Darren Collins, Journalist
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Album Review: A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm (25th Anniversary Reissue)
"A Tribe Called Quest helped change it all simply by speaking and looking like real people."
Album Review: CeeLo Green - Heart Blanche
"Green has, over time, built a unique, oddball, almost cartoonish image for himself — and it's unleashed here in full glory."
Album Review: Blackalicious - Imani Vol. 1
"The beats flaunt influences from live rock, '70s funk and soul, Sugar Hill rap and even EDM, yet Gab ensures it always works."
Album Review: Kelela - Hallucinogen
"The remainder is far more moody, easily moving between sexy, sad and downright trippy."
Album Review: Guilty Simpson - Detroit's Son
"Simpson does nothing to threaten his reputation as a solid, uncompromising rhyme animal."
Album Review: Dr. Dre - Compton
"Dre has created a brilliant, widescreen synopsis of his beloved city."
Album Review: Golden Rules - Golden Ticket
They re-imagine the golden era of Southern hip hop
Album Review: Adrian Younge & Ghostface Killah - Twelve Reasons To Die II
"Hyper-visual ‘70s crime-sploitation, Mafioso, eye-for-an-eye retribution and supernatural schlock."
Album Review: Major Lazer - Peace Is The Mission
"Major Lazer seems now Diplo’s flagship sailing toward chartland, and it’ll be time for many to hit the lifeboats"
Album Review: Jamie xx - In Colour
"Now he’s stepped out on his own, we get a proper glimpse of the impressive level of talent at work"
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