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
Run The Jewels
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
Run The Jewels – RTJ4
Run the Jewels’ last album dropped mere weeks after Donald Trump’s election victory. Now, the provocative rap duo returns once again at a time when the world needs a soundtrack to a revolution more than ever. Recognizing this and releasing RTJ4 for free a couple of days early, the incendiary political commentary and spellbinding technical skill … Continue reading Run The Jewels – RTJ4
Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3
All-star rap duo Run The Jewels (Killer Mike and rapper/producer El-P) return with their third in a series of albums that continue to deliver. While the form is still largely the same, they once again deviate in content here. Their chemistry has already put them among the great rap duos and groups of all time … Continue reading Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3
DJ Shadow – The Mountain Will Fall
Longtime veteran of the EDM music scene DJ Shadow releases his first body of work in 5 years, combining his familiar instrumental hip hop beats with experimentation into the world of more off-kilter rhythms and cinematic and ambient soundscapes. The Run The Jewels-featuring single “Nobody Speak” is what piqued my interest in this project, and … Continue reading DJ Shadow – The Mountain Will Fall
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