Articles Posted by Samuel.Abrahms
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Album Review: Lil Wayne’s ‘I Am Not a Human Being II’
By Sam Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer I’ve got to say one thing before I write anything else: Lil Wayne is irrelevant, to me at least. I’m probably harsher than I should be on a guy who’s dealt with prison by getting chopped and screwed by any means necessary since his release. Codeine, sizzurp, lean, whatever [...]
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Track Review: Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z)’
By Sam Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer After taking gold in the 100 meter in London last year, Usain Bolt predictably caped his country’s flag over his back and galloped around the track for the world to see. This demonstration followed a remarkably gutsy performance that ultimately revealed what happens when an athlete steps up right [...]
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Album Review: Rhye’s ‘Woman’
By Samuel Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer It’s no secret that lead single “Open” popped up on the web mysteriously last year without much of a disclaimer. The poignant vocals of Mike Milosh were featured over a bevy of progressive snaps and building chords, which ushered my ears into unchartered territory. Then the surrounding landscape becomes [...]
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Album Review: Hoodie Allen’s ‘Crew Cuts’
By Samuel Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010, Steven Markowitz started working at Google as an associate. Not long after, Markowitz, citing difficulties managing his music career alongside his corporate career, jumped at the chance to start performing live shows. Donning the name Hoodie Allen, he was set to [...]
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Album Review: Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors’ ‘Good Light’
By Samuel Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer For Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, their fourth studio album, “Good Light,” represents their highly underrated understanding of emotion rather than their growth as a group during the past year. If these guys are strangers to you, consider jumping right in and hitting play to get acclimated to their [...]
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Album Review: Curren$y’s ‘New Jet City’
By Samuel Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer The direction that many big-name, big-label artists choose to go nowadays is often the result of trends in an industry dominated by sensationalism and hype. With the hype comes an expectation to prove that an artist is who he says he is, and that he can bring something to [...]
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Album Review: Matt Pond’s ‘The Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hand’
By Samuel Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer East coast singer-songwriter Matt Pond has consistently released new music almost every year since his first LP, Deer Apartments, in 1998. Back then, his group went by the alias Matt Pond PA, due to his roots in Philadelphia. But now, for reasons evidenced by the 20 or so names listed [...]
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Album Review: Local Natives’ ‘Hummingbird’
By Samuel Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer Local Natives came out of the blue to release their freshman debut, “Gorilla Manor“, in 2010. “Hummingbird”, their delicately titled sophomore album, doesn’t quite match up as progress predicts, but that isn’t entirely a bad thing at all. Vocalist Kelcey Ayers starts singing and it becomes all too easy to [...]
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Album Review: Nosaj Thing’s ‘Home’
By Samuel Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer Jason Chung is Nosaj Thing. Nosaj Thing is Jason Chung. On his second studio LP, the dual-sided producer from Los Angeles displays his ability to control time and space within a soft digital landscape. Nosaj Thing lives where most artists dare to. I’m not referring to Los Angeles, but [...]
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Album Review: A$AP Rocky’s ‘Long.Live.A$AP’
By Samuel Abrahms Ames247 Staff Writer After more than a four-month delay, the release of LongLiveA$AP marks the debut studio album by Harlem rapper ASAP Rocky (Sony). Slivered samples, mind-bending vocals, and dark energies pervade this blossoming genre of trill-hop. The music is tough, but not mindlessly self-important. It’s smooth, but not obviously rhythmic. Most [...]
