Ghostpoest sounds like the pen name of a 16 year old who wears a cape to school and writes Lord of the Rings fan fiction. Thankfully, Ghostpoet is more pensive and mumbly than sulky and tragically misunderstood. “Survive It” even has a cutesy, uplifting hook that you’ll either love or hate. Ghostpoet is kind of like a sadder, more distant Wyclef. Pre-Shakira of course. Beats are dope too. The album is out now.
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Who needs Detox when when DJ Quik is the West Coast incarnate? The Book of David drops April 20.
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Ben Westbeech is a welcome digression from the current dance pop infestation. “Falling” is meant for the club, but it comes free of vocal effects, bubblegum synths, and Dr. Luke. Ben’s album There’s More To Life Than This comes out later this year.
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No two Bink! beats sound alike nowadays. There was the soulful “Devil in a New Dress” which reminded everyone that Bink! still exists, the ice cold “Soo Woo,” the g’d up “Smoke Sumthin” and now the introspective “Train Lights.” Newcomer Gilbere Forte raps like a less nasally Drake. His mixtape Eyes of Veritas drops Tuesday.
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Black Milk adds some Detroit knock to a track from Bilal’s Airtight’s Revenge.
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Mr. Ettelson has a point. Fizzy Womack (aka Lil Fame of M.O.P.) may just be today’s top supplier of grimy rap sounds. I’d say he and Roc Marciano are tied. B.A.M.’s The Overload EP is due this year, produced entirely by Fame.
Does “I Need a Doctor” make up for nearly a decade of false starts? Does it live up to the endless adulation of Dr. Dre as the ultimate perfectionist? Is it the second single from an album that will revolutionize recorded music? Is it better than “Kush”?
I think it’s pretty good. Eminem and Dre try to portray Detox‘s repeated delays as a deeply personal crisis from which Em has to rescue his mentor, but Dre doesn’t play a very convincing tortured soul. He’s had his share of life troubles, but he’s happy enough to sell headphones, laptops, and Dr. Pepper. Eminem does the screaming and Dre recites a largely dispassionate third verse.
Alex da Kid’s beat is impressive. It’s in the pop/rock lane just like “Love the Way You Lie” and at the same time hard enough for Dre.
Hopefully there isn’t too much soul-searching on Detox. Dre doesn’t have a strong enough voice to tell his life story. He’s more comfortable in the producer’s chair. Or the executive producer’s chair.
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