Now on their fourth album since coming back after a 7-year gap with Humanz, the digital band masterminded by expert collaborator Damon Albarn is still running the Gorillaz renaissance smoothly. While the quality might have peaked with the outstanding and truly underappreciated Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez in 2020 (where’s season two?), their latest … Continue reading Gorillaz – Cracker Island
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BensBeat Top 25 Albums of 2022
Finally, here are the best albums that 2022 had to offer. Looking forward to another year of great music in 2023. Honourable Mentions: Alvvays - Blue Rev Conway The Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes Dreamville - D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever Joey Bada$$ - 2000 Koffee - … Continue reading BensBeat Top 25 Albums of 2022
BensBeat Top 50 Songs of 2022
As some long-awaited projects from superstars and indie darlings alike sprang to the forefront as those pesky pandemic delays wore off for good, there might not have been a year in recent memory more packed with a sheer volume of new music to check out. And with artists like Kate Bush, Steve Lacy, Joji and … Continue reading BensBeat Top 50 Songs of 2022
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
Even with the scores of K-pop fans, it’s entirely possible that Puerto Rican experimentalist Bad Bunny is currently the biggest musical brand in the world. Breaking Drake’s monster first-week streaming totals with his fourth solo studio album after a surprise drop, Un Verano Sin Ti is over 80 minutes in length and rarely feels like … Continue reading Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
Daddy Yankee – LEGENDADDY
With his last album release nearly a decade ago, it’s impressive that the influence of Puerto Rican reggaeton originator Daddy Yankee still reverberates so strongly throughout the global music culture. The man who coined the term behind the genre that is now so prevalent in the mainstream wherever you go, many up-and-comers still pay their … Continue reading Daddy Yankee – LEGENDADDY
BensBeat Top 25 Albums of 2020
Without further ado, here are the best full-length project this trash fire of a year had to offer, including some fantastic storytelling and truly innovative masterpieces. It's been a great year of music, but thank goodness it's over. Happy New Year! Honourable Mentions: beabadoobee - Fake It FlowersCarly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side BThe Chicks … Continue reading BensBeat Top 25 Albums of 2020
BensBeat Top 50 Songs of 2020
What is there to say about the year 2020 that hasn't already been said? Locked up in our homes, there wasn't much else to do but consume various forms of art, so it's a good thing the quality of the music we received this year (despite quite a few delays) was so top-notch. In fact, … Continue reading BensBeat Top 50 Songs of 2020
Bad Bunny – EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO
After shattering streaming records with YHLQMDLG and its subsequent collection of B-sides earlier this year, Puerto Rican Latin trap superstar Bad Bunny evidently saw fit to drop a third collection of songs in 2020. Described by Bad Bunny as a more “sentimental,” “introspective” and “chill” album in comparison to his usual hard-hitting style, the album … Continue reading Bad Bunny – EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO
Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG
As Latin-influenced music continues to take over every facet of the worldwide music industry, Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny has repeatedly proven that he’s a force to be reckoned with, as his sophomore full-length album brings in more sales for an album recorded in Spanish in over a decade. Titled YHLQMDLG, an abbreviation of a … Continue reading Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG
Bad Bunny – X 100PRE
One of the biggest musical trends over the previous year was pop music beginning to draw from many different aspects of various Latin-American genres, perhaps none more so than Latin trap. Already a global superstar, it was Bad Bunny’s feature verse on Cardi B’s “I Like It” that turned him into a household name in … Continue reading Bad Bunny – X 100PRE
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