Tag: rap
Hip-Hop Landscapes
The United States. Arguably an epicentre for the West’s idea of musical success, producing some of this decade’s greatest musicians, but also many genres...
Album Review: Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
In 2014, flautist/singer/rapper Lizzo stormed onto the scene with the aptly named Lizzobangers and no one batted an eye. Not even with the hypnotically...
Album Review: Dave’s PSYCHODRAMA
"Stop all the pain. How do you stop all the pain?" Dave’s opens his debut album with an inquisition into his own mental health...
Creative Influences or Copyright?
Worthy words on collaboration:
Artists like Diana Smith can make digital oil paintings out of computer code; sculptors are laying down their chisels and ordering...
Live Review: Hobo Johnson & the Lovemakers @ Bristol O2
Bristol is the waviest city in England, and home to a large portion of its freaks. On Saturday 22 January, every single beautiful one,...
No Role Modelz: Crime and Hip-Hop
Back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, rockstars were known for their outlandish behaviour almost as much as they were known for their music....
Exeposé Music’s Top Albums of 2018: 19-11
19 Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves
The last few years have seen various pop artists look to country, folk and Americana music as sources of...
Enter the Wu Tang Clan (36 Chambers): 25 years on
As America rolled into 1993, East Coast hip-hop was coughing and spluttering like a flu patient. Dr Dre’s G-Funk had led a takeover of...
Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreak: A Retrospective
It’s easy to overstate the impact of an album as singular as Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreak, so let’s begin with the caveats. Scarface reckoned...
Interview: Rejjie Snow
it’s more just being responsible. And thinking about others.
A little while ago I had the amazing opportunity of interviewing Rejjie Snow about his debut...
