“AND I REALLY LOVE YOU, YOU SHOULD KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE I’M RIGHT BOY, BEFORE I LET GO” And the post-Lemonade victory lap continues…. Mr. Carter, you are officially out of the woods! […]
Category: Hip Hop
Ye – Album Review
On the aptly named “Ye” we are given an abbreviated version of the polarising and ever-ambiguous figure that is, Kanye West. The greatest art is birthed in the depths of the greatest adversity and […]
Unplugged Headphones: Nickels and Dimes (Jay – Z)
“DID I DO IT FOR HIM OR DO IT FOR MYSELF?” For those of you who are unfamiliar with Jay Z’s life story, he grew up in a single-parent household in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, […]
Unplugged Headphones: The Only Thing (Dave East)
“NOTHING IN THIS WORLD CAN COMPARE TO THE MUSIC” According to the “most played” category on my phone, this song is the song I’ve listened to more than any other (partly because I […]
Unplugged Headphones: Don’t Matter To Me (Drake featuring Michael Jackson)
https://vimeo.com/284663323 “YOU KNOW THAT’S NOT THE WAY TO GET OVER ME” How women let him get away with things that they’d hang the rest of us for I’ll never know… Exposed for not writing […]
Daytona – Album Review
Pusha T’s third studio album is the audio equivalent of a thin steak with garnish and minimal dressing; light, refined, well-done, but not enough to walk away from the table feeling full. “YOU CAN NEVER […]
Unplugged Headphones: You Made Me (Fabolous Featuring Tish Hyman)
I’ve always prided myself on being my own person. In the words of Stephen R. Corvey; “I am not a product of my environment, I am a product of my choices”. Did I butcher that […]
Unplugged Headphones: Who Let The Dogs Out (Baha Men)
“Who Let The Dogs Out?” Let’s start at the beginning, with the first CD I ever owned. The first time I heard this song was on the soundtrack for ‘The Rugrats in Paris: The Movie’ […]
Unplugged Headphones: An Introduction
Welcome to “Unplugged Headphones”, a series of posts where I let you into the soundtrack to my life (a bit dramatic I know). On any given day you’ll find me with my headphones in, listening […]
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