So what can you expect from a country/island that is seemingly a remote place? As far as making contributions to the world’s music scene overall? Well, no matter what the expectations were or are, actually quite a lot.
We're back and we're talking about all of the recent music and music news that has happened recently. We try to rank Jay-Z's catalog, give our picks for the top 5 albums of the year so far, and go on a tangent about the drug culture in hip-hop.
Lorde set the bar extremely high her first go around, and I was anxious to see if she was more than a flash in the pan. Needless to say, she substantially improved on her brand of brooding teen pop in just about every way. Her production is as lush as ever, her songwriting still well beyond her years, and her smooth, raspy voice brings everything home. Melodrama delivers every step of the way, making it one of the best albums I've heard all year.
We kick off the first volume of Compilation 2 of our Musicphiles podcast by taking a quick look back at some of our favorite projects to drop in 2016 and giving our overall rating for the year. Then we list our top 10 most anticipated albums of 2017 from artists like Andre 3000, Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, Japandroids, Drake, Kanye West, and many more. We finish things off with a discussion about the latest release from Run the Jewels, Tory Lanez, and others.
It's that time of year again! With the recently announced list of nominees for the 2018 Grammys we're back ready to discuss what we think of the field, who we think got snubbed, who's inclusion surprised us the most, and to of course give our predictions for the winners of each category. Also we touch on the historical diversity found in this Grammys Album of the Year category.
June had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, Lorde and Arcade Fire; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Black Panther, The Boy and the Beast, and American Made. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
Check out some of this weeks most talked about and interesting music videos from Lorde, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, Fabolous, Raekwon, and more.