Album Review: Mama’s Gun – Routes To Riches

If one record appropriately heralds the long-awaited advent of Spring it’s Routes To Riches (Deluxe Edition), the feel-good debut by UK outfit Mama’s Gun.  Still, it’s not hard to envision the album ruffling some feathers if it gets the recognition it deserves – their style of funk with an unabashed pop-edge is bound to spark [...]

Sade – Soldier Of Love (Album Review)

There are very few acts that can disappear for a whole decade before releasing a new album and still have legions of adherents keep the fire burning.  Sade, with the inscrutable quality that allows them to take these artistic liberties, is one such band.
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Alicia Keys – The Element Of Freedom (Album Review)

12 Grammy Awards, 6 US number Ones, 4 Multi-Platinum Selling Albums and over 25 Million record sales worldwide. In the 8 years since Alicia Keys first burst onto the scene she has become one of the most critically and commercially acclaimed artists of all time.
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Timbaland – Shock Value 2 [Album Review]

Forget Hip Hop alone – Timothy Mosley can finally add his name to the list of the greatest producers music will ever behold. Arriving onto the scene a decade ago with brilliant scores for his close knit family of Missy Elliott, Ginuwine and the late Aaliyah, he has since elevated through the rankings up to [...]

Clipse – Til The Casket Drops [Album Review]

It’s something of a tragedy that The Clipse are still, generally, largely remembered for their 2002 hit “Grindin’”. Whether it’s to do with their never ending label sagas or the unapologetic drug-fueled raps which limit their daytime radio spins, Pusha T and Malice are far from the many one-hit wonders which have graced (or disgraced) [...]

Angie Stone – Unexpected [Album Review]

“I don’t care what people think about me. And I don’t care what people say about me. To all of my haters, yet still I rise and I want to thank you ‘cause I recognize without you I wouldn’t be relevant, because of you I know I’m heaven sent…”
Angie Stone (“I don’t Care”)
Since 1999, [...]

Wyclef Jean: From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion [Album Review]

Singer/songwriter/producer/rapper Wyclef Jean is back with his new 13-track EP From The Hut To The Projects To The Mansion, assuming the alias Toussaint St Jean (inspired by the historical Haitian slave-to-revolutionary leader, Toussaint L’Overture, which you can see in essence with the warrior spirit of the album).  Supporting this assertive album are some females who [...]

CHROMEO – DJ-Kicks (ALBUM REVIEW)

I make no secret of my enduring fixation with 80s music. I find my palate constantly returning to that most innovative of decades for inspiration now more than ever, when the current musical landscape sometimes appears to be in an arid state. It is therefore a pleasure to have found kindred spirits in [...]

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