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Think about it like this. 36 Chambers comes out and becomes an instant classic, and all 9 Wu Tang Members have the chance to become hip hop legends. Method Man, ODB, and Raekwon all capitalise on this, quickly dropping solo records. But by the time GZA is ready to release it's nearly 1996, and his previous album, Words From The Genius, isn't considered excellent. To the average person it seems like this album will flop. But today, it is the Wu Tang solo ... read more

This album is the accumulation of more than a decade of Denzel making music, during which he rose to prominence for his distortion heavy trap influenced production and aggressive delivery, and yet on Melt My Eyez, he completely transitions, toa much calmer and mellower production style and a more concious delivery able to expertly portray a greater range of emotions. The result is a masterpiece which perfectly captures ... read more

Spalarkle is the sophomore album from electronic artist Felicita, and works as a great standalone project. First of all, the Caroline Polachek feature is pretty crazy, and really cool even though she doesn't contribute a huge amount. The first 2 tracks are quite the highlight for this album. They have the same basic beat so you don't even notice the change between them until the cries of "Alys" ... read more

Despite the short length, i would say this is one of the most important projects Denzel has worked on, as Kenny beats cleaner production clearly worked as precedent for melt My Eyez. Kenny can maintain the sinister sound Denzel is known for without the overreliance on distortion on all previous Denzel projects. The result is the most accesible and transcendant Denzel had sounded up to that point. The delivery also upgraded a decent amount. ... read more