Author: Kevin “Pigeon” Montes
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Karol G has never been an artist devoid of talent and potential; however she hasn’t seemed to take hold of that talent and work harder to define herself. It could be her forceful nature to be musically trendy, and though her last album had the right up-tick for her, it still felt hollow from a…
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Batiste is coming off a fresh nomination for Best Original Score at the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards for his work in the film Soul. But within the last year and a half, Jon Batiste has become “that guy” in jazz and he never disappoints. His new album, We Are, is an eclectic array of jazz,…
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And while last year’s Everything is the better project by Kota recently, the amount of effort put in by both artist/producer is on wave all its own.
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His newest release Justice is boring and nonsensically offensive with the way it inadvertently places Martin Luther King Jr. audio samples on two separate occasions. But it goes beyond that and the very Creed inspired album artwork. Justice is full of solid production that is otherwise wasted from misguided attempts at conveying proper popstar-like conventions…
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Bringing along Jack Antonoff is only one of the many reasons this unique direction for Lana Del Rey who continues to weave, in vibrant consistency, the themes around the idea right and wrong duality.
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Every award show has the same gimmick, make it as grandiose as possible. And no other body has made certain of a performance inducing a kind of reverence to the emotional compositions oozing from the musicians nominated. Not many performances are that memorable because the amount of nominees in this category fluctuates in number yearly.…
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Nick Jonas’ new album, Spaceman, is an intricate culmination of sultry R&B tracks that humbles us to the natures of everyday life, while adhering to strengths and delivering one of the best albums of 2021 thus far.
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In pop music, there are some artists who show fright when it comes to leaving a comfort zone. If they make it unique and akin to their style, like Dua Lipa’s foray into disco from electropop, it is to be admired; the others push out products of lesser quality in order to have mainstay in…
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At the end of the day, Discovery can simply be described as one of the most accessible and inspirational albums of the genre that cemented a name for the two robots. It brought new ears to a popular genre in Europe that weren’t glued to cheesy pop overtures and instead let the synths and bass…
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First impressions are always key, especially for an artist. That is why in the past, turning on the TV to MTV Hits at 6 in the morning allowed for a simple variety of music. Unfortunately artist Zara Larsson gave off one of the worst impressions with the standout – and abhorrent sad-anthem “Never Forget You,”…
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