Danny Brown – Stardust [Warp 2025] The real radical shift is not the hyperpop production crafted by mostly young trans artists, though it’s reflective of his fierce love of outsiders despite his apolitical stance. Nor is it the honesty with which he documents and confesses his substance abuse excesses which landed him in rehab, a …
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I wrote this Chance the Rapper review like a month ago and forgot about it until now.
Chance the Rapper – Star Line [Self Released 2025] This 32-year-old divorcee seems to be posturing for “return to form” hosannas, but he sounds tired. Reflecting on his Obama-era work there was always a youthfulness to it, even in its mature moments; a boundless feeling that anything was possible, the peaceful-yet-poignant ways that life can …
Using buttermilk and shredded butter will make better biscuits than heavy cream
Bob Vylan – We Live Here (Deluxe) [Independent 2021] Very British, very Black, very left, very willing to settle on rage as a solution. Which, under the COVID-Era Johnson administration is short sighted, but enough. 3.8/5 https://open.spotify.com/album/6mciOh2YVlEdXdmHDmphz5?si=biJjItaWTbuQyY3CSnf5XA Lifeguard – Ripped and Torn [Matador 2025] Freshly out of their teenager years, three Chicago mascs make art-punk …
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