The ‘Old Rozay’ knows that the customer is always right, never deviating too far from what made him famous in the first place.Kendrick Lamar and Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith will curate and produce Black Panther: The Album, the soundtrack for Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther film. Red (Taylor’s Version) is both an Intellectual Property strategy tool, and a prolepsis of the status that the 2012 album will uphold in the future Sadly, KEYS is not up there with her finest work. Two of Keys' most moving vocal performances are contained in "Is It Insane," an anguished torch song done acoustic jazz-trio style, and "Love When You Call My Name," a levitating ballad out of timeĪlicia Keys is a fantastic all-round musician with an amazing discography. Nas sounds sharp and inspired throughout, giving performances that recall the uncanny brilliance that made his earliest work essential, but also showing he's still capable of taking his art to new placesĮven though Old Friends New Friends doesn't contain any obvious epics similar to the most well-known pieces from Frahm's ambitious albums like All Melody and Spaces, there's still an abundance of highlights, and even his smaller-scale works can resonate in a big way With introspective but operatic rap, Dave paints pictures on an album that’s part confessional, part social critiqueĮven if it’s not a milestone for the Canadian, it still upholds his status as rock’s most important outsider, presenting an aesthetic that is whole alternative to anything mainstream It's the work of two collaborative artists who are in the midst of a later-period renaissance that has spawned powerful, evocative music that speaks to its time without being confined to the crises that sparked its creation There is a lot to chew on here, and that's what makes GLOW ON an album that will stay fresh after many replays This is an album of songs for a big idea before it was shrunken down and packed into the blockbuster money machine The rapper’s knotty nihilism shines through as he curates an all-star album featuring the Weeknd and James BlakeĪn instantly enjoyable project that allows its featured artists to shine under the watchful eyes and ears of Kendrick Lamarĭespite all its moving parts, and its by-the-numbers singles, Black Panther The Album is finely-tuned, aware of its audience, its objectives, and the stakes It's an affirmation of Kendrick Lamar's powers, a fascinating entry in a discography that is inarguably the decade's deepest Marvel soundtracks have a new gold standard, and it's this Black Panther: The Album serves both purposes well Given the level of the performances, the majority of the guests evidently approached this as a Kendrick Lamar album, not as a soundtrack. The Super Fly of its era, an attempt to bring a broader measure of cultural resonance to an indulgent action fantasy This might usher in a wave of modern soundtracks like Shaft and Superfly Though informed by the blaxploitation soundtracks of the ‘70s and the label-driven hip-hop soundtracks of the ‘90s, Black Panther: The Album is very much of its time: a well-produced and incredibly cohesive album with the loose swagger of a curated playlist With Black Panther, Kendrick Lamar adds a great soundtrack to his résumé Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent review
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