Author: Ike Nabuife
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Trust the Process: A Few Proud Emotional Words on Twenty One Pilots’Breach
2015: Against all odds, the nerdy class black sheep makes a friend. The attempt at trust doesn’t go unpunished. The friend journeys down the alt-right pipeline, betraying him. Meanwhile, as a hopeless romantic, the black sheep continuously embarrasses himself in delusionships everyone knows are a lost cause except him. He ends the chapter alone. 2020:…
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Pushing 40: $ome $kips 4 U
Genre: Toronto R&B // Trap Soul // Manchild Pop — [SHAMELESS PLUG] For a kinder perspective on the album, listen to my AROUSE broadcast episode with DJ ISD and Ani Halkatti. — A few weeks ago, a gift graced my timeline: a clip of Drake sweetly lilting a rendition of Donda’s heartfelt “24” at the…
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Biting The Hand That Fails To Feed You: Chat Pile’s Cool World
Genre: Sludge Metal // Rage Therapy Rock // Doomer Metal Rating: 8/10 Contrary to what you might assume from the title, Chat Pile’s fresh album Cool World crash lands as a response to a very torrid and ‘uncool’ world. A world where our lesser evils ridicule protesters of the current genocide while apologizing for those…