Author: Ian Dziura
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Janelle Monáe Introduces New Album with Film
5 years after The Electric Lady, Janelle Monáe returns with her third full-length. Accompanying Dirty Computer is a 48-minute short film to weave together the new release into a poetic story of sexual identity following Monáe recently coming out as pansexual, all crafted with her signature sci-fi flare. The film (ahem, “Emotion Picture”) follows Monáe…
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Bishop Briggs Underwhelms with Church of Scars
After achieving success with the 2016 single “River”, Bishop Briggs’ debut album tries to build off the success of the alternative hit. While her booming vocals anchor the 10 songs, inconsistent production stops the album from reaching its full potential. Nevertheless, Church of Scars has its moments. Despite being released almost two years ago, “River”…
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Care About Saba’s CARE FOR ME
While his features with Chance the Rapper on “Angels” may have been cheerful, Saba’s new album is anything but. 30 seconds into opening track “BUSY / SIRENS”, he informs the listener “I don’t know how long I had depression”. At first glance, it appears we’re about to get another dose of the “sad rap movement”…
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Let Cardi B in with Invasion of Privacy
After a monumental single, a boatload of features, 20 million Instagram followers, and dropping two mixtapes (what b*tch working as hard as her?), we finally have the long-awaited debut album of Bronx rapper Cardi B. Invasion of Privacy opens with an origin story, as our favorite stripper-turned-rapper boasts about her rags to riches beginning on…
