Exeposé Music Writers discuss their top ten albums of the decade
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The Brits: Past, Present and Future
This years Brits seemed to garner more attention than some in previous years, being dominated by Dua Lipa and Stormzy, who both took home 2 awards, and with Rag N Bone winning best British single. It is perhaps an indicator that the awards winners, much like at the Grammys, have become almost exclusively chart darlings. […]
Album Review: Black Panther
This is, notably, a proper album, with real effort and thought put into it. The production on individual songs is high-quality, and the stack of popular artists who’ve been roped in are mostly well-used. As master of ceremonies, Kendrick Lamar takes centre stage, appearing constantly across the runtime. You won’t find any of his best […]
An Interview With: YONAKA
Now touring on the release of their debut EP Heavy, Brighton four-piece YONAKA have been one of British alt-rocks’ most up-and-coming acts in late 2017. Known for blending heavy rock and powerful guitar riffs with hip-hop infused popular sound, YONAKA have consistently wowed audiences thus far. Exeposé caught up with lead vocalist Theresa, who talked […]
Mental Health & the Progressive State of Mainstream Hip-Hop
Mental illness has seemingly always simmered beneath the surface of mainstream hip-hop. In the 1990s paranoia permeated throughout the lyrics of Tupac Shakur. The track ‘Suicidal Thoughts’ closes The Notorious B.I.G’s debut studio album Ready to Die, charting the depth of Biggie’s depressed state through a late night phone conversation, ending with simulated suicide. Mainstream […]
Album Review: Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Socially conscious and lyrically dexterous, Kendrick Lamar’s discography is the antithesis of the vacuous stereotype that surrounds contemporary hip-hop. The atmospheric, autobiographic Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is an American college English text. To Pimp a Butterfly, arguably the most important record of the 21st century so far, has been placed in the Harvard Library, canonising its cultural significance. […]
Album Review: A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service
A Tribe Called Quest, one of hip-hop’s most revered and celebrated groups, released its sixth and final album last week- We got it from here…Thank you 4 your service. The foundations of this creation continue to be supplied by Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Al Shaheed and Jarobi. Yet, as if to certify themselves in music history, a […]
Competition: Top 10 Student Vinyl Picks
As part of our COMPETITION with HMV Exeter, the editors at Exeposé Music picked the Top 10 Vinyl Picks for Students, from the classic, to the edgy, to the poser-y. The winner of our Facebook competition will receive their choice of one of these ten and a Lenco L-85 record player. Everyone else just gets […]
Album Review: ScHoolboy Q – Blank Face LP
Top Dawg Entertainment, better known as TDE, is an LA based Hip-Hop label associated with acts of the calibre of Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock. Earlier this year, they announced each of their artists would each release a project in 2016. So far they have held true to this promise, with Kendrick releasing the critically-acclaimed […]
“Is Protest Music Dead?” – a response
The heritage of protest music is nothing like its legacy. Recently, a BBC Radio 1 article asked ‘Is Protest Music Dead?’ listing the likes of Bombay Bicycle Club, Enter Shikari and Hozier as just some of the acts still dedicated to inspiring social change through their music. But where was Pussy Riot? The punk girl […]