Monday, July 2, 2018

Monday Mix 180702: U2, Janelle Monáe, Childish Gambino, A Tribe Called Quest, Killer Mike, Logic, Kendrick Lamar






Bookending strikes again with Lamar and U2 scratching each other's backs.

Monáe's Dirty Computer is an early contender for one of the best albums of 2018. As much as I personally liked "Yoga," I was worried it was indicative of a crossover to a pop routine. Happy to see another creatively-ambitious album join her discography.

I admit I may be missing the boat on Run The Jewels, but I loved and still love Killer Mike's 2012 R.A.P. Music (produced by El-P). El-P's Fantastic Damage has a firm place on my imaginary "greatest albums of all time" list, but I was pleased to see him depart from his industrial dystopia sound (heard here on his remix of Nine Inch Nails' "Only" and across much of the Definitive Jux catalog) to a more explosive, rhythm-oriented production style.

- Matt


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