The Convenience indulged in synth-pop for their last album, Accellerator, but the duo of Duncan Troast and Nick Corson find themselves back in the realm of artistic punk on the upcoming album Like ...

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The 30-track album came after a long five-year wait since Carti’s previous project, Whole Lotta Red, which dominated the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. And it’s not just the ...

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Six months later in March, came the jazz, funk-infused hip-hop album “To Pimp A Butterfly.” The 16-song album features Thundercat, George Clinton, Snoop Dogg, Bilal, Anna Wise, James Fauntleroy, ...

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