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Dragos Nica

Sam Smith: In The Lonely Hour
Album Reviews, Reviews

Sam Smith: In The Lonely Hour

By Dragos Nica

I first heard Disclosure‘s “Latch” playing at a party. A friend was showing me the single’s music video; the topic of conversation, I believe,…

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ScHoolboy Q: Oxymoron
Album Reviews, Reviews

ScHoolboy Q: Oxymoron

By Dragos Nica

In terms of a lead-in for Oxymoron, Los Angeles label Top Dawg Entertainment (Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, etc.) could not have done much…

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Interview: Dillon Cooper
Interviews

Interview: Dillon Cooper

By Dragos Nica

Dillon Cooper is young — he will turn 22 this year — yet his ambitious first project, Cozmik (2013), a 17 song mixtape, sampled “Mrs….

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Album Reviews, Reviews

Childish Gambino: Because the Internet

By Dragos Nica

Childish Gambino‘s Because the Internet is not just an album; it is an all-encompassing social media experiment complete with instagrams of self-reflective notes written…

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R. Kelly: Black Panties
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R. Kelly: Black Panties

By Dragos Nica

A timeline of R. Kelly‘s career would be about as chaotic and debaucherous as the music itself. There was the time when he became…

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Features, Longview

Postmodernism and Hip-Hop

By Dragos Nica

The first time I watched Action Bronson perform was at the Hoxton in Toronto. As the crowd suffered through utterly unremarkable opening acts, they…

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Danny Brown: Old
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Danny Brown: Old

By Dragos Nica

We all try to prove our complexity all the time: in school, at the bar, on our Facebook pages, at work, at the bar….

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Drake: Nothing Was The Same
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Drake: Nothing Was The Same

By Dragos Nica

“What is happiness? It’s a moment before you need more happiness.” — Don Draper This may seem like a bit of a stretch, but…

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Wordsmith: The Blue Collar Recital
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Wordsmith: The Blue Collar Recital

By Dragos Nica

The concept album exists, or hypothetically could exist, in every music genre. The only requirement is that a universal theme or story be integrated…

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A$AP Ferg: Trap Lord
Album Reviews, Reviews

A$AP Ferg: Trap Lord

By Dragos Nica

Trap Lord, the debut album from Harlem-born rapper A$AP Ferg, is the fashion designer-turned-MC’s first chance to do what he loves: create. Since giving…

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