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Album Review: 1989 | Taylor Swift

1989
BY MATT MONROE

1989 is the fifth studio album from singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Over the past few years, Swift went from one of the biggest names in country to the biggest name in music. This isn’t just another Taylor Swift album, though. This album is pretty noteworthy not just for being the first album released in 2014 to go platinum, in one week nonetheless, its noteworthy as Swift has made the complete transition from country to pop. This isn’t a country album, or a country album with pop influences, it is a bonafide pop album. It was a predictable progression, and it was a progression I have been waiting on for a while because I’ve always found Taylor to be talented, but I just wish that she didn’t choose country to display those talents (as that somewhat limited her), until now of course.

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A$AP Ferg Announces Release Date for “Ferg Forever”, Releases “Doe Active”

BY MATT MONROE

A$AP Ferg has finally given a release date to his upcoming mixtape, Ferg Forever. The tape will be released this month, on November 28. Ferg has also dropped a new song ‘Doe Active’ to coincide with the announcement. This is the third single from the tape, the first being “This Side” featuring YG and the second being “Perfume“. Check out the new song below and make sure to continue checking out the site for the latest in music.

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The Mysterious Jai Paul Comes Out Of Hiding on Miguel’s Instagram

BY MATT MONROE

Courtesy of Instagram

On singer Miguel’s Instagram, he posted a picture of himself, AK Paul, and the one and only Jai Paul. Jai Paul is an artist shrouded in mystery throughout his career, starting with 2011’s “BTSU“, 2012’s “Jasmine“, and a leaked album on Bandcamp in 2013 that would later get taken down and confirmed from Jai himself that this isn’t the real debut album. Continue reading The Mysterious Jai Paul Comes Out Of Hiding on Miguel’s Instagram

Releases for Record Store Day Black Friday (Including Outkast, Death Grips, Green Day, Diplo, and South Park)

BY MATT MONROE

Photo courtesy of Record Store Day

Ever since 2008, vinyl has been seeing a huge revival, with more and more records being bought each year. In fact, vinyl sales this year are projected to go up 8.9 million this year. One of the reasons for this comeback has been Record Store Day, which was started in 2007 by independent record store owners who wanted to celebrate and spread the spotlight on themselves. Since then, the day has grown bigger and bigger and this year, they will be celebrating Black Friday by having exclusive releases for independent record stores. The list of releases this year is down below via The Future Heart.

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Childish Gambino – “Telegraph Ave” (Video)

BY MATT MONROE

Photo by Dan Garcia/The Dan Garcia
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Dan Garcia

Childish Gambino just dropped a new music video for his song “Telegraph Ave (‘Oakland’ by Lloyd)”. This is the fourth music video to be released from Gambino’s last album Because the Internet. The video also stars Jhené Aiko who plays Gambino’s lover on what looks to be Kauai, Hawaii. Check out the video below and don’t forget to read our review on Gambino’s last mixtape, STN MTN/Kauai.

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7 Remixes Better Than the Actual Song

BY MATT MONROE

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Sometimes certain songs need a re-visit for us to appreciate them a little bit more. Here we’ve compiled some remixes of songs that we found to be just a little bit better than the original.

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Mixtape Review: STN MTN / KAUAI | Childish Gambino

BY MATT MONROE 

STN MTN/Kauai is the latest release from Atlanta rapper/actor/writer/producer Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover. Over the past few years he’s blown up as an actor for roles like Troy Barnes on Community and as a rapper, dropping some mixtapes including Culdesac (2010) and R O Y A L T Y (2010), an EP entitled EP, and two albums: Camp and Because the Internet.

Up until Because the Internet, I was not a huge Gambino fan, to say the least. This is unlike a lot of the other writers here, that have been huge Gambino fans since day one. I thought his rapping had potential, but in my opinion it was wasted on an awful voice and some really corny lyrics. With Because the Internet though, he finally stepped up to the plate for me. His rapping was improved like toning down his voice a few notches, shucking some of the corn, and getting some really, really great production. With STN MTN/Kauai, how does he follow up such a surprisingly great project? Well…
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