Album Review
Ice Cube is one of the forefathers of Gangsta rap and one of the rawest MCs to ever rip a beat. Not unlike Chuck D, it wasn’t about style, lyricism or flow, but charisma, presence and often powerful statements that made him so unique and special. Once upon a time, he was the illustrious ghost writer…
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Donell Jones – Lyrics | Album Review
Hearing that the prince of R&B, Donell Jones had released a new album, conjured up an array of emotions, that ranged from thrilled to nostalgia… and may have even created an impromptu sing-song session of his past hits; you can’t help but be taken back to classics such as ‘In The Hood’ ‘Where I Wanna…
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John Legend x The Roots – Wake Up Tour, London | Review & Photos
In the sea of name-checking and auto-tuning Hip Hop and R&B acts that have graced our shores from the US recently, it’s easy to forget what the artists’ voices actually sound like. Then along comes John Legend and The Roots with their covers album – appropriately named Wake Up! – and we’re reminded what R&B…
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Ne-Yo – Libra Scale | Album Review
Ne-Yo brings us a new album in the form of Libra Scale. Although this album was meant to be a conceptually themed album, I missed that aspect completely. What I didn’t miss however was that Ne-Yo is channelling Michael Jackson more then ever via his stacked harmonies, vocal arrangements and writing style; it’s MJ all…
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Linkin Park – A Thousand Suns | Album Review
In the pop world of fusion, somewhere between punk-ballads, supple rock and rapcore, there stands Linkin Park. Since overtaking the podiums in 2000 and going solid on rap collabs with the likes of mighty Jay-Z, Linkin Park has not rested. Four studio albums, a killion concerts down and a some explorations of style later, the…
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N*E*R*D – Nothing | Album Review
Pharrell et al put on the N*E*R*D mask once again and bring us their Hip Hop Rock brand of music in the new album Nothing. Generally, the album gives us what we expect from the NERDs, bottom heavy drum knocking Hip Hop type pop-rock. The lads have obviously been listening to a lot of Quincy…
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Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans | Album Review
Bruno Mars, the name about a year or so ago conjured up an image of a neighbouring planets alien boxer. However, we very well know him to be the singer/songwriter/producer who is blazing himself a trail in the world of pop music. His debut album Doo Wops & Hooligans weighs in at only 10 tracks…
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Curren$y – Pilot Talk II | Album Review
Who would have thought that leaving behind the overly exposed Young Money camp would re-enhance the career of an artist? That has been the story of Curren$y, the New Orleans spitter who left Lil Wayne’s army in 2007 and found critical success over the last three years. The former XXL Freshmen dropped his surprisingly dope…
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Meat: Matt Harris’ new play questions the abuse of political correctness | Theatre Review
The dreamscape bleeds freely into reality in Meat, playwright Matt Harris’ stage adaptation – or re-imagining – of Tennessee Williams’ short story Desire and the Black Masseur. Directed by Vernon Douglas, this current production is moving to The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town from 22 November, after completing its run at the Albany, Deptford…
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Meat: Matt Harris’ new play questions the abuse of political correctness | Theatre Review
The dreamscape bleeds freely into reality in Meat, playwright Matt Harris’ stage adaptation – or re-imagining – of Tennessee Williams’ short story Desire and the Black Masseur. Directed by Vernon Douglas, this current production is moving to The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town from 22 November, after completing its run at the Albany, Deptford…