Drake’s Triple-Album Gambit: A Study in Stagnation and Cynicism
Paul Thompson examines Drake's latest trio of albums—Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour—through the lens of the artist's evolving sexual politics.
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Beat It: Drake’s Triple-Album Gambit and the Shadow of Kendrick Lamar
Paul Thompson examines Drake's latest trio of albums, exploring how the shadow of his high-profile feud with Kendrick Lamar defines the project.
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DaBoii on SOB X RBE, Kendrick Lamar, and Staying True to Himself
Vallejo rapper DaBoii discusses his solo career, the SOB X RBE reunion, and the importance of maintaining artistic integrity in the music industry.
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Stop Being Sober: Isaiah Rashad’s Ambitious New Vision
Paul Thompson explores the complex, idiosyncratic landscape of Isaiah Rashad's latest album, 'IT'S BEEN AWFUL,' a record that challenges conventional narratives of recovery.
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Glastonbury Festival Still a Go, With Kendrick Lamar Set to Headline
These are uncertain times for the music industry. Amidst growing fears regarding the coronavirus, which has now reached over 130,000 cases worldwide, many concerts and festivals have been canceled or postponed, including Coachella and SXSW. But Glastonbury, one of the largest outdoor festivals in the world, is still planning to go on as scheduled this […]
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Kendrick Lamar, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Launches Something ‘Selfless’
Our most beloved talented musicians are positively obsessed with stringing fans along by releasing every imaginable type of project but new music. The latest to do so? Kendrick Lamar. And his nonmusic passion? It isn’t menswear. It isn’t a fragrance, or a memoir, or making a feature-length kung-fu film. It’s … global, multilingual, creative media […]
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32 Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear in 2020
How many of us woke up on January 1 empty-handed, robbed yet again of a chance to luxuriate in Rihanna’s elusive new album? Oh, that’s right — all 7.8 billion of us. It’s a new decade and the same old story: Artists will do as artists do, which in the ’20s, just as it was […]
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