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Review & Photos: Estelle (UK) Live @ Alcazar, Nalen Stockholm

2012-05-03

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Tuesday’s (the 1st of May) Estelle graced Stockholm with her first official visit throughout her career when she performed live at Alcazar, Nalen. I’ve been to concerts and festivals since I was a toddler but I must say, this gig was something extra, out of the ordinary. It was on that level when you’ve had [...]

Review: Drake – “Take Care”

2011-11-15

19:23:29 Felicia

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When Aubrey Drake Graham dropped his highly anticipated debut “Thank Me Later” last summer my expectations were exaggerated to the absolute max, only destined to result in a anti climax when the album finally landed, of course leading to a huge disappointment. So, the hopes for the sophomore release “Take Care” that drops today has been kinda luke warm from my end, I rather enjoy a nice surprise than the feeling of the question “was this _it_?” like the last time.

Review: Crookers – “Dr Gonzo” & Full Album Stream

2011-10-24

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After dropping their debut album “Tons of Friends” last year that had more of an mainstream appeal to it, Phra and Bot of the Crookers went back to their more original sound back in May with the release of their “Dr Gonzo” EP. In June the “The Gonzo Anthem” EP dropped and both releases lead up to the duos second full-length album called “Dr Gonzo” that lands today on Southern Fried Records.

Review: Lil Wayne – “Tha Carter IV” (Deluxe Edition)

2011-08-29

17:33:42 Felicia

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After numerous delays, the day is now here when the ninth studio album and the fourth chapter of Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter”-saga lands. Let’s start at the end of this record, on track 15 with the Willy Will-produced ‘Outro’. After a great verse from Bun B, an okay one from Nas and one that’s absolutely [...]

Review: KanYe West & Jay-Z – “Watch the Throne”

2011-08-08

22:40:12 Felicia

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I know. “Watch the Throne”, this collaborative album between some of male hip hop’s heavy weights is destined to be one of those rare classics. Destined to be that fat cash cow non of them really needs. Destined to result in that tour from October to December this fall/winter. But beyond the hype and the [...]

Review: Lil B at the Hultsfred Festival 2011

2011-07-17

15:58:08 Felicia

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I’m not gonna lie, Lil B was, hands down one of my top name of this festival’s line up. One of the names I was looking forward the most and when he tweeted about his shenanigans in Linköping the day before my anticipation went through the roof. We even DM:ed talking about doing a follow [...]

Review: OFWGKTA at the Hultsfred Festival 2011

2011-07-15

15:44:20 Felicia

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Yesterday I only had one (yeah one, not a very good ratio I know) thing on my agenda that I really wanted to see, OFWGKTA. Overwhelmed by the hype, would they live up to the high expectations? Tyler, the Creator tweeted this when they arrived to Hultsfred: “This Shit Wack As Fuck” and that got [...]

Review: Wiley – “100% Publishing”

2011-06-20

00:02:33 Felicia

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Richard Kylea Cowie, this is the reason why I still haven’t fully given up on you over the years. Cause behind the God-complex, all random fuckery and the ridiculous admiration tweets to Kim Kardashian, I knew you had it in you, you still able to make bloody good music. “100% Publishing” is the album I’ve [...]

Review: Jessie J – “Who You Are”

2011-02-28

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2011 and especially the first part of this year is stuffed with interesting album debuts from young, talented female vocalists, featuring names like Katy B and Sky Ferreira. But first to roll out her debut, entitled “Who You Are” is Jessica Ellen Cornish aka. Jessie J. The first time the name Jessie J popped up [...]