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[Monthly Kanye Listen - May]

Picture this: An artist has essentially reinvented themselves, leading to a wave of new art in the wake of showing the world how music could sound. That person has a bit of an ego, so maybe they are a bit full of themselves. They do, however, have the talent to back up that energy. On the night of the rewards, drunk off a bottle of Hennessy, you then interrupt what was the industry sweetheart and essentially rob them of their moment.
This wasn't fiction, but ... read more

Hauntingly beautiful, "Grievous Angel" remains an amazing country rock album that is oozing of both sorrow and unknowing heartache in comparison to "GP". I find myself still favoring "GP" with it's more consistent experience, but I cannot lie and say that "Grievous Angel" doesn't feature some incredible high points when the songwriting and instrumentals come together to craft some glorious music that somehow came out in the mid 70s.

A classic. If there isn't a track you like on here, there's at least six other tracks you can enjoy and fall in love with. There's a reason seven of the nine tracks got single releases. It's nine tracks, but that length isn't just padding from Jackson. It's all released tracks, sonically satisfying and each track aiming to tell self contained stories that also connect through general theming.

It’s been over two years since Drake had dropped his last solo album “For All The Dogs”. For that, I wasn’t the biggest fan, feeling as though the Canadian rapper was stretching himself too thin. Sure, the album got high stream numbers, but I want the artistry, effort. I wanted to see Drake try to prove himself again like he had done in his previous work (e.g. “Nothing Was the Same” and “Take Care”). By this point, it felt like he was clocking in, ... read more