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Drake’s Next Album Cover Is Comically Bad — and Designed by Damien Hirst

by Valentina Di Liscia August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

The cover is a deluded, self-referential tribute to Hirst’s career.

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The Precision Rap of Blocboy JB

by Lucas Fagen June 30, 2018June 29, 2018

Blocboy JB’s new mixtape, Simi, is the most meticulous demonstration of formal rigor hip-hop fans will likely hear all year.

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Drake Improves Despite Himself

by Lucas Fagen April 22, 2017April 22, 2017

Moody guys excel at mood music.

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They Might Be Assholes: Jake Bugg, Panic! at the Disco, The 1975, Drake

by Lucas Fagen June 25, 2016June 24, 2016

The artists featured below have little in common beyond deeply questionable, occasionally revolting public personas and a stubborn willingness to produce compelling art from these personas. Why do some succeed and others fail drastically?

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Future’s Dark Period

by Lucas Fagen February 21, 2016February 19, 2016

Plenty of rappers are prolific in the mixtape world; in terms of sheer output, this Atlanta trap king puts even the absurdly productive Young Thug to shame.

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Did Drake’s New Video Get Its Bling from James Turrell’s Light Installations? [UPDATED]

by Claire Voon October 21, 2015November 3, 2015

The internet almost exploded last night when Drake dropped the music video for his track, “Hotline Bling.”

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Fagen’s Critical Catalogue (April 2014, Part 2)

by Lucas Fagen April 27, 2014April 25, 2014

In part 2 of this month, reviews of Young Money, Kid Cudi, Iggy Azalea, and Nancy Ajram.

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Jay Z Disses Drake in Art-Collecting Tête-à-Tête

by Mostafa Heddaya March 24, 2014March 27, 2014

Yesterday saw the release of a single from Jay Electronica, the second this month from the elusive London-based rapper. This latest song features Jay Z, who deploys his verses to respond to a comment Drake made about his Picasso proclivities in a Rolling Stone profile last month.

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Fagen’s Critical Catalogue (October 2013, Part 2)

by Lucas Fagen October 26, 2013October 25, 2013

In part 2 of this month, reviews of a workout mix, Drake, Justin Timberlake, and Lorde.

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Fagen’s Critical Catalogue (Feb 2012)

by Lucas Fagen February 5, 2012

Reviews of music by Sorry Bamba, Josh T. Pearson, Childish Gambino, Bachata Roja, Pusha T, Eric Church, Bon Iver and Drake.

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