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Drake

Reviews 7

Drake

Scorpion

Full Clip: The Best Hip Hop From March & April Reviewed

Full Clip: February And March’s Hip Hop Reviewed By Tara Joshi

Full Clip: May’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Lead Review: Josh Gray On Skepta’s Konnichiwa

Tape Adapter: February’s Hip-Hop Mixtapes Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Full Clip: September’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Articles 4

Black Sky Thinking

Unfulfilled Promise: Toronto, Drake & So Far Gone

After Dhruva Balram's family emigrated from India to Canada, he came of age in a new city, the optimistic soundtrack provided by emerging megastar Drake. Here he celebrates the breakthrough mixtape which provided the background to first love but also looks back and asks, what went wrong?
Black Sky Thinking

Id Versus Brain: Why We Love Bad Dancing In Pop

From Taylor Swift to Lorde and Sia via Drake, bad dancing in pop is seeing something of a resurgence. Tracing the history of the wonky elbows & dad moves, Annie Lord asks why it's happening now
Black Sky Thinking

Why Carly Rae Jepsen’s EMOTION Is The Unsung Hero Of 2015

Taking in the work of Drake, Rothko, Olafur Eliason and Psychic Sally, Karl Smith considers what makes Carly Rae Jepsen's newest album one of the greatest pieces of art produced this year
Books

On Ghostwriting: Drake, Meek Mill & T.S. Eliot Back To Back

By accusing Drake of not writing his own verses Meek Mill put hip-hop on a pedestal in terms of its artistic purity. But — true or not — does it matter? At least one other great work of literary art wasn't put together singlehandedly...

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 1

Baker's Dozen

Coherent Sound Waves: Lorenzo Senni’s Favourite Albums

The trance pointillist condenses his musical biography into 13 all-time favourite albums in our latest artist-penned Baker's Dozen

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