Everything began with an inclination—and on account of David Guetta and MORTEN’s future rave kind, it was a beautiful damn great one. The sound has detonated from their workstations since its presentation in 2019, embraced and investigated by craftsmen all throughout the planet. Presently, it’s one of the most sizzling club staples of 2021.
On J. Cole’s refreshing and lively new album, the rapper relaxes his grip around the mic and thrives when he’s collaborating, not when he’s making deadly serious legacy raps.
Sunday, 14 March 2021 was Music’s Biggest Night, the occasion where we gather to watch the Grammys and find out how much the Recording Academy has or hasn’t adjusted to meet the times. In a good year, expecting the show to make great plays is a game of acceptable losses where, inevitably, people go home upset and fans flood the internet with outrage.
In the mix for 2021’s highly anticipated album releases are some of the industry’s biggest names like Rihanna, Drake, Travis Scott, Migos, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole. With these projects on the horizon, 2021 is shaping up to be worth the hype.
Once, releasing a “deluxe version” of an already successful album simply meant appending its contents with B-sides and live tracks in order to rejuvenate its sales, squeezing the kind of diehard fans who’ll shell out for any new release by their favourite artist. In 2020, however, hip-hop has significantly raised the bar.