Category: Reviews
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J. Cole – Friday Night Lights | Mixtape Review
Is Jermaine Cole ready to make the jump from the bleachers to the All-Star team? From his inception in 2007 to this point today, J Cole now undeniably stands as one of the lynchpins in the superstar team known as Roc Nation, with two dope mixtapes, a XXL co-sign, tutorship from a rap legend, murderous…
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Anthony David x Avery Sunshine Live @ Jazz Cafe, London | Gig Review
In a double bill of live Atlanta Soul, Avery Sunshine made her UK debut alongside Anthony David onstage at London’s Jazz Cafe earlier this month. With no prior knowledge of Avery Sunshine’s music and fond familiarity of Anthony David’s, it was to be a night of discovery and familiarity in equal parts for me… Avery…
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‘Blue/Orange’ Challenges Gender Traits With All-Female Line Up | London Theatre Review
The slippery definitions of sanity are at the centre of Joe Penhall’s audacious play, Blue/Orange. The piece premiered at the National Theatre in 2000, with an all-male cast including British titans Chiwetel Ejiofor and Bill Nighy. The production currently on at the Arcola Theatre, East London features an all-female line up, a device through which…
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'Blue/Orange' Challenges Gender Traits With All-Female Line Up | London Theatre Review
The slippery definitions of sanity are at the centre of Joe Penhall’s audacious play, Blue/Orange. The piece premiered at the National Theatre in 2000, with an all-male cast including British titans Chiwetel Ejiofor and Bill Nighy. The production currently on at the Arcola Theatre, East London features an all-female line up, a device through which…
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Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Album Review
Some of the greatest artists of the 20th century have been plagued by personal demons – whether money, drugs, women, depression or paranoia (to name a few). But their greatest testimony is that amidst all the troubles, the art which they create overshadows them all due to its sheer magnitude which inevitably defines their legacy.…
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Quincy Jones – Q: Soul Bossa Nostra | Album Review
Quincy Jones’ latest studio album Q: Soul Bossa Nostra, Jones’ first release in 15 years, is just out on Qwest / Interscope. This LP is a collection of 15 songs, taken from Quincy’s rich production repertoire, and are reinterpreted by the current household names of jazz, R&B and pop. Q: Soul Bossa Nostra, a wink…
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Tinchy Stryder – Third Strike | Album Review
Tinchy Stryder has always claimed to be on cloud nine and in 2009, he very much proved that the sky is the limit. The number one selling male artist in the UK was just one of the many accolades which came from the young superstar, whose early Grime days seem like a lifetime ago. Striking…
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Cee Lo Green – The Lady Killer | Album Review
Cee Lo Green possesses the ability to present serious and even melancholy themes to audiences without depressing anyone; almost presenting a paradox as upbeat production and his emotive, raspy falsetto both belie the lyrical content and leave listeners elated. The starkly obvious example of this is 2003’s “Crazy”, which dealt with mental health by making…
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KiD CuDi – Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr Rager | Album Review
Unearthing one of music’s most recent enigmas, in 2008 Kanye West introduced us to Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi who, without question, shares many of his mentor’s attributes. His Man on The Moon debut album trawled through the crevices of Cudi’s darkly humorous mind, inspired by a score which was a hybrid of new era Hip…
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J The Exodus: 360 – Full Circle | Mixtape Review & Free DL
Amidst all the hype and fanfare of G.O.O.D Friday leaks and rappers being released from prison, it’s always refreshing to step away from the US rap circus and enter the subterranean effervescence of UK Hip Hop. One name which has begun to surface from the pack is Midas Touch, a inseparable lyrical trio composed of…