![]() ![]() Though the music is more accessible and as captivating as ever, she has never sounded more unsureĪldous Harding’s Warm Chris invites close attention and rewards it with understated surprises Jenny Hval’s latest record grapples with the loss of identity entrancing lounge art pop. It’s an impressive return for a band many assumed might not reappear You don’t need to be stoned to feel high off that Over 30 years and now 10 albums into their journey, Back In Black is Cypress Hill taking stock of what they did for music, for weed lovers, their home city and, most importantly, for themselves. Whatever survived of the brain behind Mixtape About Nothing has been permanently atrophied by luxury and laziness If he wants to be taken as a serious artist like the ones he spends most of the record emulating, he’s going to have to start taking some real chances and get real far out of the box Wale continues to struggle to define himself, which proves even more difficult on a label dominated by broad caricatures While The Gifted is a solid and even enjoyable effort, Wale doesn’t end up sounding like he’s at the top, just at the top of DC Wale has lost many of the qualities that made people like him in the first place, but he's refined the elements that he's managed to retain Names like Just Blaze, Lee Majors, Cardiak, and No Credit supply the beats for this more mature/still flashy release, all of it adding up to Wale's win number three With no big time faux pas to be found,The Gifted is an extraordinary ‘gift’ to any hip-hop collection Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent review ![]()
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