Reviews have been pouring in for a almost a month now on A$AP Rocky's leaked debut, LONG.LIVE.A$AP. Here are some thoughts as we approach its official release.
Good Kid, m.A.A.d city is somehow able to seamlessly tie together the world of drugs, money, and partying that is notoriously associated with hip-hop with an artful description of pain, guilt, love, and passion. It's quite refreshing.
Kendrick Lamar released the video for "Backseat Freestyle," one of the less inhibited songs off his stellar debut studio LP, "good kid, mAAd City" on ...
Contemporary soul singers usually don't fare too much better than hip hop artists when it comes to creative freedom, but Michael Kiwanuka seems to have made the album he wanted to make, except that no one's really talking about it.
-- Kendrick Lamar, "good kid, m.A.A.d city" (Interscope Records)
Kendrick Lamar is an up-and-coming rapper hailing from Los Angeles with a reputatio...