Tag: Nicki Minaj
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Alicia Keys – Girl On Fire | Album Review
Returning to the frontline and ready to offer up some of her signature sound, Alicia Keys puts out her RCA Records debut Girl On Fire. Her fifth studio album overall, it’s the first time she’s released any new material since 2009’s Element of Freedom. With her marriage to producer Swizz Beatz and the birth of…
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B.o.B – Strange Clouds | Album Review
Previously on The Adventures of B.o.B aka Bobby Ray, Atlanta rapper/singer B.o.B was busy claiming the many plaudits for what was a superb year for him back in 2010. Emerging from under the tutorship of DJ Drama and southern kingpin T.I., Bobby Ray broke away from the limited expectations many had of his career and…
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Mz Bratt: Blessed, Cursed & Teaching Truth
Cleopatra Humphrey, better known as Mz Bratt is an electro-grime emcee hailing from London. Currently working on her debut album, her name – an acronym for ‘be real and teach truth’ – is a familiar one. Her story, not so much.
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Trey Songz – Passion, Pain & Pleasure | Album Review
Crooning Lothario Trey Songz has spent the last year on the ascent. A short year before Passion, Pain & Pleasure, Songz released Ready, the album that established him as a rising R&B star. And within the two records, Songz has been working relentlessly to raise his visibility; staying in constant rotation on urban radio, supporting…
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Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being | Album Review
Whilst Drake and Nicki Minaj have released enough Young Money material to blanket the Hip Hop world until 2014, a void still remains which neither could cover. Leader of the Young Money revolution Lil’ Wayne has had his dominance at the top cut short due to a recent prison spell. But even incarceration hasn’t been…
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Drake – Thank Me Later | Album Review
As a complete body of work, the highly anticipated Thank Me Later is undoubtedly effective and coherent. What it lacks in flair and punch, it makes up for in musical intelligence. Despite numerous (hopefully unintentional) album fillers there are many strong moments. Tracks such as ‘Miss Me’, ‘Thank Me Now’, ‘9am In Dallas’, ‘Light Up’…