Gabe Sherman
Disco! feels like the culmination of what will be seen as an early stage in MIKE’s career –– stylistic mastery achieved, a mountain summit reached.
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Vergangenheitsbewältigung only runs 24 minutes: it is a compact, thought-provoking, and rewarding sensory experience.
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Open Mike Eagle may have written this album for himself, but many others will recognize themselves somewhere in his words and in his pain.
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In Only For Dolphins, Bronson serves up his usual brand of excessive escapism, but it is offset by just enough emotional depth to suggest that he is maturing as a person and an artist.
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“You’re always gonna be yourself, your unique self, so it’s important to incorporate the things that you really love.”
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Partially completed before the pandemic hit and assembled during quarantine, the EP feels uniquely suited to ease our collective glumness.
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Marked by a blended mastery of multiple genres — from jazz and R&B to hip-hop — Dinner Party is a perfect album for a time of pandemic, police brutality, and an uncertain future.
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Couldn’t Wait to Tell You… is a well-paced, cohesive narrative, an exploration of the struggle for adulthood and independence. The title of Liv.e’s debut album is apt — it has exciting news to tell us.
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For an hour and a half, Blu examines himself on Miles, trying to understand who he is and where he comes from.
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Freed from the pressures of recording for a major label, Kacy Hill has created an album that feels surprisingly personal.
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