I guess I really am more blogger than rapper these days. Snide comment aside, 2014 was a weird year for music. For every Black Messiah which dropped, we had a one-hit wonder make their way into the fray. Artists spoke out about Ferguson, and sometimes did more harm than good. Azealia Banks decided to go at everyone. […]
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Today, one of the most-talked about albums in recent memory from one of the most-reclusive artists in recent memory, D’Angelo’s Black Messiah dropped. A twelve-track album, Messiah does what you would want it to do: it gives you new D’Angelo and does so pretty damn well. However, it’s an album that’s both “politically-charged” and just straight psychedelically […]
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