Rupert Howe

Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿
Q Magazine
80
Keeping up with his often logic-defying wordplay can be a challenge. But the payoff is a startling insight into how the world looks from the inside one of hip-hop's most original and consistently inventive minds.
Dave - PSYCHODRAMA
Q Magazine
80

Psychodrama is a bold statement from a rapper unafraid to ask tough questions of himself--and the often unforgiving world around him.

Justice - Woman
Q Magazine
60
Halfway in the album starts to stutter like a mirror ball whose motor is on the blink.
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
Q Magazine
80
The result may be a different kind of journey, complete with detours and dead-ends, but it's as compelling as any he's taken so far.
Sia - This Is Acting
Q Magazine
60
Australian songwriter-turned-star runs out of her trademark pop hooks.
John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!
Q Magazine
80
Terrific, politically charged covers album from soul's Mr. Nice Guy.
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
The Independent
100

Even beyond the gothic imagery and glacial electronics, this mesmeric solo project shares much with The Knife’s last album Silent Shout.

Mobb Deep - The Infamous
NME
80
This is the sound of a generation of black youth that will see many of its peers either locked up on Riker's Island or in the morgue.
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June Playlist