Atlanta-born, Lagos-raised Davido has been a star in his native Nigeria for years now, churning out slinky Afrobeats tunes for the better part of a decade, but it’s taken a while for Stateside listeners to take notice. Now, the 28-year-old is making serious streaming gains in the U.S., topping Rolling …
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Post Malone wants you to know that there’s pain in the upper echelon of American society. It’s right there in the title of his new album, the name of the opening track, and the first lyrics uttered on his new album: “Hollywood’s Bleeding.” Just in case that wasn’t clear enough, …
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For at least a decade now, rap beats have been getting fiercer every year. The biggest producers in the genre largely abandoned traditional acoustic instrumentation, instead embracing the abrasive potential of software. As Kanye West worked on his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, he kept a note on …
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