Album & EP Reviews | The Musical Hype - Part 4

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August Alsina, Testimony [📷: Def Jam]

August Alsina Shows Tremendous Potential on ‘Testimony’

R&B newbie August Alsina shows tremendous potential on full-length debut Testimony.

By the musical hype, 11 yearsApril 17, 2014 ago

SoMo © Republic

SoMo Underwhelms on Self-Titled Debut Album

Ultimately, ‘SoMo’, the self-titled major label debut from contemporary R&B newbie SoMo, leaves the listener underwhelmed.

By the musical hype, 11 yearsApril 9, 2014 ago

Mac Demarco, Salad Days [📷: Captured Tracks]

Mac Demarco, Salad Days | Album Review

Alternative singer/songwriter Mac Demarco delivers one of the best albums of 2014 with ‘Salad Days.’

By the musical hype, 11 yearsApril 4, 2014 ago

YG, My Krazy Life © Def Jam

YG, My Krazy Life | Album Review

West Coast rapper YG delivers a compelling debut album with ‘My Krazy Life’.

By the musical hype, 11 yearsApril 2, 2014 ago

Ledisi, The Truth © Verve

Ledisi, ‘The Truth’ (Review)

Jazzy, adult contemporary R&B vocalist Ledisi unleashes more flashes of contemporary R&B throughout the course of latest LP, ‘The Truth’.

By the musical hype, 11 yearsMarch 18, 2014 ago

Aloe Blacc, Lift Your Spirit © Interscope

Aloe Blacc, Lift Your Spirit | Album Review

R&B singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc releases his third album ‘Lift Your Spirit’ which true to its title, indeed lifts the spirit.

By the musical hype, 11 yearsMarch 17, 2014 ago

Pharrell Williams, G I R L [📷: Columbia]

Pharrell Williams Steps His Game Up On ‘Girl’

On his highly anticipated sophomore album ‘G I R L,’ Pharrell Williams easily outdoes himself, easily trumping 2006 debut, ‘In My Mind.’

By the musical hype, 11 yearsMarch 10, 2014 ago

Rick Ross, Mastermind © Def Jam

Rick Ross, ‘Mastermind’: Track-By-Track

After finally finding his artistic lane, Ross spent fifth LP ‘God Forgives, I Don’t’ ‘flexing.’ The flex-fest continues on sixth LP, ‘Mastermind.’

By the musical hype, 11 yearsMarch 6, 2014 ago

St. Vincent [📷: Loma Vista/Republic]

Annie Clark (St. Vincent) Delivers Big on ‘St. Vincent’

Singer/songwriter Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) delivers big-time on her fifth studio album (fourth solo), self-titled LP ‘St. Vincent’.

By the musical hype, 11 yearsMarch 5, 2014 ago

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