Tag: the dream
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The-Dream – IV Play | Album Review
A complex character of sorts, The-Dream is an incredibly talented individual who once in a while makes a questionable creative decision. With that said, when he’s on his game he’s really on his game. Returning with his fourth studio album [if you disregard the free-turned-salable Terius Nash: 1977], the aptly titled IV Play is commercially…
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G.O.O.D Music – Cruel Summer | Album Review
Whilst the Maybach Music Group ran roughshot over the three months of inconsistent summer weather, the enigmatic powerhouse collective known as G.O.O.D Music was quietly creating a buzz akin to a tropical hurricane. News of the imprint’s joint album Cruel Summer began to surface as the group’s leader, Kanye West, spent this past summer adding…
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Bridget Kelly talks starting backwards, work ethic & Roc Nation
With her debut EP, titled Every Girl, released for free download at the tail end of 2011 building buzz towards the first album, New York singer Bridget Kelly recently got onto the phone with SoulCulture to share her musical inspirations [Mariah Carey – “She’s my all time favourite”] and the influences that drive her work…
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Terius "The-Dream" Nash – 1977 | Album Review
The-Dream‘s latest project, a free album titled 1977, comes under his government name Terius Nash. Apparently the head honchos at Def Jam weren’t best pleased about original material being given away, free of charge. That being said, the album is still vintage RadioKilla; if you’ve been under a rock for the last four years, vintage…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Rihanna – Rated R
It’s been a highly publicised turbulent year for Robyn ‘Rihanna‘ Fenty, with her assault in February catapulting her into a strange place of sensationalised super stardom that even her mega-hit “Umbrella” didn’t garner. But whilst she has been ever-present on blogs and gossip pages, she didn’t utter a word on record and her silence transcended…